Job Description

Finance Business Partner, Mon to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm, reporting to Financial Controller (team of 4)

THE POSITION

Primary Function

To support the Budget and Forecast processes for the sales, marketing and supply chain teams Key business partner to the sales team, tracking sales performance and margins against budget and forecasts and prior year. Manage customer P&Ls, collaborating with Sales and Marketing to ensure delivery of financial goals and objectives Support the marketing team on analysis of brand investment, ensuring ROI is in-line with business requirements, and where ROI isn't at required levels, options for improvement are discussed To identify improvement opportunities in Working Capital across the commercial teams and supply chain Ownership for the financial modelling of Customer JBP agreements where necessary, ensuring they are structured to deliver future profitable growth?. Highlight future performance risks and opportunities, proactively planning any commercial remediation that may be necessary to close performance gaps to target Be the conduit between the sales and planning team, challenge sales forecasts where necessary and find ways to improve the demand forecasting process Work closely with the Head of Sales to implement revenue management levers to optimise pricing and promotional effectiveness across all channels Create and own the period-end monthly reporting deck for the commercial teams which is reviewed by the SLT Team Support prior year trade and marketing accrual reviews and control Actively participate in execution of the CPI strategy, from creation through to post implementation tracking? Facilitate review sessions with senior supply chain stakeholders, driving discussion on performance, risks, and opportunities across the supply chain Manage the set up and input of all costings across the business Work closely with the procurement team, to identify opportunities for cost savings and working capital improvements Lead ad-hoc initiatives involving both finance and operational teams, ensuring delivery of project objectives, timelines, and financial impact Maintain a strong control and governance environment, ensuring all processes and outputs are free from material error and in-line with accounting principles on revenue recognition and marketing spend Champion process improvements, identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance outputs from the UK Commercial Finance team.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free parking Life insurance On-site parking Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Woodingdean BN2 6NT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Qualified Accountant with minimum of 1 year post qual experience.
FMCG experience preferred

Education:

Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:

relevant: 4 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Woodingdean BN2 6NT