Finance Business Partner

  • Woking
  • Marcdaniels
A fantastic opportunity for a Finance Business Partner has arisen to join an FMCG / Retail company based in Woking. This role offers hybrid working options and excellent progression opportunities.Responsibilities: Partner with client group to drive actions to meet targetsAdvise on key business planning assumptions, trade-offs and opportunities.Review actual performance with a view to making recommendations and provoking interventions required to drive down costs, improve margins and convert P&L into cashOwn and drive initiatives focused on closing variances with the businessEnsure business understands and delivers against KPIsFacilitate ad-hoc analysis and insights on specific issues at a strategic levelSupport strategy development by providing financial performance insights and recommendations to client group, identifying potential opportunities and/or risks through scenario and sensitivity analysisEvaluate investment options from a financial perspective to provide a long term view of the impact on key KPIs for client group/business area (e.g. pricing, mix, sales, margin, variable costs, media costs, working capital, ROI etc)Support the management of the capex budgeting process. Accurately forecast capital spending and depreciation for the development of budgets and long term plans for capital commitments. Create multi-party reviews of proposals, ROI analysis, cash flow analysis etcIdentify and provide financial implications for all projects / business initiativesLeverage analyses provided by FP&A to drive business choices, by overlaying the commercial acumen and insightProvide insight into competitor landscape to business and FP&A teamsWork with the management team to define planning assumptions, risks and investment opportunitiesProvide support and challenge to ensure the quality of data, working closely with other functions to improve accuracy and timeliness Qualifications: Qualified ACMA, ACCA or ACAPrevious Business Partnering experience within an FMCG environmentMicrosoft Project skills, Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills