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Commercial Finance Business Partner

  • Location: City of London
  • Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 20 days ago

  • Sector: Accountancy & Finance
  • Contact: Ellie Heanue
  • Contact Email: ellieh@cedarrecruitment.com
  • Start Date: 29/04/2022
  • Expiry Date: 07 July 2022
  • Job Ref: JO0000010852_1654603523

Commercial Finance Business Partner, PE Backed FMCG, London, c£60k + Bonus & Brilliant Benefits

I am partnered exclusively with a PE backed FMCG group based in Blackfriars looking to appoint a Commercial Finance Business Partner. The business has experienced a period of sustained growth and continues to meet all its strategic objectives.

With a Sale pipelined for the next 2-3 years, this is a fantastic opportunity to become integrated in a business where you can plan an integral part in the preparation for the sale. It is a brilliant way to get hands on Exit experience and be part of a Private Equity environment.

With new product releases lined up for later this year, this role has been newly created to support the continued growth of the business.

You will play a pivotal role in the Commercial Finance team, working closely with a brilliant Head of Commercial Finance and C-Suite executives on long term strategic planning and several high-profile projects, partner with the divisional Directors across the business.

The Senior Finance leaders are ambitious, supportive, and truly hands on; they are keen to develop others and offer fantastic senior stakeholder engagement. This role has materialised due to a need to grow the team as their new-product portfolio has expanded greatly within the last 12 months. There is a vast amount of opportunity in the business to have brilliant senior leadership engagement as you partner both internally and externally.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Business partner key non-financial functional heads including Sales, Marketing, Innovation and C-Suite.
  • Drive profitability through educating and influencing key stakeholders on pulling P&L performance levers, directly impacting sales and margin.
  • Deliver business performance material to the Investors.
  • Work with the Innovation Team to appraise new products and control investment spend.
  • Build intelligent pricing tools and create business cases for new product launches.
  • DO NO ACCOUNTING WORK, JUST THE COMMERCIALS.

Essential candidate criteria:

  • Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
  • Ideally from a Transaction Services / Deals background
  • Consumer background - FMCG, Retail, Wholesale, Other Consumer
  • Strong academic profile
  • Problem solver who wants to work in a fast-paced PE environment