Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager you will be responsible for providing financial support to the UK Sales Team, Site Planners and Procurement teams.
Responsibilities Include:
- Provide financial business support to non-finance managers.
- Analyse, interpret and provide timely information and recommendations to facilitate fact-based decision-making.
- Maintain and develop reporting models, including monthly management packs and weekly sales documents.
- Continually monitors business, customer and product profitability and flag key issues and performance drivers.
- Prepare, analyse and control P&L making recommendations to improve margins.
- Ensures pricing and rebates are controlled.
- Stimulate and lead execution of plans/targets by reacting to results and projections and implement measurements and action as required.
- Understand the impact on UK P&L of short and long-term commodity moves to ensure the business reacts appropriately.
- Perform costing runs monthly and on an ad-hoc basis as and when required.
- Control of monthly stock provision process for finished goods and raw materials.
- Enhance reporting of the business using advanced tools such as power BI.
- Reports include monthly P&Ls analysis, weekly sales report, forecasting models and variable Profit bridge and analysis.
Key Skills & Experience:
- Qualified, Part Qualified or qualified by experience (preferably CIMA)
- Advanced Excel skills including Power BI
- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
- Strong manufacturing experience, preferably obtained in a FMCG
- Working knowledge of SAP
- Self-starter with a challenging personality but able to operate easily within a team environment
Benefits:
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Quarterly bonus
- Pension
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Free parking