Commercial Finance Manager – Operating Costs

at  FitFlop

We’re a fast-moving, ambitious and growing organization with employees based across the UK, US and Asia. Our Global Finance Team is based in the UK with a smaller team in the US office. With financial planning a key business priority, our Commercial Finance Team focuses on delivery a forward-looking and commercial pro-active plan to manager our business including EBITDA triggers, value driver, margin and modelling – leading commercial thinking in everything that we do.
We’re looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to support the financial planning and decision-making with a focus on Warehouse & Distribution, IT an Capital expenditures Globally. You’ll understand, analyze and interpret business requirements and needs, liaising with key stakeholders to ensure that deliverables meet the needs of both internal departments and end users.
You’ll be analytical (of course) and proactive, able to think outside the box, to support the business in delivering its strategic objectives. You’ll have fantastic communication and influencing skills with the ability to work in a demanding (but very exciting) and growing environment.

THE SKILLS:

• Tableau (advantage)
• Advanced Excel (essential)
• Navision (advantage)

• Manage month end for operating costs – including creating and posting journals, variance analysis of actuals vs forecasts, investigating why variances have occurred and communicating risks and opportunities and preparation of monthly management account slides.
• Manage the month end accrual rec and ensure month end compliance with audit requirements
• Understand and recommend changes to the booking of actuals in order to gain further insights into the profitability of different markets and in order to ensure departmental reports are efficient and effective.
• Develop/Maintain weekly/monthly reporting tools to drive valuable business insights for decision making – by leveraging our BI reporting tool (tableau), ERP system and HR system (Cascade)
• Ensure business partners have fit for purpose invoice trackers and have regular touch bases with them to monitor its proper usage.
• Provide cashflow inputs to financial control on a monthly basis
• Work closely with the Senior Manager in preparing robust budgets and forecasts, working with the business to support and challenge their submissions to financeBusiness partner with key stakeholders in order to manage budgets, produce forecasts and challenge the business in order to achieve the strategic roadmap.