Finance Business Partner
Telford / Market Drayton (Hybrid)
£neg + bonus
Seymour John is proud to be partnering with a true market leader. My client a FMCG international household name seek to recruit a Finance Business Partner as a result of internal promotion.
In this role you will act as the conduit between finance and the commercial teams. We’re looking for experienced individual to act as a key commercial business partner supporting the Sales Financial Controller in business partnering the Commercial team. You will provide day-to-day and strategic financial and commercial decision support ensuring robustness financial data and commercial forecasts.
* Business Partner the Sales Teams providing financial and commercial decision support and insight to drive the business forward in these areas.
* Management of Customers P&L’s.
* Evaluation and development of individual customer business plans.
* Input into the Sales business review process.
* Input into the monthly promotional management process.
* Dealing with day-to-day queries from your key contacts.
* Ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
* Build strong relationships across the commercial teams to ensure involvement in decision up-front.
* Attend Sales Business review and pre-meetings providing support and analysis to feed into the presentation.
* Review, analyse and challenge risk and opportunities and commercial forecast.
* Analyse monthly financial forecast to provide insight into key changes by customer and brand, explaining variances vs previous forecast, budget and prior year result.
* Review with the commercial team of YTD and YTG full year sales forecast and associated CM, ensuring plans are sufficient to meet the annual targets.
* Analysis of performance vs forecast & prior year.
* Preparation of required journal postings.
* Month End Day 5/6/7 preparation and reporting.
* Provide commentary on key drivers of performance for customer base.
* On an annualised basis, (July-September), lead the commercial teams for Business Unt area through the commercial budgeting process ensuring that robust plans are developed which meet the issued top-down targets.
Key skills & experience for the Finance Business Partner: -
* Recognised Accounting qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) preferred but open minded to QBE’s.
* Ability to manage a wide-ranging stakeholder base across the business
* Able to work to tight deadlines with agility and proficiency
* Time Management
* Willingness to drive change and process improvements
* Advice and support of strategic changes affecting sales and wider business
* Ability to provide decision support & challenge to the commercial teams
* Relationship building and communication skills
* Financial and commercial modelling skills
* Structured approach to managing priorities across multiple projects over different time horizons
* Ability to operate at all levels within the commercial teams
* Stakeholder Management
* Management of multi projects
* Commercially minded
In return you will receive a competitive salary plus up to 10% bonus, PMI Single cover, Life Assurance 4x salary, good pension, 25 days annual leave and a true hybrid working culture.
For further information please contact Lee Walker at Seymour John Ltd.