Samantha Brown

Sales Senior Finance Business Partner at Suntory

London, England, United Kingdom

About

True business partner with 15+ years experience across Commercial Finance. Track record of enhancing process and reporting to better aid decision making. Strong people skills, building cross-functional relationships to harbour a trusted team environment. ACCA Qualified

Experience

  • Senior Finance Business Partner - Sales at Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Senior Finance Manager - Convenience Channel at Carlsberg Britvic
    Nov 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Commercial P&L responsibility for the Convenience channel – Managed Convenience and Wholesale Owner of total Off Trade Channel weekly sales and month end process Business partner to the Convenience and Wholesale Account Directors and direct reports. Lead forecast process to understand risks and opportunities to budget and identity opportunities to course direct

  • BRITVIC PLC (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Finance for Plenish
      May 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Finance responsibility for the newly acquired Plenish business - P&L management, AR/AP, Payroll Finance lead for the integration of Plenish into the Britvic organisation

    • Finance Manager - Tesco and Morrisons
      May 2020 - May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Business partner for Tesco and Morrisons sales team Detailed understanding of each customer including sku volume and profitability, promo plans and redemption expectations. Implementation of weekly sales process, forecast analysis templates and month end decks, rolled out across the channel to improve financial accuracy across the channel.

    • Brand Finance Manager - Pepsi
      Apr 2018 - May 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Partnered the marketing team through the stage and gate process, bringing to life NPD, understanding profitability and cannibilisation impact. External PepsiCo relationship support

  • General Mills (Uxbridge)
    • Senior FP&A Analyst
      May 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Ownership of the reporting suite used across all levels of the cluster to provide insight and analysis for month end, forecast and Spring Plan. Adapting quickly to change to better equip the leadership teams

    • Strategic Finance Partner - Snacking
      Oct 2015 - May 2016 · 8 mos

      Financial lead within the Brand Leadership Team, providing recommendations and judgement to aid and improve decision making including a challenging Spring Plan

    • Senior Finance Analyst - Tesco & Morrison's
      Aug 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Responsible for the preparation & delivery of monthly customer results and explanations, delivering insightful and precise analysis. Partnering with BAMs to understand promotion performance through TPM and EPOS data to ensure accurate trade accruals and forecasting. Providing tools such as the ranking reports and investment agility files to make the right choices for the business

  • Commercial Finance Assistant Manager at Burton's Biscuit Company
    Apr 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos