Senior Commercial Finance Manager- ANZ

at  Consult Recruitment

THE COMPANY

Canterbury of New Zealand was established in 1904 by John Lane, Pringle Walker and Alfred Rudkin, three English immigrants turned proud Kiwis, who began producing woolen garments in the Canterbury Province of New Zealand. The three had such a love for New Zealand, they named the company after the place they lived - the proud region of Canterbury. So, what did they decide on for the logo? Three Kiwis, of course.
Whilst they are synonymous with rugby and sport in NZ, the legacy of their roots also stretches to the agricultural and trade sectors where it’s been seen as the iconic ‘badge of honour’ for farmers and tradies to wear on the farm or work site for 120 years. Today, they bring the same values to their extensive product offering that extends beyond the pitch, and their pride in the durability and comfort of their garments is stitched into every summer, winter and teamwear range.
Canterbury is wholly owned by Pentland Brands, a global family business bringing some of the most loved active and footwear brands to millions of people around the world. As well as Canterbury of New Zealand, they own Speedo, Berghaus, Endura, Mitre, ellesse, KangaROOS and Red or Dead. They are also the UK licensee for Kickers and we have a joint venture partnership for Lacoste footwear.

The Senior Commercial Finance Manager- ANZ will work closely with the leadership team to support and challenge delivery of the regional commercial strategy, support in shaping strategic vision, drive profitability, as well as establishing performance expectations across Commercial, Operations, Product and Brand teams to deliver financial objectives.
This role involves responsibilities such as ensuring forecast accuracy, managing operational performance, mitigating financial/commercial risks and exploring opportunities, whilst also developing finance and commercial capability across the ANZ region.
Some of the main duties and responsibilities will include:
Ensuring business decisions are based on sound information and insight by becoming a valued advisor to other departments and business leads.
Oversee and continue to embed the use of effective financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and modelling across the business.
Comprehensive understanding of actual and forecast regional performance, with tracking and management of risks and opportunities.
Submission of regional Monthly and YTD reporting packs to include summary of key points, variance analysis and risks/opportunities implications.
Champion and own reporting dashboards.
Establish performance analysis, forecast models & reporting on all areas of business performance both financially and commercially that assist the business in delivery of targets and decision making.
Partnering with commercial and product leads to build and validate commercial plans built by channel, customer and product groups.
Partner the inventory KPI and monthly review process with planning function, ensuring margin review and pricing to clear slow moving stock lines.
Seeking out and promoting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the business.
Drive the development of the finance team through coaching of direct reports and networking internally to share best practice and drive high performance culture.