Finance Business Partner

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our well-established client based on the outskirts of Chester.

This is a full-time permanent position that will require travel to London 2 - 3 times a month.

Supporting the MD and his team with insightful information for the team. helping drive sales and margin growth.

Purpose of Role \ Key Accountabilities

• Full end-to-end responsibility for the Commercial Finance support to the MD and the sales teams.
• Reporting daily margin performance vs budget at product group level, providing commentary on the week-on-week movements
• Provide insightful analysis to support and enhance product/promotional sales and margin performance, proactively challenging performance when required.
• Scenario planning the impact on sales and margin for potential price and promotion changes.
• Supporting the Budget and Half yearly company forecast process by working closely with the category buying managers to produce category-level budgets for sales, margin and commercial income
• Actively contributing to short, medium and long-term margin and Commercial income forecast, with a clear understanding of how current trading performance may impact margin versus budget.
• Supporting the trading team with supplier negotiations ensuring a deep understanding of supplier profitability as well as impacts of costs and retail movements.
• Supporting the sales teams with sales and cost models to support new customer negotiations
• Review and challenge commercial proposals, identifying risks and opportunities vs budget.
• Acting as the 'link’ between the trading team and the core finance team on areas such as flagging risk and opportunities on supplier funding and commercial income

Qualifications/Knowledge/Experience/Technical Skills

• Successful candidates will have a track record of working in a fast-paced environment. FMCG / retail experience advantageous but not essential
• Strong commercial awareness and numeracy skills with a keen desire to question and challenge information.
• Experience and evidence of helping businesses deliver and monitor financial performance with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills are essential. Part qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) is desirable, but not essential.
• Excellent benefits

Horizon Recruitment Solutions Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as a recruitment agency for this vacancy