Commercial Finance Business Partner

Finnebrogue; Downpatrick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will provide insightful financial analysis that drives revenue growth and margin improvement. Your expertise will support sales forecasting, budgeting, and tender negotiations while building robust customer cost models. This innovative firm offers a vibrant workplace with a range of benefits, including free meals and a healthcare plan. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Subsidised meals

Free breakfast and lunch

Free onsite car parking

Electric charging points

Weekly free products

Healthcare plan

Cycle to work scheme

New electric car scheme

Birthday holiday

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in a similar role.
• Strong financial modelling skills and proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide sales and margin analysis, supporting budgeting processes.
• Evaluate promotional plans and support SKU rationalisation.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Excel (Pivot Tables)

Communication Skills

Customer/Client Facing Skills

Data Analysis

Education

Part-Qualified Accountant

Qualified by Experience

Tools

Qlik

Job description

The Role

The roles and responsibilities of the Commercial Finance Business Partner will include:

1. Providing weekly and monthly sales and margin analysis, commentaries and KPI summaries.
2. Supporting the sales forecasting and budgeting processes.
3. Support tender negotiations by providing key financial insight and support in the form of scenario models.
4. Build and maintain robust externally facing Customer Cost Models to help identify commercial opportunities, minimise cost inflation pricing risks and to support JBPs.
5. Carrying out ad hoc analysis required by management in a timely and accurate manner, summarising key findings aimed at senior level.
6. Business Partnering with the Senior Commercial Team.
7. Supporting the commercial team as they drive revenue growth and margin improvement through evaluation of business opportunities.
8. Driving improvement and standardisation in finance and commercial processes to maximise efficiency and quality of KPI reporting.
9. Evaluate promotional plans and monitor their actual performance.
10. Support SKU rationalisation.
11. Providing ‘on-hand’ expertise and support in the use of current reporting systems including Qlik.
12. Support in monitoring inflation and price recovery through a formal process, making recommendations for the recovery of inflation through price change mechanisms, assisting with arguments to secure increases or to defend existing price.

What it takes

1. Part-Qualified accountant (or qualified by experience) with at least 2 years relevant experience working in a similar role.
2. Strong financial modelling skills including use of pivot tables and manipulation of data in Excel.
3. Structured and organised.
4. Good communication skills, comfortable communicating across all levels.
5. Experience of planning and organising several tasks with the ability to prioritise and cope with conflicting demands and deadlines.
6. Ability to bring numbers alive through presentations using graphs and tables with clarity and consistency. Able to explain finance to non-financial colleagues.
7. Demonstrate customer/client facing skills, to command respect and influence at a senior level, debating with confidence, diplomacy, and discretion.

Desirable

1. Experience within FMCG manufacturing environment.
2. Experience working with Qlik.
3. Experience in providing commercial analysis and business evaluation opportunities.

Benefits
Working within one of our state of the art premises you will enjoy a range of benefits including the ability to relax during your break in a restaurant standard canteen with all meals subsidised. We even offer free breakfast and lunch options. You will enjoy free onsite car parking and electric charging points. You will be entitled to free products weekly (up to 5 free products per person) through our award-winning “Shack Initiative.” We have a packed calendar of wellbeing, social and sport events.

After you have settled into the Finnebrogue family your perks will only increase including a healthcare plan, cycle to work scheme, new electric car scheme and we won’t forget the days that are important to you, you will receive your birthday as a holiday day! Our list of benefits continues to grow and you don’t have to just take our word for it. We have been awarded Irish News and Grocer Gold Employer of the Year as testimony to the exciting culture and benefits we offer.