Commercial Finance Business Partner

Mizkan; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Mizkan is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner to enhance collaboration with Sales and Marketing, driving decisions on product placement and promotional strategies. This role calls for a CIMA-qualified candidate with FMCG experience who can provide financial insights, lead reporting processes, and support strategic plans and product launches. This position offers significant influence in reporting, strategy, and decision-making, within a supportive and dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, preferably working with retailers.
• Knowledge of Net Revenue Management, CPI modelling, and pricing strategies.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, proactive team environment.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with our Commercial & Marketing teams to enhance performance from campaign planning and pricing.
• Providing insights on promotional ROI, elasticity modelling, and deal analysis.
• Managing and improving reporting processes and training others.
• Supporting strategic plans and product launches through financial modelling.
• Leading trade spend and net revenue management processes.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Data Simplification

Promotional Planning

Strategic Financial Advisory

Influencing Skills

Education

CIMA qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Commercial Finance Business Partner

At Mizkan Euro, we're bold about flavour and even bolder about people. Whether it's crafting our iconic brands (Branston, Sarson's, Haywards) or challenging the way things have always been done, we're part of a 200-year-old Japanese business with a global footprint, but we operate like a fast-moving challenger brand in the UK and Europe.

We're looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner who's more than just a number cruncher but someone who's commercially curious, influential, and ready to help steer the business behind the brands.

This is a rare opportunity to work closely with our Sales, Marketing, and NPD teams, supporting decision-making that influences product placement, promotional strategies, and future growth. You will translate financial insights into everyday business language, helping teams understand not just the what, but the why and the what next.

What you'll be doing:

1. Partnering with our Commercial & Marketing teams to enhance performance from campaign planning and pricing to trade terms and promotions.
2. Providing insights on promotional ROI, elasticity modelling, and deal analysis.
3. Managing and improving reporting processes, challenging existing reports, and training others to self-serve and upskill.
4. Supporting strategic plans and product launches through financial modelling, Stage-Gate reviews, and business cases.
5. Leading trade spend and net revenue management processes to support growth in Retail and Foodservice sectors.
6. Serving as a trusted financial advisor, balancing challenge with support, and helping the business anticipate future opportunities.

What we're looking for

• CIMA qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in FMCG, preferably working with retailers, trade terms, and promotional planning.
• Knowledge of Net Revenue Management, CPI modelling, and pricing strategies.
• Ability to simplify complex data into clear business insights and train others to do the same.
• Confidence in challenging and influencing colleagues.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, proactive team environment where being helpful, direct, and hands-on is valued.

Why Mizkan?

Working at Mizkan offers the agility of a small UK team backed by the stability of a global company. We support and develop our people, encourage movement across roles and functions, and challenge each other to improve.

This role provides visibility and impact, with the autonomy to influence reporting, strategy, and decision-making.

Many of our team members have grown with us over the past 10+ years, taking on new challenges across different sites and functions. We believe in moving people around, not just up.