Commercial Finance Manager

Little Moons; Little London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medicash, Private Health Scheme & Life

Discretionary annual bonus

Paid sick leave

25 days holiday + public holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Little Moons is seeking a Finance Business Partner to shape commercial strategy across Sales, Marketing and Innovation. You will partner with the CFO to steer investment decisions and build robust financial models that drive profitable revenue growth.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting, NSV and gross margin analytics, and influence pricing and trade investments. You will also develop the commercial finance team and support JBPs with key retailers.

Qualifications

• FMCG experience within branded food and drink.
• International experience with retailers/distributors.
• Revenue Growth Management experience to maximise value.
• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic mindset.
• Advanced financial modelling and Excel skills.
• Confident business partnering and stakeholder management.
• Forecasting and analytical expertise.
• Professional finance qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Innovation and other commercial teams.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes; develop sales and margin forecasts.
• Evaluate ROI of promotions and investments; support JBPs.
• Support pricing strategy and customer profitability analyses.
• Own monthly commercial performance reports and KPI analysis.
• Manage commercial investment budgets and governance.
• Support New Product Development with business cases and P&Ls.
• Lead and develop the two Commercial Finance Analysts; drive finance capability.

Skills

FMCG experience

International experience

Revenue Growth Management

Team leadership

Commercial acumen

Financial modelling

Excel

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Professional finance qualification

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

The Role

This newly created role brings you the opportunity to make a real mark on our fast-growing brand. You'll be the one making sure our sales growth, promotional activity, marketing investment, pricing decisions and exciting new product launches all deliver profitable, sustainable returns.

You will be working collaboratively with commercial teams – business partnering with the Sales, Innovation and Marketing functions. Working closely with our CFO, you'll help steer smart commercial decisions and shape how we invest across customer and consumer and you'll build the commercial financial models that make it easy to see what's really working (before and after investment), from promotions and JBPs to Trade and Consumer marketing.

If this sounds like an opportunity you would thrive in we'd love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

Finance Business Partneringo

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Innovation and other commercial teams.


• Challenge and support commercial decisions.


• Provide financial insight to drive profitable revenue growth.


• Influence stakeholders on pricing, promotions and investment decisions.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Lead commercial budgeting and forecasting processes.


• Develop sales and margin forecasts.


• Identify risks and opportunities against plan.


• Ensure financial targets are realistic and achievable.

Trade Investment & Promotional Analysis

• Evaluate promotional activity before and after execution.


• Assess ROI of customer investments and marketing spend.


• Support Joint Business Plans (JBPs) with key retailers and distributors


• Optimise trade spend to maximise profitability.

Revenue Growth Management (RGM)

• Support pricing strategy and customer profitability analysis.


• Analyse sales mix, margins and price elasticity.


• Recommend actions to improve net sales value (NSV) and gross margin.


• Identify growth opportunities across customers, distributors and channels.

Financial Reporting & Performance Analysis

• Own monthly commercial performance reports insight


• Analyse volume, revenue and margin variances to deliver key insights


• Monitor KPIs and communicate performance trends.


• Provide actionable insights to senior management.

Cost Control & Governance

• Manage commercial investment budgets.


• Ensure accurate accruals and prepayments.


• Support period-end close activities.


• Maintain strong financial controls and governance


• Assist with audit work related to commercial accruals.

New Product Development (NPD)

• Support innovation projects with business cases and P&Ls.


• Evaluate new product profitability.


• Assess launch performance against expectations.


• Provide financial input to stage-gate approval processes.

Team Leadership

• Manage and develop the two Commercial Finance Analysts


• Build commercial finance capability across the organisation.


• Improve financial understanding among non-finance stakeholders.


• Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives.


• Contribute to the Brighter Future Sustainability Strategy and company's linked OKRs.


• Support your function and any direct report(s) to contribute too.

Essential

What You'll Bring

• FMCG experience within branded food and drink


• International experience, including working in a business that sells through international retailers and distributors


• Proven Revenue Growth Management experience - you know how to price and promote to genuinely maximise value


• Experience developing and leading a team - a genuine, motivating people leader


• Strong commercial acumen


• Advanced financial modelling and Excel skills


• Confident business partnering, influencing and stakeholder management


• Forecasting and analytical expertise


• A professional finance qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)

Ideally, You'll Also Bring

• Familiarity with UK, European, US and ANZ markets

Some Of The Benefits Of Working Here Include

Little Moons is a fast-growing and dynamic business, the nature of which means roles and responsibilities can change and grow quickly and at scale. We never stand still for long, and for the right person this represents an opportunity to grow and evolve your role and responsibilities with us and to develop your career at pace.

Benefits

We will provide you with as much support, guidance, and training as you need, and offer the below benefits to boost:

• Medicash, Private Health Scheme & Life Insurance


• Enhanced Baby Leave -new parents will be entitled to sixteen weeks off on full pay during the child’s first year of life (available to people who have worked for Little Moons for one year at Week 26 of pregnancy)


• We understand that mental health matters. We partner with Health Assured to provide remote emotional support to team members


• Discretionary annual bonus based on company performance


• Paid sick leave


• Respect, trust, and honesty. Personal and professional maturity is important to us, and we keep each other honest


• Your holidays – We believe in finding your work-life alignment and encourage all staff to use their 25 days, plus public holidays


• Additional days off with long service


• Salary Extra - Discounts and Vouchers


• Your Birthday off


• Team volunteer days


• Cycle to work scheme

To be engaged, you must feel included and valued, so we have built, and nurtured, a culture where inclusiveness is not a buzzword, but a way of being.

Our approach to diversity is simple, it’s about embracing everyone, and everyone is welcome at Little Moons. We are committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation or expression. We arediverse in age, race, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our diversity fuels our innovation, brings diversity of thought, and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve.

All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.