Commercial Finance Manager – jd-UK

JD GROUP; Bury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to manage budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for its operations. Candidates should be CIMA, ACCA, or ACA qualified accountants with a minimum of 2 years PQE experience, along with strong management skills. This role involves collaboration with retail teams on sales and payroll forecasting, as well as ensuring the integrity of financial reporting systems. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and capable of working under pressure, while effectively influencing senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualified Accountant with at least 2 years PQE experience.
• Demonstrated management experience in financial settings.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders in both financial and non-financial contexts.

Responsibilities

• Conduct sales forecasting and budgeting in collaboration with Retail teams.
• Regularly analyze sales and payroll performance, providing insights.
• Ensure integrity and reporting of time and attendance systems.

Skills

CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualified Accountant

Advanced Excel skills

Attention to detail

Management experience

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility in adapting to change

Education

2 years PQE experience

Tools

TM1

Job description

Commercial Finance Manager – JD-UK

Responsible to: Senior Commercial Finance Manager JD-UK

Department: Finance

Location: JD Group Head Office, Bury, BL9 8RR

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

As the Commercial Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include all budgeting, forecasting and analysis for the JD-UK entity. There will be focus on store payroll enabling the retail to manage this efficiency and drive cost savings. Key point of liaison in order to understand trends and future projections as well as support adhoc requests to provide insight to the field based teams.

• Sales forecasting and budgeting in collaboration with Retail teams
• Payroll forecasting and budgeting in line with the established headcount model
• Presentation of forecast and budgets, highlighting risks and opportunities to plan.
• Regular Sales analysis and reporting – providing insight to underlying key drivers of performance
• Regular Payroll analysis and reporting – providing insight to variance in performance, and supporting improvement
• Responsible for ensuring the integrity of time and attendance systems and associated reporting and including any implementation of new time and attendance systems.
• Analysis and insight across all store operating costs. Converting this information into efficiencies, working with other departments to achieve
• Analysis and insight of central operating overheads, developing benchmarks for efficiency
• Longer term growth forecasting and analysis to support the Group’s strategic growth plans.
• Quickly develop and deliver new analysis to help stakeholders understand changes in the businesses’ environment
• Input into Cashflow forecasting process to support
• Support Property Finance team on new store investment appraisals
• Support Reporting team to deliver clear and robust reporting and analysis
• Understand commercial retail context allowing review of store and digital operational performance
• Ability to work with stakeholders across different levels and functions across the business.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed:

• CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualified Accountant – 2 years PQE experience essential.
• Previous management experience essential.
• Experience with working alongside and influencing multiple senior stakeholders; both financial and non-financial
• Advanced Excel skills. TM1 experience not essential but an advantage
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Positive, flexible, enthusiastic and driven.
• Flexibility to be able to adapt to a fast pace of change