We have an urgent requirement for a professional & highly experienced Commercial Finance Manager to join an International FMCG business based in Watford. They are going through exponential growth and looking to expand their Finance team but need some additional support for an interim period. Excellent stake holder management skills are a must, with significant exposure to the CFO and CEO - this role requires a confident, skilled individual who can add value immediately.
In addition, the role and business offer excellent hybrid working options, along competitive day rate.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
- Month end commentary and analysis of sales and margin comparisons to budget and prior year, liaison with Commercial team to understand/challenge and draw insight on performance, risks and opportunities
- 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
Requirements:
- Finance professional with significant qualified experience; FMCG experience preferred
- CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence at all levels
- Excellent stake holder management
- Robust/Confident/Articulate/Initiative