Commercial Business Parter
Stevenage, Hertfordshire - multi-site position
£60,000 - 70,000 per annum, plus 30% bonus potential and car allowance
Hybrid working - multi office locations available alongside home working 1 - 2 days per week.
Private healthcare
Pension
30% bonus potential
Car Allowance
StormX Recruitment are delighted to be exclusively assisting this client in their search for a Commercial Business Partner. This role has been created due to a recent restructure and reports directly into the Head of Business Partnering and FP&A.
- For this role you'll need to be a qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
- You will also need to have strong commercial experience within an FMCG, manufacturing environment or similar.
- You'll need to thrive within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Key aspects of this role will include:
- Partnering with the Commercial team to drive customer profitability.
- Overseeing the completion of accurate reporting and presenting key financial data to rest of business.
- The individual will develop and maintain strong relationships, liaising cross-functionally and demonstrate a continuous improvement approach to establish and enhance existing systems and processes.
Principle Accountabilities for Commercial Accountant:
- Business partner the Commercial team, support them with added value financial information around true customer/product profitability, gap analysis etc
- Challenge margins on weekly profitability, ensuring a true & fair representation of trading delivery
- Support the NAMs in understanding and interrogating weekly performance reporting
- Act as financial link across sites/BUs to help ensure a joined up Commercial approach on decision making
- Help the business make smarter, profit-maximising decisions
- Ensure all costings are signed off and confirmed in good time for launch.
- Liaising with FP&A and Master data to ensure correctly reflected in ERP system and in weekly accounts
- Ensuring accurate financial data around forecasts and budgets in line with the timetables to deliver correctly forecasted commercial profitability.
- Maintaining and monitoring risks and opportunities across the key customers
- Liaising with other business partners and FP&A lead
- Covering the Head of Business Partnering and FP&A when required in key business meetings
Key contacts within the business:
- Commercial team
- FP&A team for data and initial information requests
- Maintain an effective level of communication with all business units at all levels
Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications:
- Excellent problem solving and analytical ability
- Able to work under pressure and successfully prioritise
- Positive and self-motivated mindset, able to work independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across various stakeholders
- Proven track record to influence and communicate
- Advanced Excel essential, ACCA/CIMA qualified
Due to the anticipated high volume of applications we may receive for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.
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