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Commercial Finance Business Partner - Procurement

Michael Page Finance
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

London, Greater London W12 9JB, England

Salary

£35,000 - £42,000 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The role involves contributing to the Procurement agenda and key priority projects in a global FMCG business.
  • Candidates should have at least 5 years of post-qualification experience in an analytical and business-oriented role within a Procurement Finance function.
  • The position emphasizes strong financial management, governance, and the simplification of reporting processes.
  • A professional accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACA, or ACCA is required, along with advanced skills in Power BI and Microsoft Office.
  • The job offers an exciting opportunity to drive business impact while partnering effectively with senior stakeholders.

Contribute towards the Procurement agenda and key priority projects, driving real business impact. Be an effective business partner. Financial management of monthly reporting, latest estimate and planning & forecasting processes including presentations.

Client Details

A global FMGC business.

Description

  1. Strong governance and financial management of Monthly Reporting, Latest Estimate and Planning & Forecasting processes including presentations
  2. Drive simplification / automation of monthly reporting and routine processes to allow more time for value added analysis
  3. Understanding of PPV drivers, cover strategy, risks and opportunities and suggesting actions / insights around risk mitigation
  4. Leadership of financial programs such as cost savings initiatives, working capital optimisation with a focus on driving, track and reporting on payment terms improvement
  5. Work closely with the Head of Productivity to drive the productivity agenda forward
  6. Support key procurement projects from a finance perspective
  7. Be an effective business partner to CPO & Global Procurement to provide support and identify improvement opportunities

Profile

  • Proven experience in an analytical and business-oriented role, within a Procurement Finance function
  • Degree qualified with at least 5 years PQE for professional accounting qualification such as CIMA/ACA/ACCA
  • Experience of working in reputed FMCG
  • Experience of pulling together data to form clear insights into financial understanding
  • Ability to identify and enact process improvements
  • Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of Power BI, Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint. Ability to manipulate through large amounts of data.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Strong Business Partnering - Able to manage multiple stakeholder
  • Strong Influencing skills - ability to show the bigger picture, strong convincing skills
  • Ability to work in a multinational environment
  • Positive teammate with a desire to challenge and drive improvement
  • Ability to plan optimally and work under own initiative

Job Offer

An exciting opportunty to join a global FMCG Business

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.