Finance Business Partner - Customer

Warburtons; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Profit sharing

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays

Pension with contributions

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking a senior Commercial Finance lead to drive financial insight for customer account teams. You will influence decisions on promotions, pricing and investments, and monitor performance to deliver volume, revenue and margin targets.

You will manage key relationships with Customer Business Controllers and cross-functional teams, providing proactive analysis and robust reporting while ensuring balance sheet controls.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in commercial finance within FMCG.
• Strong coaching and mentoring ability.
• Chartered or equivalent accounting qualification (CIMA or similar). Evidence of CPD.
• Experience using SAP in a finance environment.
• Excellent commercial understanding of the UK grocery sector.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills; clear communication.
• Excellent relationship builder with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong project management and organisational skills; high workload capacity.
• Proficient in Excel and financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Provide insightful business cases and financial analysis to influence decisions on customer initiatives.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with Customer Business Controllers and cross-functional teams.
• Lead proactive insight to identify opportunities and risks against targets and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain reporting and analysis tools to monitor performance against volume, revenue and margin.
• Ensure controls and balance sheet visibility across influence areas for audit readiness.
• Lead, motivate, coach and develop the commercial finance customer team.

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Recipe

To lead the finance support for the customer account teams, providing insight, proactive challenge & influence, in support of delivering the business's financial targets (Volume, revenue and margin).

Key Accountabilities and Measures

• To be responsible for the provision of insightful business cases and proposals, driving commerciality and providing financial analysis to influence decision making. For all customer specific initiatives, including JBPs, promotional investment and pricing. Monitor performance through to delivery.


• To effectively manage stakeholder relationships, working in partnership with the Customer Business Controllers and influencing relationships with the Customer Team, Commercial Strategy and CFT.


• To be responsible for leading proactive insight, support and challenge with the relevant customer team(s) to give early indication of developing opportunities and issues, in order to achieve the goals and targets set. Maintain an in-depth understanding of actual and forecast performance.


• To be responsible for leading the development of reporting and analysis tools to effectively monitor and give visibility to customer performance against volume, revenue and margin objectives.


• To ensure all relevant controls are consistently adhered to across the areas of influence and that we have clear visibility to our balance sheet position for audit and balance sheet management purposes.


• To lead, motivate, coach and develop direct reports within the commercial finance customer team.

Essential Ingredients

• Significant post qualification experience, including commercial finance exposure at a management level, ideally gained within a FMCG environment.


• A good coach and mentor: Experience of guiding others.


• Qualifications: CIMA or other accountancy qualification. Evidence of CPD.


• Experience of operating in a SAP environment.


• Excellent commercial skills: good understanding of the UK grocery industry.


• Analytical: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to interpret data clearly and concisely, clearly communicating and ensuring understanding of both finance and non-finance colleagues. Strong attention to detail.


• Excellent communication skills: influential; articulate, persuasive.


• Excellent relationship builder- Able to build relationships and influence across a broad range of non-finance and finance stakeholders.


• Strong project management and organisation skills to manage a demanding and varied workload.


• Proficient in Excel.

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least, you will want to know what your breads worth:

• Car allowance


• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)


• Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you, so you'll have 5 weeks holiday and bank hols. Plus the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave.


• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions of 7%


• Private medical insurance, health screening and life assurance


• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website


• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service