Senior Commercial Finance Manager

A market leading, multinational FMCG business based in West London are looking for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to support the sales activity for the UK market. This role would suit a progressive and highly ambitious character who is looking to add value within a commercial finance function to help drive forward sales and company performance.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the drivers of historic, current + forecast performance and create insightful performance "moments" for Business Unit Directors
• Manage the promotional governance for Sales
• Play a role to drive actions through the business where appropriate
• Develop, apply and report KPIs by which overall Commercial plan success can be judged
• Stress test Forecast/Plan to offer challenges to the commercial teams
• Analysis of COGS and inflation with a view to working with the Commercial team to close any SGP GAPs.
• Provide day to day business partnering to the Sales team
• Drive to enhance financial knowledge within the Sales team
• Support the wider business in developing actionable brand strategies that are account specific.
• Drive and influence the bottom up planning cycle with the sales function
• Develop best practice within the commercial finance team to ensure standardisation and support true business partnering
• Ensure SOX Compliance.
• Assume a strong and positive role on the Sales Team, supporting the Head of Commercial Finance in creating a cohesive, high-performing team.
• Support the wider Commercial Finance team to a model of excellent business partnering. Raise capability and lead by example.
• Up-skill the Sales teams' financial understanding and acumen
• Support and share best practice with the Ireland Finance Manager
• Act in a broader leadership role amongst the Commercial Finance Team

The ideal candidate will be a University Graduate, a Qualified Accountant and have a track record of delivery in commercial finance roles. It would be advantageous to have experience with the consumer goods and/or retail industry but this is not essential.