Commercial Finance Manager

TFG Brands; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company in the UK is looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to support growth strategies across its brands. The ideal candidate should have experience in commercial finance and budgeting, be a qualified accountant, and possess strong analytical skills. This role offers competitive pay and benefits including staff discounts and wellness support.

Benefits

Staff Discount

Discounts across your favourite brands

Virtual GP Service

Virtual Wellbeing and Counselling Service

Financial Wellbeing Support

Early Pay through Access Early Pay

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CA required.
• Experience in a multi-site environment preferred.
• Strong commercial finance and business partnering experience necessary.

Responsibilities

• Review and report on monthly cost reports.
• Hold monthly budget review meetings with departments.
• Prepare annual budget and quarterly forecasts.

Skills

Pro-active problem solving

Strong analytical skills

Ability to deliver under pressure

Attention to detail

Commercial finance experience

Education

Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CA

Tools

Microsoft applications

Advanced Excel

Accounting systems experience (e.g. SUN/Mercatus)

Job description

About The Role

These are exciting times at TFG London. We recently completed the acquisition of White Stuff to complement our established brands Phase Eight, Whistles Hobbs and Inside Story. We are keen to appoint a Commercial Finance Manager to support the Head of Commercial Finance in our growth strategies across all of our brands and markets. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Commercial Finance Professional to take the next step in their career.

What you'll do

As Commercial Finance Manager you will be responsible for the following:

• Review and report to senior team on analysis of monthly cost reports for all head office departments.
• Hold monthly budget review meetings with each department and set action plans.
• Attend and present financial information to store managers at area meetings.
• Oversee and review weekly trade analysis for all business channels around Sales, Margin and Stock.
• Support the core finance team with monthly analysis to budget across all P&L lines.
• Attend monthly P&L and balance sheet review and take ownership of commercial finance / brand actions.
• Take ownership of and prepare (with assistance from the commercial finance analyst) the annual budget, quarterly forecasts and annual 5 year plan.
• Monthly balance sheet and cashflow forecasting.

What you'll need

To be successful in the Commercial Finance Manager role you will have the following skills and experience:

Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CA
• Experience operating in a multi-site environment
• Previous retail experience beneficial, but not essential
• Strong commercial finance and business partnering experience
• Budgeting and forecasting

System Skills:

• Microsoft applications
• Advanced Excel
• Experience of working with accounting systems (e.g. SUN/Mercatus) beneficial, but not essential

Attributes Required:

• A pro-active, driven, organised, forward thinking individual who takes a logical approach to problem solving
• Strong desire to challenge the existing processes and seek to make improvements
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to deliver under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Strong analytical skills

What's in it for you

In return we offer a competitive salary and benefits including:

• Staff Discount
• Discounts across your favourite brands
• Virtual GP Service
• Virtual Wellbeing and Counselling Service
• Financial Wellbeing Support
• Early Pay through Access Early Pay

About Us

At TFG Brands London we care, we connect, we collaborate and we create. We have five brands in our portfolio: our iconic fashion brands Hobbs, Phase Eight and Whistles, our luxury homewares brand Inside Story and the recently acquired lifestyle brand White Stuff. We are growing beyond this in multiple retail sectors and are entrepreneurial in our spirit, passionate about exceeding our customers' expectations in everything we do. This only happens with the input of our great colleagues and we are committed to creating a friendly and inclusive environment where you can do your best work and grow and develop along with us.

TFG London Inclusion and Diversity statement of commitment: At TFG London and across all our brands we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes, develops and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, cultural references and ideas and opinions within our business. We are working together to ensure our environment is one where difference is not only respected but encouraged and celebrated and people can bring their authentic, unique selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated.