Finance Business Partner | Ashford (Hybrid – 1-2 days in office) | £50k + car allowance

Superb opportunity for a Finalist/fully qualified accountant to join a leading FMCG business as a Finance Business Partner, having real strategic, commercial influence of people in non-finance roles.
Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner you’ll business partner the Regional Head of Sales responsible for providing regional finance support to a large group of sales colleagues across the business. You will also support, develop and drive the analysis and understanding of Key business initiatives which directly link to our strategic growth pillars. Furthermore, you will build and evaluate financial evaluations to ascertain the suitability of new business and focus on margin impacting activity.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
• Working with the Strategy team on initiative modelling, eligibility, targets & subsequent analysis on ROI and the benefits derived.
• Attend regular meetings both with the Sales and Finance teams which will include monthly P&L reviews and quarterly finance performance reviews.
• Leveraging analysis into deliverable guidance / recommendations to Sales & Finance managers and directors.
• Clear understanding of the drivers of actual weekly and monthly results compared to forecast/budget and prior year.
• Forecasting, Budget, Flash management and ownership of Workday updates
• Act as deputy for the Senior Finance Business Partner as required.
• Support the rest of the team with their daily activities, developing new ways of working or simplifying current reporting.
• Developing of models to provide insight on key sales & margin information across all the Commercial teams.
• Responsible for collaborating with sales colleagues to ensure that new business proposals are financially viable.
• Act as a central point of contact for internal stakeholders for finance related queries.
• Produce reports/presentations as required to drive business results.
• Act as an ambassador for finance promoting cross functional collaboration and understanding.

You’ll be a qualified accountant in CIMA, ACCA or ACA and be able to drive performance through insight. Someone with strong business partnering skills across all levels with the confidence and ability to understand trends and results. A high level of competency in financial analysis and modelling is essential.