Commercial Finance Business Partner

Marc Daniels; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner in Bolton. This role involves ownership of financial modelling and reporting, with a focus on optimising pricing and promotional effectiveness. The ideal candidate is a qualified finance professional with post-qualified experience, preferably in FMCG. The company offers a hybrid working model and excellent career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Finance professional with significant post qualified experience; FMCG experience preferred.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Ownership for financial modelling of Customer Joint Business Planning.
• Lead month-end reporting process with accuracy.
• Support quarterly forecasting and strategy execution.

Skills

Strong financial modelling

Revenue management

Communication skills

Process improvement

Education

CIMA / ACA/ACCA Qualified

Job description

An FMCG business is currently looking to expand their Commercial Finance team. My client is currently recruiting for a Commercial Finance Business Partner role offering excellent hybrid working options and excellent progression opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership for the financial modelling of Customer Joint Business Planning agreements, ensuring they are structured to deliver future growth
• Highlight future performance risks and opportunities, proactively planning any commercial remediation that may be necessary to close performance gaps to target.
• Implement revenue management levers to optimise pricing and promotional effectiveness
• Lead the month-end reporting process, creating period packs to be presented to the SLT and business partnering with FP&A to ensure all submissions and deadlines are met
• Create and own the period-end monthly reporting deck reviewed by the UK leadership team
• Lead the quarterly forecasting process, from ensuring financial forecast accuracy through to presenting to the Board.
• Support prior year trade and marketing accrual review and control
• Actively participate in execution of the strategy, from creation through to post implementation tracking
• Maintain a strong control and governance environment, ensuring all processes and outputs are free from material error and in-line with accounting principles on revenue recognition and marketing spend
• Be a key contact to our FP&A for monthly, quarterly and annual submissions
• Champion process improvements, identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance outputs from the UK Commercial Finance team.

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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