Job Description

Location: This role is offered on permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our London or Corby Office. Where London based there will also be a requirement to travel to Corby on a regular basis.
We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our Finance function. This role will bring critical commercial finance skills to bear across the EMEA Product & Supplier Management (P&SM) categories, providing insight on performance, development, and monitoring of strategic plans and initiatives.
What you will be doing:

• Act as a finance business partner for the P&SM categories, providing decision support and strategic insights.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive financial and operational performance.
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, and re-forecasting, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Planning Category Margin targets for EMEA and reporting on performance across RS' broad product range.
• Representing Finance on the Product & Supplier Management Leadership Team.
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to support category decision making, investment prioritisation, and margin optimisation.
• Oversee financial management of category projects and programmes, including Product Range Expansion and Merchandise Hierarchy updates.
• Champion best practices, continuous improvement, and the effective use of technology in financial reporting.

About you:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent), ideally bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in a finance business partnering role within a large, matrixed organisation.
• Strong financial modelling, analysis, and forecasting skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Commercial mindset with a focus on driving profitable growth.
• Knowledge and understanding of Product & Supplier Management at both strategic and operational levels.
• Proficiency in financial software and tools (e.g., SAP, Power BI, Business Objects, Excel).

The extras you'll get:
At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you'd expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK, we've just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with 500 a year available for monitoring & consultation.
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette's syndrome.
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery.

We are RS Group:
RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions - the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.
Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital.
We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities.
RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent.
In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
Are you ready to explore the possibilities?
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