Commercial Finance Business Partner
- Recruiter
- Greene King PLC
- Location
- Bury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 17 Jan 2021
- Closes
- 09 Feb 2021
- Ref
- req4141
- Approved employers
- Approved employer
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Part qualified
Commercial Finance Business Partner
Westgate Brewery
Bury St Edmunds, SUFFOLK, IP33 1QT
United Kingdom
Firstly who are we?
We are the country's leading pub retailer and brewer, running over 3,000 pubs, restaurants and hotels in towns, villages and city-centre high streets across England, Wales and Scotland.
So what is it like to work here?
We work behind the scenes to guarantee the smooth operation of our pubs, restaurants, hotels and breweries. With around 44,000 people all across the UK who rely on us for guidance and support. Making sure we deliver this to a business as large and fast-paced as Greene King isn't always easy, but with the right attitude and an unyielding commitment to our customers, anything is possible.
We pull together to get things done and work hard to motivate and support each other to do well as one team. We believe in celebrating successes and recognising others for what we do, ask any one of our employees and they will say they are proud to be part of Greene King.
The role
Commercial Finance Business Partner
Location: Bury St Edmunds
Role Purpose
To provide 'real time' insight and analysis that supports profitable Commercial decision making for the business.
Key Accountabilities
Consistently applies a level of skill and knowledge in all situations in this role at this level
• Understands the strategy of the business and the commercial deliverables which support it
• Interrogates and interprets complex financial transactions and principles, translating them into the drivers of commercial performance.
• Able to evaluate and provide commentary on commercial performance against agreed key performance indicators and to be the first line of sign off for period close, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the result.
• Understands the process for calculating product costings and how to convert this into profitable pricing strategies
• Preparation and analysis of potential pricing scenarios together with recommendations for action
• Assist with commercial budget/forecast setting as part of the wider business process, track ongoing progress and provide regular updated projections of performance as a basis for decision making
• Provide analysis and insight into the short & long term out turn for submission to FP&A, Central Finance etc
• Preparation of various periodic reports (eg, (BRMs, Commercial Team meetings etc)
• Ensures robust financial governance within the commercial and marketing functions together with adherence to the wider Group's policies.
• Review and validate the integrity and accuracy of marketing spend reporting.
• Proactively work with the Loans Team to ensure approved targets (ROI etc) are achieved
• Understands business streams, the context of their role within the organisation and comprehends the value to other parts of the business
• Participate in commercial project teams as required
• Attend customer/supplier meetings and presentations as required
• Attend commercial and marketing meetings and make presentations as required
Key Relationships
• Business Partner to the wider Commercial Team
• Business Partner to the wider Marketing Team
• Financial Shared Services
Person Specification
Competency Requirements
• Maintains a professional approach at all times
• Shows an interest in and understanding of others' work, including non-finance colleagues
• Possible first experience at line management
• More capable of coaching, listening, developing others independently
• Able to work on tasks without direction meeting & exceeding the required expectation
• Able to plan own workload with an awareness of other people's workloads and balance conflicting priorities
• Able to delegate effectively to achieve results
• Can sometimes flex to accommodate ad-hoc work"
• Makes decisions with confidence, and takes action based on decisions
• Recognises impact of decisions and takes ownership of outcomes
• Able to make decisions objectively for the benefit of the wider business
Technical / Professional Expertise Required
• Part qualified / qualified AAT, CIMA, ACCA
• Experience of Microsoft Office
• Experience of using Cognos
• Knowledge of Aurora
What can we offer you?
Westgate Brewery
Bury St Edmunds, SUFFOLK, IP33 1QT
United Kingdom
Firstly who are we?
We are the country's leading pub retailer and brewer, running over 3,000 pubs, restaurants and hotels in towns, villages and city-centre high streets across England, Wales and Scotland.
So what is it like to work here?
We work behind the scenes to guarantee the smooth operation of our pubs, restaurants, hotels and breweries. With around 44,000 people all across the UK who rely on us for guidance and support. Making sure we deliver this to a business as large and fast-paced as Greene King isn't always easy, but with the right attitude and an unyielding commitment to our customers, anything is possible.
We pull together to get things done and work hard to motivate and support each other to do well as one team. We believe in celebrating successes and recognising others for what we do, ask any one of our employees and they will say they are proud to be part of Greene King.
The role
Commercial Finance Business Partner
Location: Bury St Edmunds
Role Purpose
To provide 'real time' insight and analysis that supports profitable Commercial decision making for the business.
Key Accountabilities
Consistently applies a level of skill and knowledge in all situations in this role at this level
• Understands the strategy of the business and the commercial deliverables which support it
• Interrogates and interprets complex financial transactions and principles, translating them into the drivers of commercial performance.
• Able to evaluate and provide commentary on commercial performance against agreed key performance indicators and to be the first line of sign off for period close, ensuring accuracy and completeness of the result.
• Understands the process for calculating product costings and how to convert this into profitable pricing strategies
• Preparation and analysis of potential pricing scenarios together with recommendations for action
• Assist with commercial budget/forecast setting as part of the wider business process, track ongoing progress and provide regular updated projections of performance as a basis for decision making
• Provide analysis and insight into the short & long term out turn for submission to FP&A, Central Finance etc
• Preparation of various periodic reports (eg, (BRMs, Commercial Team meetings etc)
• Ensures robust financial governance within the commercial and marketing functions together with adherence to the wider Group's policies.
• Review and validate the integrity and accuracy of marketing spend reporting.
• Proactively work with the Loans Team to ensure approved targets (ROI etc) are achieved
• Understands business streams, the context of their role within the organisation and comprehends the value to other parts of the business
• Participate in commercial project teams as required
• Attend customer/supplier meetings and presentations as required
• Attend commercial and marketing meetings and make presentations as required
Key Relationships
• Business Partner to the wider Commercial Team
• Business Partner to the wider Marketing Team
• Financial Shared Services
Person Specification
Competency Requirements
• Maintains a professional approach at all times
• Shows an interest in and understanding of others' work, including non-finance colleagues
• Possible first experience at line management
• More capable of coaching, listening, developing others independently
• Able to work on tasks without direction meeting & exceeding the required expectation
• Able to plan own workload with an awareness of other people's workloads and balance conflicting priorities
• Able to delegate effectively to achieve results
• Can sometimes flex to accommodate ad-hoc work"
• Makes decisions with confidence, and takes action based on decisions
• Recognises impact of decisions and takes ownership of outcomes
• Able to make decisions objectively for the benefit of the wider business
Technical / Professional Expertise Required
• Part qualified / qualified AAT, CIMA, ACCA
• Experience of Microsoft Office
• Experience of using Cognos
• Knowledge of Aurora
What can we offer you?
- Competitive salary
- 33% Greene King Discount (for all managed pubs including Local Pubs and brands such as Hungry Horse, Eating Inn, Old English Inns and Loch Fyne)
- Wide range of employee benefits (pension, dental, share save, free refreshments, on site cafe)
- Excellent Training and Career Progression opportunities
- 25 days holiday each year (Not including bank holidays). Role dependent
- Onsite parking