Major Objectives:
- Contribute to the achievement of business plan objectives and organizational efficiency.
- Manage performance reporting and challenge results and forecasting accuracy.
- Maintain product costing records to support EPD/NPD and commercial proposals.
- Analyse profitability at SKU and customer levels to support Gross Profit growth plans.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce weekly and monthly performance reporting packs.
- Lead from a commercial and operational finance perspective, including promotional effectiveness reviews and account P&L reviews.
- Serve as the point of contact for periodic forecasting cycles and explain variances.
- Support the commercial team with annual budget calculations and standard costs.
- Maintain standard costing cards for all products.
- Take the financial lead on the EPD/NPD process, linking commercial and development teams.
- Liaise with budget holders to establish causes of budget or forecast variances.
- Handle queries from key budget holders and help manage costs.
- Perform other duties as requested.
Open to qualifications- AAT, PQ or even QBE (Study Support is available)
- Product costing experience
- Basic accounting skills
- Excel Experience
- Xero experience (Desirable)
- Ability to interpret financial information for non-accountants