Finance Business Partner

Posted 11 October 2024

Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + 25% bonus

Location: London

Job type: Permanent

Discipline: Accounting & Finance

Reference: FBPSR_

Contact Name: Sherine Rose

KennedyPearce are hiring a commercially focused business partner with FMCG experience. This role sits within a successful commercial finance team and will be the go-to person for the Sales team. This person will ideally be qualified with 3-5 years experience within commercial finance. Hybrid working and a great London office.

The role:

• Timely distribution of financial information (plan and actual) to every budget holder by sending out reports, allowing system access, and presenting the information in regular meetings.
• Build a solid relationship with budget holders based on mutual respect and trust.
• Driven through a service mentality: sharing insights, supporting budget spends and appraisals, highlighting R+Os, providing financial simulations, and business case proposals.
• Coordinate the monthly sales investment accrual process and channel reviews.
• Support a true bottom-up planning process by balancing long-term vision and inclusive challenge with close analytical support to contribute to high forecasting accuracy of the business plan.
• Aggregate/consolidate the individual plans into a total channel plan.
• Business partner for the Commercial Channel Manager and their direct reports.
• Use facts, figures, and analysis to identify and prioritize performance improvement plans.
• Prepare scenarios and simulations with input from the commercial teams and model the impact.

Experience Needed

• 3-4 years' experience in controlling, FP&A, finance business partner role in consumer goods/FMCG.
• Sales finance experience including Price and Mix variance analysis.
• Qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent, QBE).