Your new company
Are you looking to join a fast‑growing, ambitious business with a clear growth agenda across the UK and international markets? This organisation is strengthening its finance team with the appointment of a Commercial Finance Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting strategic decision‑making and driving profitable growth.This is a broad, high‑impact position offering ownership of the full commercial finance agenda, including business partnering, profitability and growth analysis, forecasting, and strategic insight. The business is keen to speak with candidates who bring strong commercial finance experience, ideally from an FMCG, retail or consumer goods environment.
Your New Role
Reporting directly to the CFO, you will act as a key commercial partner to the wider business. Your responsibilities will include:
Partnering closely with Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain to provide insightful, value‑adding commercial support
Leading the budgeting, forecasting and rolling forecast process, including detailed volume, price, mix and margin analysis
Owning P&L performance, with a focus on gross margin optimisation, net revenue and cost control
Driving pricing, promotions and trade spend analysis, ensuring return on investment is clearly understood and optimised
Delivering robust commercial modelling and scenario analysis to support strategic initiatives and NPD
Acting as the finance lead for customer and channel profitability analysis
Constructively challenging stakeholders to improve commercial performance and decision‑making
Developing clear, actionable management reporting for senior leadership
Identifying key risks and opportunities, translating data into practical commercial recommendationsThis role offers genuine ownership and visibility, with the opportunity to shape how commercial insight is used across the organisation.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified finance professional (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with proven experience in a commercial finance role, ideally within FMCG, consumer goods or retail. You'll be a confident, credible business partner who enjoys operating in a hands‑on, sole‑charge commercial finance role and influencing senior stakeholders.
What you'll get in return
You'll receive a competitive salary of £60,000 - £75,000 (DOE) alongside a strong benefits package. You'll work with an impressive leadership team and play a key role in an exciting and clearly defined growth journey.
What you need to do now
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