An incredibly exciting Consumer business based in Central London who are experiencing fantastic growth are currently recruiting for a Commercial Finance Manager. The team is incredibly high performing, and you will report directly into an ambitious Commercial Finance Director and help drive all things commercial.
In this role you will gain maximum exposure to key decision makers on a weekly basis to help drive the growth of the business, by being that constant strategic business partner on key projects.
Some of the main responsibilities of the successful Commercial Finance Manager:
* Understand key drivers and provide decision-making support to ensure delivery of KPI targets.
* Develop, collate, and maintain a robust and timely weekly trading report.
* Lead periodic performance reviews in partnership with Director to understand performance, highlight risks and opportunities, ensure ownership and accuracy of forecasts, and provide challenge where necessary.
* Be an active participant in the margin target process.
* Support the SLT in modelling and evaluating new business opportunities.
* Drive commercial insight by harnessing data and drive the ‘so what’, ‘now what’ agenda.
* Drive rigor and consistency into regular reforecast processes, developing a ‘no-surprises’ culture.
* Support budgeting, forecast and 5-year planning cycles to ensure a joined-up approach of targets across all functions, including critically reviewing the numbers and ensuring a sensible level of challenge is set.
Qualifications and experience:
* CIMA/ACA/ACCA Qualified
* Ideally 2:1 degree from a reputable university, but not essential
* Strong business partnering skills in a fast-paced environment
* Can do attitude and keen to progress quickly in their career