Job Description
An International FMCG business is currently experiencing exponential growth and is looking to expand their Commercial Finance team. My client is currently recruiting for a Commercial Finance Business Partner role reporting into the Head of Commercial Finance. The role and business offers excellent hybrid working options and excellent progression opportunities for the right individual.
Responsibilities:
* Finance Business Partner with the account managers for the major retailers
* Forecasting, understanding financial performance and promotions profitability
* Be responsible for new product sign offs and investment appraisals.
* Collaborate closely with the Sales team to determine financial models specifically related to cost price negotiations
* Brand, product category and product reporting - sales (volume & mix), cost, margin.
* Analyse and report on brand profitability.
* Sales reporting and analysis for senior level stakeholders.
* Analysis of KPI reports including channel, customer, product profitability providing investigation and commentary on variance to plan for a range of senior Directors.
* Month end commentary and analysis of sales and margin comparisons to budget and prior year, liaison with Commercial team to understand/challenge and draw insight on performance, risks and opportunities
* Robust commercial, trend and business analysis across customer, categories & products
* Interpretation of large stack quantitative and qualitative data, provide meaningful insight to drive action in conjunction with the Commercial Director and commercial teams
* Ensure complex information and data is turned into clear and digestible information
* Support decision making across the commercial teams with insightful and accurate recommendations
* Monitor, analyse and evaluate promotional and marketing spend vs sales growth and net margin across channels and customers
* Responsible for setting up, maintaining, and auditing contract pricing and bespoke promotions file
* Responsible for updating and maintaining customer terms & overriders tracker by account
* Taking a lead role in the budgeting and forecasting process working with commercial and finance teams
* Work closely with Finance team to ensure accurate allocation of deductions, understanding drivers of distribution,
* Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all senior managers and their team
* Support the planning and budgeting process around production, distribution, costing and purchasing.
* Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities and take a lead role in planning commercial activities required to remediate any gaps to target.
Requirements:
* Finance professional with significant post qualified experience; FMCG experience preferred
* CIMA / ACA/ACCA Qualified preferred
* Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence at all levels
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