KennedyPearce are hiring a commercially focused business partner with FMCG experience. This role sits within a succesful commercial finance team and will be the go to person for the Sales team. This person will ideally be qualified with 3-5 years experience within commercial finance. Hybrid working and a great London office.
The role:
- Timely distribution of financial information (plan and actual) to every budget holder by sending out reports, by allowing system access and by presenting the information in regular meetings.
- Builds a solid relationship with budget holders based on mutual respect and trust.
- Is driven through a service mentality: sharing insights, supporting budget spends and appraisals, highlighting R+Os, providing financial simulations and business cases proposals.
- Coordinates the monthly sales investment accrual process + channel reviews.
- Supports a true bottom up planning process by finding a balance of long term vision and inclusive challenge with close analytical support to contribute high forecasting accuracy of business plan.
- Aggregates/consolidates the individual plans to a total channel plan.
- Business partner for the Commercial Channel Manager and their direct reports.
- Use facts, figures and analysis to identify and prioritise performance improvement plans.
- Prepares scenarios and simulations with the input from the commercial teams and models the impact.
Experience Needed
- 3-4 years' experience in controlling, FP&A, finance business partner role in consumer goods/ FMCG
- Sales finance experience including Price and Mix variance analysis
- Qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent, QBE).