To support the Finance Lead and accountants in providing a comprehensive, proactive, and responsive financial service to the UK & Ireland Commercial Team(s).
The role must drive focus on revenue growth and margin improvement initiatives with the Commercial Team, by identifying opportunities, challenging the status quo and through insightful analysis of both market and business information.
What will I be doing?
* To take a role in maintaining robust externally facing Customer Cost Models to help support commercial opportunities, as well as minimise cost inflation pricing risks, predominately on commodity pass through model, utilities inflation, and enhancing carcass balance.
* Ensure a strong understanding of market values and principles, understanding the cost drivers of inter-company meat supply to promote opportunities that maximise profit.
* Provide key analysis in the forecasting and budgeting processes.
* Provide an independent review service to support the Commercial teams and ensure robust processes, a culture of rigorous financial control and promoting commercial awareness.
* Review commercial plans with a forensic approach and promote clarity and understanding. Collaboratively interpret the requirements of internal customers and implement solutions and assisting in the definition of standard sales reporting.
* Enable the Commercial teams to excel as they drive revenue growth and margin improvement, including opportunities made available from customer tenders.
* Identify opportunities for margin enhancement through insightful analysis and promote understanding of volumes, revenues, product cost and overhead drivers.
* Assist the sales forecasting and budgeting processes, develop routines that encourage commercial participation to ensure a representative budget with appropriate narrative, sensitivity analysis and strategic opportunities.
What will I need?
* Development and maintenance of Customer Cost and Value models
* Financial lead of tender processes
* Enhancing forecast and budget accuracy
* Deadlines achieved for Commercial Finance responsibilities with a comprehensive and responsive service that meets expectations of our internal and external customers.
* Accurate analysis, robust challenges, and delivery of financial objectives, with improved management reporting
* Commercial plans that generate revenue and margin growth