Commercial Finance Manager, FMCG

Commercial Finance Manager, FMCG, West London, 70k-80k DOE

Please note that this is a 14-month FTC cover, 3 days on site, 2 hybrid.

We have partnered with an industry leader in the catering and hospitality industry and service.

They are seeking a commercially astute Finance Manager to join their team on a 14-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all financial templates, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data across the business. The role will involve overseeing capital expenditure (CAPEX) requests from the wider team and collaborating closely with GMs to develop and review business cases for each initiative.

Experience in the catering, hospitality, or FMCG industry is a must for this role.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Gain a detailed understanding of key performance drivers of business, pricing mechanisms, contracts and competitive position within the UK&I markets.Variance analysis of actuals vs forecasts, including investigating why variances have occurred and communicating risks and opportunities.Develop/Maintain weekly/monthly reporting tools to drive valuable business insights for decision makingSupporting the development of effective monthly, quarterly and yearly rolling forecast process including risk-adjusted forecastingWorking closely with the commercial and data management team on all CAPEX requests.Reviewing monthly reporting prepared by analytics and monitoring variances to Plan/ Reforecast, presentation to broader Management team.Responsible for the month end closing and reporting. Ensure costs and revenue streams are correctly accounted for.Responsible for the daily, weekly, and monthly revenue reporting - ensuring it is accurate, timely and the variances are understood.Work with commercial, procurement, operations and the rest of the finance team to identify revenue leakages and margin improvement opportunities.Work closely with the commercial team to build models and yardsticks that can be used to complete RFPs and critique proposals.

Qualifications

Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA,ACCA) or Degree level.Min 3 years of extensive experience as a commercial finance manager in large FMCG companies.Previous experience in managing large and complex RFPs and tenders. Strong knowledge of different commercial modelsStrong analytical skills with the ability to analyse data and numbers to provide clarity and influence decisions.Advanced level of competency in Office 365/MS Project and particularly Excel skills to enable easy extraction of data in excel and data comparison.Hands-on and proactive approach with a positive “can do” attitude and team player.Ability to flex communication style and approach to engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisationAbility to explain complex data sets effectively to internal stakeholders at all levels of the organisation