Senior Commercial Finance Manager

FTSE 100 Retailer

£70,000 - £85,000 + bonus & benefits

Hybrid 3 days office / 2 wfh pw

Central London

MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE / WITHIN c1 MONTH

Responsibility:

Take responsibility for management reporting, producing annual budgets and forecasting cycles, and ad hoc analysis and modelling for strategic decision making.
Ownership of the integrated business planning model, ensuring integrity of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow, and implementing improvements over time.
Business partnering across the business to aid commercial decision making at the highest levels.
To be the cashflow expert of the commercial finance function - both forward and backwards looking.
Track and drive performance of Investment Projects.
Provide the FD and CFO with a monthly performance pack containing analysis of the business unit performance.
Production of the monthly board report to Group, and maintenance of monthly financial model.
Involvement in many ad-hoc business initiatives; providing commercial challenges and analytical support.
Improving the commerciality and financial awareness of non-finance teams.
Provide support to MD, FD and Director of Commercial Finance on ad-hoc projects and tasks, as required.

About You:

Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
Retail and E-Commerce Commercial experience (Essential)
Stakeholder Management - Manage and influence stakeholders
Franchise experience - highly desirable
Multi-site and multi-departmental experience preferred
Advanced Excel Skills
Business Partnering - Cross functional experience, partnering to develop and align reporting, KPIs & analysis (Excellent)
An expert communicator and confident explaining complicated models to non-finance people