Overview:
The Commercial Business Partner will work with decision makers within our Education business, helping define strategy and tactical direction, evaluating new business opportunities, leading pricing decisions and presenting apetito’s world class offering in a commercially compelling manner.
This is not a typical commercial finance role - we are seeking a credible B2B professional who is a resilient self-starter determined to drive their own and the teams success.
The apetito B2B business units are growing rapidly and a pro-active, dynamic and value adding Commercial Business Partner will support the operational management teams.
You will lead the budgeting and forecasting for the relevant business units, helping to identify and shape new opportunities for growth. You will foster an environment of continuous improvement by identifying and delivering efficiencies ensuring that teams work in as lean and an effective manner as possible.
You will promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing efficiencies, ensuring that the Commercial Finance team operates in the most lean and effective manner possible.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strong bonds with key business stakeholders to collectively identify and deliver value adding initiatives
• Continuous development of key business intelligence focusing on areas which provide Business Unit Managers with a deeper understanding of the financial dynamics of activities
• Presentation of key financial performance, including exception reporting to Operational Managers and Senior Management
• Support and enhance the routine financial reporting of apetito’s commercial businesses and operational activities – incorporating period-end, budgets and forecasts
• Automate, streamline and improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of Commercial Finance processes.
• Routine support and involvement in various areas of the Commercial Finance and wider Finance team to ensure all departmental objectives are met within the required timescales
• Be an effective team member and contributor to other ad-hoc support / project wor