Commercial Finance Business Partner

Mindful Chef; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Free meals

Gym

Pet-friendly

Health insurance

Job summary

Mindful Chef Ltd. in London HQ is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner to drive profitability and provide insight to key stakeholders. You will own margin analysis, automate reporting, and work with Recipe, Buying and Operations teams to optimise pricing and margins.

The role requires a curious mindset, strong Excel and data modelling skills, familiarity with Xero, and excellent communication across commercial and operations staff. Hybrid working with office access in London.

Qualifications

• Curious to understand key business metrics.
• Proactive in digging into detail and provide stakeholder insights.
• Excellent communication with both operational and financial staff.
• Efficient, hands-on problem solver with flexible mindset.
• Familiarity with Xero accounting software preferred.
• Proficient in spreadsheets and data modelling.
• Interested in food and consumer goods.

Responsibilities

• Own margin analysis and reporting to the wider business, automating processes where possible.
• Collaborate with Recipe team to maximise profitability and support pricing decisions.
• Align with Buying team to assess future prices and create margin savings.
• Establish strong relationships with operations/warehouse to understand fulfilment costs and identify variances and trends.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable to ensure monthly figures are accurate and presented correctly.
• Assist with month-end reporting and variance analysis.
• Support forecasting and budgeting processes.

Skills

Margin analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder communication

Forecasting

Excel

Tools

Xero

Excel

Job description

Where Growth has no Leash

More Than Just A Job

As a proud B-Corp we focus on using business as a force for good. We do this by balancing out people and planet with profit. For every Mindful Chef recipe box bought we donate the equivalent of a school meal to a child in a less developed country (over 20 million meals donated and counting...) and we have also pledged to go Net Zero by 2030 but there are so many other initiatives that we would love to tell you about!

About the role

What we are looking for

We are looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our finance team in our London HQ. This will be at the centre of the team’s work on profitability amid rising food prices. A curious, inquisitive mindset is key, as well as a can-do attitude towards tasks which will often be ad-hoc and require reporting directly to the relevant business stakeholders.

You are

• Genuinely curious to understand the key metrics of the business.
• Proactive in digging into the detail and provide insight to relevant stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills; confident interacting with both operational and financial employees.
• Efficient and hardworking with a flexible and hands-on, problem-solving approach.
• Familiarity with accounting software such as Xero preferable.
• Proficient in spreadsheets and data modelling.
• Interested in food!

You will

• Own our margin analysis and the reporting to the wider business, automating the process as much as possible.
• Work closely with our Recipe team to maximise recipes profitable and support pricing decisions.
• Align with our Buying team to assess future prices and create margin savings.
• Establish strong relationships with our operations warehouse to really understand the costs to fulfil and deliver all our orders and identify variances, trends and opportunities.
• Work closely with the Accounts Payable team to ensure monthly figures are accurate and correctly presented.
• Assistance with month end reporting and variance analysis more generally.
• Support with forecasting and budgeting processes.

Why us?

• A competitive package that rewards your skills and dedication.
• Flexibility of hybrid working from our office based in Wandsworth.
• Be part of a Better Business (B-Corp), making a positive impact on profit, people, and planet.
• Join an award-winning startup backed by the largest food and beverage company
• globally: Nestle
• Experience a workplace that feels like home, complete with free meals, a gym, a vertical farm, and pet-friendly policies.
• Prioritise your well-being with perks like Vitality health insurance, access to LinkedIn Learning, mental health support, Better Up AI Coaching and a generous holiday package (30 days + bank holidays).
• Enjoy a 50% discount on all Mindful Chef products.
• Enhanced policy of up to 6 months full pay primary parental leave and up to 6 weeks full pay secondary parental leave.