A great opportunity for a highly commercial Finance Business Partner to support the commercial team of an ambitious and fast paced £350m turnover business.The business is growing and changing and as Finance Business Partner you will provide the commercial team with meaningful sales and margin data, promotion success / fail evaluation and innovation opportunities to grow revenues. This role is seen as a step stone / succession planning role to become Head of Commercial Finance in the future. Package of £50-55k car and benefits package. Based North Midlands (M6 corridor). As Finance Business Partner key responsibilities will include:
• Prepare and analyse weekly and monthly management information on revenue, margin and stock
• Add context to revenue variance analysis against forecasts through constant monitoring, and investigation of variances with the commercial team
• Provide a sound understanding of promotional changes so that we understand each promotion change and carry the learnings forward to future changes
• Evaluation and analysis to support recommendations and challenge to the business unit to deliver improved decisions and results
• Provide an understanding to capture supplier profitability
• Provide analysis and support to maximize supplier rebates in the business unit
• Develop the finance analyst team, and establish best practice across the commercial finance team To be successful in the role of Finance Business Partner you will have the following skills and attributes:
• Experience in Financial Reporting and Analysis
• IT confident with experience of a number of systems
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Commercial awareness and experienced with working with Business partners at varied business levels
• Experience of managing multiple key stakeholders
• Absorb and summarise complex and diverse information
• Ability to work under pressure and plan ahead
• Ideally be 3-5-year qualified accountant, or QBE In return our client offers a competitive salary plus benefits and the genuine opportunity for career progression. If the opportunity is of interest, please forward your CV stating your current salary and notice period. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/85157394