Senior FP&A Analyst – Commercial Lead / Business Partner

JELD-WEN, Inc.; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking global leader in building products as a Commercial Finance Business Partner. This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to drive commercial activities and provide actionable financial insights to support strategic decisions. You will enhance transparency and consistency in financial reporting while collaborating with cross-functional teams. With a commitment to continuous improvement, you will play a key role in shaping the financial landscape of the organization. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Pension Plan

25 Days Holiday

Relocation Packages

Salary Sacrifices

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• 5+ years in finance/accounting in a multi-site, multi-country role.
• Experience in a blue-chip company, preferably US Multinational.

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidated European commercial financial management reporting.
• Develop financial commercial excellence metrics and reporting.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Commercial Business Partnering

Data Analysis

Relationship Management

Process Improvement

Financial Modelling

BI Tools Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Professional Finance Qualification (CIMA, ACCA, etc.)

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Tableau

Data Warehouse

Job description

We are seeking a talented Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our European HQ FP&A Team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in FP&A and commercial business partnering in a multinational matrix organisation.

Your role:

As Senior FP&A Analyst – Commercial Lead / Business Partner, you will be the FP&A lead responsible for driving forward the commercial activities of the European organisation. Serving as business partner to the commercial teams and functional leaders, providing actionable financial insight, reporting, analysis, influence and supporting key business & strategic decisions through relevant and timely business information and analytics.

Reporting to the Finance Director – Commercial, Operations and FP&A, this key role will focus on improving the quality and depth of data, analytics and insight. You will provide detailed analysis of key drivers impacting performance, alongside improving and standardising financial processes and procedures. Ultimately, your goal is to drive best practice, increase consistency, and enhance transparency across the region.

This is a hybrid role based at our European Head Quarters in Solihull. In addition to a competitive salary, pension, and 25 days holiday, we offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits including relocation packages, salary sacrifices, and employee discounts.

What your impact will be:

1. Lead consolidated European commercial financial management reporting - validate, report, forecast, and provide insight on commercial performance.
2. Develop Financial Commercial Excellence metrics and reporting, ensuring timely provision of KPIs, data analytics, value-added commentary, and challenge to the commercial organization.
3. Provide key commercial KPIs and analysis for Monthly Operating Reports, Board Packs, Forecasts/Budgets, and other reporting.
4. Drive consistency and transparency in financial reporting methodology to ensure accuracy, reliability, and internal benchmarking.
5. Harmonize financial commercial reporting of volume, price, mix, sales initiatives, new product sales, and market performance, comparing actuals versus budgets, forecasts, and prior year.
6. Develop consistent European product/customer profitability analysis, including cross-border and wall-to-wall profitability, working with EU Pricing and EU BI Team to enhance transparency and data-driven decision making.
7. Lead governance over commercial activities and processes such as pricing, discounts, sales rebates, commissions, aged debt, and bad debt provisions.
8. Communicate clearly with data, explaining business drivers behind financial data and potential implications on future results to facilitate decision making.
9. Translate financial and non-financial commercial metrics into actionable operating plans to support stakeholders in driving the business forward.
10. Lead European commercial forecast and budget processes, ensuring accuracy, realism, and achievement of targets through sound financial analysis and continuous improvement.

What you'll need to succeed:

1. At least 5+ years of experience in a multi-site, multi-country finance or accounting role.
2. Experience working for a blue-chip company, preferably a US Multinational.
3. Experience working in a global, matrix-managed organization.
4. Strong commercial and/or manufacturing sector experience.
5. Excellent relationship management, influencing, and communication skills across all levels.
6. Experience in system and process development, with a proven track record of implementing new processes effectively.
7. Ability to challenge the status quo and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
8. Advanced IT skills, including building robust financial models (PBI, Excel, Access, Data Warehouse).
9. Experience with data extraction, manipulation, transformation, interpretation, and working with large data sets to generate meaningful insights.
10. Knowledge of BI Tools / Data Warehouse such as Tableau / Snowflake.

Good reason to join:

JELD-WEN is a leading global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of high-performance interior and exterior doors, windows, and related building products. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., the company operates in 16 countries across North America and Europe, employing approximately 18,000 people. Since 1960, JELD-WEN has been committed to creating safe and sustainable environments for customers, employees, and communities. Our brands include JELD-WEN, LaCantina, VPI, Swedoor, and DANA.

In 2022, Newsweek recognized JELD-WEN as one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies.

JELD-WEN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any basis protected by law.