Commercial Finance Manager

  • Location:

    London, England

  • Sector:

    FMCG & Retail

  • Job type:

    Temporary

  • Salary:

    £55000 - £65000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Elizabeth Price

  • Job ref:

    EP68787980_1549376994

  • Published:

    15 days ago

  • Duration:

    12 months

  • Expiry date:

    2019-03-07

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

I'm currently recruiting for a Commercial Finance Manager to join a luxury retailer on a 12 month contract.

The Commercial Finance Manager will be responsible for Business Partnering the Retail Director and their head office & store based management teams to provide all aspects of Financial & Commercial Support. This will include analysis and insight of Business Performance, ownership of the Budgeting and Forecasting processes for both P&L and Capex, and financial evaluation of new initiatives, business activities and capital investments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive business performance by providing analysis, insight and commentary on Retail Channel sales performance, highlighting key trends and risks and/or opportunities
  • Ownership of the planning/budgeting/forecasting process for both P&L and Capex, ensuring financial impacts of Retail Channel activities are fully understood
  • Ownership of the month-end management accounts process for Retail, ensuring variances to budget and forecast are fully understood and explained
  • Ownership and continuous improvement of current reporting and the design of new tools and templates to improve understanding of Retail Channel sales performance
  • Responsibility for budgeting and forecasting the sales and gross profit of the Retail channel ensuring both top line assumptions and phasing are robust.
  • Financial evaluation of new initiatives, business activities and capital investments
  • Financial analysis of Retail specific KPI's including Retail LFL's and Pay-to-Sales ratios
  • Financial analysis and support of the B2B/Wholesale channel
  • All aspects of people management and development of the Retail Finance Analyst
  • Adhoc commercial finance support as required

They are looking for candidates who are fully qualified, have strong retail and commercial finance experience.