Finance Manager - EMEA P&SM

Rsgroup; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial solutions provider is seeking a Finance Manager for their EMEA Product & Supplier Management team. This permanent hybrid role involves financial analysis, planning, and strategic insights. Applicants should be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong experience in finance business partnering. The position offers benefits such as an annual performance bonus and enhanced family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

Private healthcare

Generous holiday allowance

Support for neurodiverse colleagues

Enhanced coverage for trans colleagues

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance business partnering role within a large, matrixed organisation.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner for the P&SM categories.
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, and re-forecasting.
• Oversee financial management of category projects.

Skills

Financial modelling

Strategic financial analysis

Commercial mindset

Stakeholder relationship management

Education

Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Business Objects

Excel

Job description

Finance Manager - EMEA P&SM

Location: Corby, ENG, GB, NN17 5JF London, ENG, GB, N1C 4AG

Brand: RS Group

Function: Finance

Work Location: Hybrid

Job Description

This role is offered on a permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our London or Corby Office. Where London based, there will also be a requirement to travel to Corby on a regular basis.

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our Finance function. This role will bring critical commercial finance skills to bear across the EMEA Product & Supplier Management (P&SM) categories, providing insight on performance, development, and monitoring of strategic plans and initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner for the P&SM categories, providing decision support and strategic insights.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive financial and operational performance.
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, and re-forecasting, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Plan Category Margin targets for EMEA and report on performance across RS' broad product range.
• Represent Finance on the Product & Supplier Management Leadership Team.
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to support category decision making, investment prioritisation, and margin optimisation.
• Oversee financial management of category projects and programmes, including Product Range Expansion and Merchandise Hierarchy updates.
• Champion best practices, continuous improvement, and the effective use of technology in financial reporting.

Requirements

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent), ideally bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in a finance business partnering role within a large, matrixed organisation.
• Strong financial modelling, analysis, and forecasting skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Commercial mindset with a focus on driving profitable growth.
• Knowledge and understanding of Product & Supplier Management at both strategic and operational levels.
• Proficiency in financial software and tools (e.g., SAP, Power BI, Business Objects, Excel).

Bẹnеfits

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you'd expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK, we've just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation.
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette's syndrome.
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery.

About Us

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions - the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities.

RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves.

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?