Our branded international FMCG client, a market leader in their field is currently looking to recruit a Commercial Finance Business Partner. This is a highly visible, rewarding and challenging newly created opportunity to join an insightful commercial finance team in a proactive and forward thinking multi-national business.

In this role you will be responsible for providing commercial and value adding analytical and financial support to the CFO and senior operational stakeholder's whilst facilitating understanding of both performance and underpinning drivers.

The Business Partner with responsibility for supervising a small team, will be responsible for providing; accurate and timely management accounting including insight and commentary; trading performance and KPI reporting (daily / weekly / monthly); analysis of commercial and operational performance, identifying drivers of both positive and negative results and margin to enable the business to maximise opportunities and strengthen existing product lines; to lead the development of monthly reporting packs; budgeting and re-forecasting of commercial performance targets and top to bottom line profitability (EBITDA); Management of EBITDA risk and opportunity outside of re-forecasting cycles; You will also be one of the lead finance representatives on a change projects and continuous improvement task force who will be looking at and reviewing business reporting and involved in pro-actively analysing existing customer channels, product offerings and practices, to propose improvement opportunities.

The successful candidate will be a degree educated, “hands-onâ€, driven, organised and confident ACMA, ACCA, ACA Qualified, Business Partner / Commercial Accountant / Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant / Commercial Analyst with a proven business partnering background in management accounting, budgeting and forecasting, monthly reporting and analysis.

This really is a stand out opportunity, this exciting and highly visible new role will require the successful candidate to challenge, facilitate and influence at all levels across the business. Advanced spreadsheet, data manipulation and systems skills are also highly desirable.

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