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Finance and Commercial Manager

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Banbury
Salary
£50k - 60k per year
Closing date
13 Feb 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Finance

Job Details

Job Title: Finance and Commercial Manager

Salary: £50,000-£60,000+package
Location: Banbury
Sector / Industry: Accountancy/Finance
Job Reference: CD- 24691

Summary:

Are you ambitious and driven looking to join a business who shares your passion for excellence and innovation?

Do you possess an adaptable approach and the ability to see the bigger picture?

If you would like to work in an environment where you can truly make things happen, where your opinions count, and your actions lead to results for the whole team, then this is a great place for you!

The Client:

A highly successful manufacturer within the Savoury and Home Baking sector, partnering with incredibly well known brands to bring a wide range of baking products to market.

They have the customer and consumer at the heart of the business and believe in partnership to deliver their exceptional levels of service. Being value led, they believe every individual who joins the business should be driven, ambitious and share their passion for food.

The Role:

Reporting directly into the Financial Director, the company are looking for a Finance & Commercial Manager act as a pivotal link between both commercial and finance teams, providing key insights and influencing commercial decision making, an experience that few other companies can offer to an experienced FM.

The role will require an energetic individual, able to grasp the role, provide fantastic insights and see the bigger picture from both a commercial and financial point of view.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sales & margin reporting and analysis, picking out trends, customer patterns, risks and opportunities, assisting in driving business decision-making

• Evaluation of pricing and promotions

• Develop a good understanding of customers, products, brand profitability

• Present findings during monthly commercial business reviews

• Commercial business support, evaluating new and existing opportunities in support of business growth strategy

• Working closely with sales team, on tenders and reviewing customer terms

• Working on new product costings, profit & loss

• Developing commercial framework

• Reviewing and analysing promotion effectiveness

• Ensure risks, opportunities and sensitivities are clearly explored

• Assist with month-end processes

• Assisting in preparing annual budget

• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations

• Regular forecasting

• Process improvement

Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience as a Financial/Commercial manager

• Well-rounded commercial awareness

• A good understanding of profit/loss, Balance Sheet and cash flow

• Able to influence business decision making

• Excellent communicator

• Budget management

• Forward planning

• Highly analytical, able to provide clear insights and analysis

• Proactive and logical problem solver

• Organisational skills

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Experience within a similar financial role and an understanding of the FMCG food and drink UK market
  • Excellent commercial, analytical and presentation skills
  • Proactive in developing and maintaining customer relationships
  • A professional and positive manner to create excellent customer rapport
  • Must demonstrate a high level of numeracy and solid data analysis and presentation skills on MS Excel and Power Point.
  • A high level of fluency in English, both spoken and written, enabling the necessary direct business communication with all customers and suppliers

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to chloe.dalton@advocate-group.co.uk or, alternatively, submit your application via the link below.

To Contact Directly: Chloe Dalton on 0161 639 0080

At The Advocate Group, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data – These can be viewed on our website via our privacy policy. Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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