Finance Business Partner – Sales
AG Barr Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cumbernauld • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support the Sales Director and their Sales Leadership team to execute the functional strategy by bringing an unrelenting focus on driving business performance
- Perform ROI appraisals on new business opportunities to grow with their customer., support on the development of Annual terms and JBP ensuring that we balance commercial growth, financial profitability and company strategy
- Support on individual customer pricing negotiations, making sure we maximise profitability while optimising business opportunity to grow our distribution
- Influence delivery of Commercial’s performance targets by providing clear, value adding reporting, analysis and insight to business partners with constructive challenge, coaching and building awareness
- Own and enhance the end to end business performance management cycle (period close, forecast, R&O, action planning).
- Provide timely, accurate and relevant standard reporting to the Commercial function.
- Drive a financial performance review process which manages performance against the annual budget / plan.
- Continuously improve the performance management cycle and associated outputs through both greater insight and improved efficiency.
- Lead rock solid financial controls within Commercial.
- Educate on and lead processes to ensure a strong financial control environment exists around Commercial Investment.
- Educate and and support the delivery of key Governance KPIs for Commercial
- Ensure that all financial accounting and control activities for each area of responsibility within the Commercial P&L and B/S are completed accurately and timely.
- Coaching and development of more junior members of the team. People leader responsibilities for up to 2 graduate or qualified accountants.
Requirements
- Qualified Accountant with 3+PQE and strong financial analysis skills
- Experience in a Commercial FMCG environment business partnering sales teams
- Financial accounting and reporting
- Business planning, management reporting and analysis
- Accounting information systems
- Commercial understanding
- Business and negotiation skills
- People management
- Communication verbal and written
- Risk management and internal control
- Tax strategy planning and compliance
- Corporate finance and treasury management
Benefits
- Uncapped bonus linked to business performance
- Defined contribution Pension
- Up to 34 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
- Flexible holiday trading
- Flexible cash pot to spend on benefits
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashback, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
- Life assurance
- Save as you earn scheme
- Staff sales discount
- Free AG Barr products throughout your working day and staff sales
- Annual salary review
- Ongoing professional development and access to Learning and Development programmes and content
- And much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial analysisfinancial accountingmanagement reportingbusiness planningaccounting information systemsrisk managementtax strategy planningcorporate financetreasury managementcommercial understanding
Soft skills
business negotiationpeople managementcommunicationcoachingleadershipconstructive challengeinsight generationperformance managementreportinganalysis
Certifications
Qualified Accountant