Commercial Finance Manager - Supplier and Own Brand
Job Title
Commercial Finance Manager - Supplier and Own Brand
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours Per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits
Category
Financial Planning and Analysis
Closing Date
30 December 2024
We've got a fantastic Commercial Finance Manager opportunity, responsible for driving performance improvement in Food. You will work closely with the Trading team, supporting the strategic direction, decision making and insight into commercial performance.
As a team, the focus is to develop and implement Business Intelligence innovations to create value for the business with insight and recommendations to the leadership team. We also play a key role in ensuring we deliver the trading plan through detailed category analysis on sales and promotional performance and active monitoring of gross margin, costs, and inventory. Also, working alongside the commercial team to implement action plans.
Your Role
* You will Business Partner the Food trading team and be an expert on what is happening in Food in Asda and across the wider market, utilising the financial data to drive improvements in sales through insight.
* Own the strategic plan and budget for your area working alongside the category owners to define their long-term plans and category roles with regular deep dives to understand trends and opportunities.
* Strengthen the performance culture by holding the team accountable for their financial commitments.
* Identify risks and opportunities to support improving our performance and changing direction on underperforming areas.
* Support strategic initiatives as a key member of working groups, assisting on business cases and helping to define suitable performance tracking.
About You
* You'll have a range of communication and influencing styles that you can deploy with your stakeholders and senior members of Asda's Leadership Team to drive performance and delivery to plans and commitments.
* You will comfortably challenge, confront and solve difficult situations whilst maintaining solid internal and external connections.
* Bring credibility and integrity to your business area through your commercial awareness and mindset of doing the right thing for our business, colleagues, and customers.
* Provide a balanced view to decision making with credible contributions beyond financial analysis.
* A positive attitude and keen to develop - motivated to get the job done and deliver to tight timelines; actively seeking accountability and opportunity.
* Demonstrate an inquisitive approach, an eye for detail, and solid financial modelling skills, evolving in line with business and external requirements.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays - Ensuring you take time for yourself.
* 4 weekly pay - Get an extra payday a year.
* Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions - Our culture prioritizes the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people.
* Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - Saving colleagues an average of £700 a year.
* Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - We want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business.
* Free city centre parking - Available outside working hours.
We are a values-led organisation, encouraging openness and honesty. Our collaborative culture and belief in the empowerment of the individual mean opportunities at Asda are abundant. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week and have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
Work Where it Works
Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works best for you and your team.
We want all colleagues to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. We want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.
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