Commercial Finance Analyst When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. At Charles Tyrwhitt our purpose is to "Make it easy for men to dress well". Reporting to the Trading Finance Planning Manager with a focus on Marketing, the primary purpose of the Finance Analyst is to play a key role in delivering planning, reporting and analysis of sales and margin. The Finance Analyst is a high profile role and works directly with the CFO, Marketing Director and Heads of Marketing. Charles Tyrwhitt (rhymes with 'spirit' by the way) is a leading British menswear brand and multi-channel retailer. We continue to grow both in the UK and internationally; increasing sales year on year and setting and achieving ambitious targets. To sustain this growth and ever improve our outstanding service, we are looking for a Commercial Finance Analyst to join our Trading Finance team, based at our London Bridge Head Office. The Role At Charles Tyrwhitt our purpose is to "Make it easy for men to dress well". Reporting to the Trading Finance Planning Manager with a focus on Marketing, the primary purpose of the Finance Analyst is to play a key role in delivering planning, reporting and analysis of sales and margin. The Finance Analyst is a high profile role and works directly with the CFO, Marketing Director and Heads of Marketing. What will you be doing? The key responsibilities in this role can be split into two main areas: Budget & Forecasting Support the Trading Finance Planning Manager in the preparation of quarterly re-forecasts. Utilise understanding of current performance and future plans to predict future events Utilise complex Excel models to amalgamate channel and territory forecast submissions into a total business sales and margin forecast Business partner with Marketing to ensure the Planning Team is abreast of all promotional activity across Existing and New Customer marketing channels Highlight the key reasons for seasonal sales and margin movements Commercial - Trading Reporting & Analysis Provide weekly commercial insight into trading and margin performance. Highlight any areas of over- and under-performance. Represent Finance in the weekly Marketing trade meeting Continually monitor the impact of promotional activity and how this contributes to the variance of sales and margin to forecast Take an active role in the monthly management of Marketing variable costs. Manage the Marketing ledgers, post accruals, prepare P&Ls, and arrange meetings with Marketing Heads to discuss the numbers and understand the variances. Provide challenge to ensure forecasts are hit Propose and undertake various project-based, ad hoc, analytic tasks across the business as required What are we looking for? To be considered for this position, you will have experience gained from working within a commercially focused, retail or FMCG environment. This role would suit a part qualified accountant or somebody from a marketing orientated background with the desire to develop in a commercial finance function, ideally with a view to undertake a professional accountancy qualification in the future. You will have advanced excel skills. Access and SQL experience would be desirable but at the very least, previous modelling experience is essential. A working knowledge of business information tools such as Essbase and Business objects would serve you well, as would experience of liaising with internal resources to resolve and technical/systems issues. You will be a great team player, effective in collaborating with other functions to achieve individual, departmental and company goals and objectives. You will also be a logical thinker with the capacity to vision complex models and data/driver relationships. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they have the gravitas to influence within a team and across functions and can present logical, accurate and concise analytics. Who we are Once upon a shirt, Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler (whilst studying Geography at Bristol University - we might add) had the notion that he could make a better shirt at better value than anyone else in the world He believed that all men; no matter their shape or size, where they may be in the world or indeed their budget; should be able to own a Jermyn Street quality shirt. A proper shirt. A CT shirt. That was over 3 decades ago and whilst Charles Tyrwhitt (it rhymes with spirit by the way) is still famous for proper shirts, these days we are about so much more than collars and cuffs. Our purpose is to "make it easy for men to dress well". We take care of a chap's entire wardrobe, providing stylish solutions for every occasion. We make sure he gets what he wants, when and how he wants it. Charles Tyrwhitt's spiritual home and flagship store is located on London's Jermyn Street. Our Global Head Office (Tyrwhitt Towers as it's affectionately known) is in London Bridge. We have two Contact Centres in the UK serving customers worldwide. Our USA Head Office is in Manhattan (naturally) and we have retail and/or online presence across North America, Europe and Australia. Pretty impressive hey? Tyrwhitteers (our people) are a diverse, passionate and entrepreneurial bunch. We enjoy a fun, engaging and rewarding culture, where everyone is empowered by our 3 BE-liefs which are; "BE the BOSS", "BE the CUSTOMER" and "BE the BEST". Together we celebrate, innovate and strive to achieve greatness in all things. Three cheers for the Tyrwhitteers Our future is exciting: expansion, growth, creativity... global domination In truth; the Tale of Tyrwhitt has only just begun.