Commercial Finance Manager
Location: Manchester (hybrid working)
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 plus great benefits
Duration: Permanent
Do you have proven experience business partnering with senior non-financial stakeholders?
Do you have experience of using multiple sources of information and analysis to create a compelling summary of the findings?
Can you demonstrate detailed accounts of how you have influenced business decisions and positively impacted performance by way of effective financial risk management?
If so, we would like to discuss a truly commercial Finance role with you for an instantly recognisable and reputable UK business.
This is a great commercial and value-adding role where you are able to immerse yourself within the company and gain great exposure at a key time in their strategic plan. This is a visible position working closely with senior stakeholders across the business to lead on high-profile and complex projects where you will provide robust commercial insight that will support and implement changes across the business to maximise performance and drive initiatives for profitable growth.
General Responsibilities:
* Provide clear commercial financial analysis and insights to stakeholders to support better outcomes and solutions for the business.
* Understand and utilise data to develop analysis and then communicate this back to the business to allow for better decisions and outcomes.
* Manage high-profile and complex projects, working with senior leaders and the Finance Business Partner, providing financial challenge, and ensuring outcomes are delivered.
* Get relevant financial and non-financial inputs to model scenarios to make recommendations to optimise business performance.
* Support the development of analysts within the team and share best practices across the wider team to ensure consistency.
* Find new techniques and methodologies to drive budgeting, forecasting, and insights while driving continuous improvements.
You will also be able to demonstrate business acumen and the ability to gain knowledge across the breadth of a variety of functions. Good communication skills are essential - able to translate financial information and create successful business relationships. You will also be able to take a 'big picture' view with demonstrable internal consultancy and influencing skills, while possessing a keen eye for detail.
The successful applicant will be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, coming from a similar commercial finance role with experience supporting effective decision-making.
You will be able to demonstrate being an effective business partner and decision maker, with commercial awareness and being a finance lead where you have driven value add and commercial insight/benefit. Experience within the retail, FMCG, and multisite sectors is desirable.
You will have strong business partnering, stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills, particularly the ability to communicate, direct, challenge, and influence senior-level individuals. Focused on delivering specific objectives, you will be proactive, adaptable, dynamic, and self-motivated with a desire to find and deliver improvements. In addition, you will have the ability to work independently and collaboratively with both finance and non-finance personnel.
We are looking for someone with sparkle, drive, and energy to come in and really drive significant improvement. The individual in this role needs to have strong analytical skills, business partnering, and influencing skills to succeed in a complex area of the business with multiple stakeholders. You will have a creative and innovative approach to problem-solving and analysis; delivery-oriented - able to work in pressurised environments, meet multiple deadlines, and manage your own priorities.
If you consider yourself to be a committed, motivated individual who can demonstrate the above skills, then we would be pleased to hear from you.
If you would like to apply for this role or find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership.
We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.
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