Finance Business Partner - German Speaking

An international consumer goods and retail market leader currently experiencing exponential growth are looking for a fluent German Commercial Finance Business Partner to oversea FP&A and commercial for their German business. The role and business offer excellent hybrid options and excellent progression opportunities for the right individual.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of KPI reports including channel, customer, product profitability providing investigation and commentary on variance to plan for a range of senior Directors.
• Month end commentary and analysis of sales and margin comparisons to budget and prior year, liaison with Commercial team to understand/challenge and draw insight on performance, risks and opportunities
• Robust commercial, trend and business analysis across customer, categories & products
• Interpretation of large stack quantitative and qualitative data, provide meaningful insight to drive action in conjunction with the Commercial Director and commercial teams
• Ensure complex information and data is turned into clear and digestible information
• Support decision making across the commercial teams with insightful and accurate recommendations
• Monitor, analyse and evaluate promotional and marketing spend vs sales growth and net margin across channels and customers
• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all senior managers and their team
• Support the planning and budgeting process around production, distribution, costing and purchasing.
• Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities and take a lead role in planning commercial activities required to remediate any gaps to target.

Requirements:

• Fluent German speaker
• Strong FP&A and/or Finance Business Partner experience
• Good accounting knowledge
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in German

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