Commercial Finance Business Partner

Sysco Ireland; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice provider is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner in Toronto. This integral role involves providing financial support, managing customer contracts, and delivering insights to drive business performance. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, financial qualifications, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-moving environments with tight deadlines.
• Experience in data analytics and process automation is highly desirable.
• Food service industry experience is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support and insights to stakeholders.
• Manage financial processes related to Corporate customers.
• Lead analysis to identify profit-enhancing opportunities.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Presentation Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Stakeholder Influence

Attention to Detail

Project Management Skills

Education

Qualification or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Third level qualification in Business, Finance or relevant discipline

Tools

MS Excel

Database Systems

Job description

As the leading foodservice provider across the island of Ireland, Sysco's success is driven by a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who go above and beyond to deliver every day.

We don't just deliver food and drink to our customers. We deliver new thinking, technology and talent to our industry. We deliver opportunities - to ourselves and to our colleagues ensuring that we can all thrive in work and beyond.

We are now looking for new talent to join us as we continue to grow, innovate and deliver.

Commercial Finance Business Partner

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Commercial Finance Business Partner, a role which is an integral role within the Commercial Finance function of the business. This role will require a high degree of autonomy, working closely with the Finance and Sales management teams to provide high quality commercial support and insight to our Corporate customers. The role will involve management of all financial aspects relevant to this area of our business, to include ongoing maintenance of all financial data relevant to contracts, internal and external reporting requirements, process and systems optimisation, commercial analysis and insights, etc

Key Accountabilities:

Business Partner with senior commercial owners in the area and to financial and non-financial teams to provide all stakeholders with insightful commercial and financial support and analysis in order to help with their decision-making.

Proactive interaction and collaboration with key customer contacts in a professional and reliable manner, to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver as needed, at all times working to maintain and further develop the customer relationship. Ensure optimum service delivery levels and customer satisfaction as it relates to customer contract support provided by the Commercial Finance function.

Bottom-up assessment and appraisal of all financial processes and routines related to Corporate customers, identify those that can be automated or otherwise streamlined and develop and execute project plans to implement full automation. Develop business requirements through interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, scenarios, business analysis and workflow analysis.

Operate as a key link between the Commercial Finance and Business Technology teams through which requirements flow.

Support the governance, control and automation of all processes related to pricing of Corporate customers. Create safeguards for future revenues through the development and improvement of pricing control activities.

Identify, own and further develop the commercial KPI's and related dashboards and reports to understand and drive commercial performance.

Responsible for consistent and clear commercial and financial reporting on a weekly /monthly / other periodic basis for the Management and Leadership teams.

Partner with relevant business units and teams to review current insights and prepare new insights on commercial and operational trends as they relate to our corporate customers in order to evaluate, monitor and drive business performance. Lead robust analysis to support the prioritisation of profit enhancing opportunities.

Daily interaction with Senior Management to influence senior stakeholders on business decisions and strategy.

Involvement in the motivation and development of a team of commercial analysts, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Project management of internal projects to drive change and improvements to the overall Commercial Finance function.

Requirements:

Experience working within a dynamic fast-moving environment working to tight deadlines. Food service industry experience an advantage but not essential

Qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferable

Third level qualification or equivalent in Business, Finance or other relevant discipline

Experience in data analytics / process automation highly desirable

Highly competent in MS Excel and database systems

Experience Of Microsoft ERPs An Advantage But Not Essential

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; a naturally enquiring approach, with strong commercial mind-set and acumen demonstrated by reference to previous work experience

Strong presentation skills

Strategic thinker

Ability to build and develop collaborative relationships and to influence stakeholders

Excellent communicator

Self-starter with a high level of motivation and agility

Proven ability to manage and organise own workload and the workload of others

Resilient attitude and desire to see things through to completion

Attentive to detail

Excellent project management skills

Sysco Ireland Culture

• Customer Focus: We deeply understand our customers' needs, continuously looking at ways to deliver real value.
• Building Relationships: We foster strong, effective relationships across teams, always working together. We embrace change and support each other through it.
• Clear Communication: We communicate clearly and effectively, ensuring our message resonates.
• A Passion for Food: We source and deliver food and drink that inspires excellence and creativity in kitchens for the most memorable dining experiences.
  
  

The accountabilities and requirements outlined in this job description are neither definitive nor restrictive and may change in detail from time-to-time to meet the changing needs of the business.

Sysco is an equal opportunity employer.