Commercial Finance Manager

at  Marc Daniels Specialist Recruitment

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Finance Manager to join a fast-growing FMCG / Retail business based in Hounslow. This role offers significant exposure to Senior Operational Directors and excellent progression options.

Responsibilities:

• Provide commentary on weekly and monthly performance and own all analysis related to Margin, Destination and KPI Performance.
• Lead the Global BI team on report development and dashboard creations.
• Business Partner the Operational Managers with focus KPIs.
• Work closely with Finance Analyst & Budget holders to drive accurate P&L OPEX budgeting & forecasting.
• Supporting the development of the Finance Analyst.
• Ad-hoc support as requested by the Finance Director and Financial, Planning and Analysis Manager.
• Brand, product category and product reporting – sales (volume & mix), cost, margin.
• Sales reporting and analysis for senior level stakeholders.
• Analysis of KPI reports including channel, customer, product profitability providing investigation and commentary on variance to plan for a range of senior Directors.
• Robust commercial, trend and business analysis across customer, categories & products
• Ensure complex information and data is turned into clear and digestible information
• Support decision making across the commercial teams with insightful and accurate recommendations
• Taking a lead role in the budgeting and forecasting process working with commercial and finance teams
• Work closely with Finance team to ensure accurate allocation of deductions, understanding drivers of distribution,
• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all senior managers and their team
• Support the planning and budgeting process around production, distribution, costing and purchasing.

Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA).
• Previous Retail / FMCG experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (nested formulas).
• Comfortable with large Data sets.
• Experience of using Power BI or an equivalent tool.
• Prior experience with SAP or SAP BW

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• Provide commentary on weekly and monthly performance and own all analysis related to Margin, Destination and KPI Performance.
• Lead the Global BI team on report development and dashboard creations.
• Business Partner the Operational Managers with focus KPIs.
• Work closely with Finance Analyst & Budget holders to drive accurate P&L OPEX budgeting & forecasting.
• Supporting the development of the Finance Analyst.
• Ad-hoc support as requested by the Finance Director and Financial, Planning and Analysis Manager.
• Brand, product category and product reporting – sales (volume & mix), cost, margin.
• Sales reporting and analysis for senior level stakeholders.
• Analysis of KPI reports including channel, customer, product profitability providing investigation and commentary on variance to plan for a range of senior Directors.
• Robust commercial, trend and business analysis across customer, categories & products
• Ensure complex information and data is turned into clear and digestible information
• Support decision making across the commercial teams with insightful and accurate recommendations
• Taking a lead role in the budgeting and forecasting process working with commercial and finance teams
• Work closely with Finance team to ensure accurate allocation of deductions, understanding drivers of distribution,
• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all senior managers and their team
• Support the planning and budgeting process around production, distribution, costing and purchasing