Commercial Finance Manager

Macildowie Finance are working on an exclusive basis with a well-respected North Leicestershire based business to recruit a Commercial Finance Manager. The business' Head Office location is easily commutable from Leicester and Nottingham and they are recruiting on a hybrid basis - 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.
Our client is a fast paced and highly dynamic FMCG organisation who have ambitious plans for growth both in the UK and US. You will be working in a highly collaborative and supportive environment alongside a Senior Leadership team that are of very high calibre and have significant expertise in the sector.
This role is both forward looking and business facing, in particular you will support key strategic/commercial stakeholders on New Product Development initiatives providing modelling, insights and decision support analytics.

Your responsibilities will include;

Act as a true Commercial Finance Business Partner - delivering reports in a clear and concise manner, helping non finance stakeholder to interpret financial performance metrics.
NPD feasibility modelling and supporting commentary.
Variance analysis - highlighting areas for potential improvement and providing commentary on key drivers.
Take a lead on budgeting, planning and forecasting activity, working closely with the commercial teams to help decipher information and provide your commentary on variance to plan/budgets.
Sales and margin analysis and reporting - looking at product/category performance.
Continuous improvement of processes and projects in line with wider business initiatives
Preparation and presentation of key performance statistics to senior level commercial stakeholders.

To be considered for this role you must be qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA.

Previous Commercial Finance experience within a fast paced and dynamic market sector is essential

You must have advanced data manipulation/ Excel skills including Pivots, Look Ups and Ifs.

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