At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead commercial finance reporting and provide insights for strategic decision-making.
- Company: Major multinational FMCG business based in Central London.
- Benefits: Competitive salary up to £95,000 plus an attractive package.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for career growth and involvement in strategic projects.
- Why this job: Gain exposure to global brands and influence key commercial strategies.
- Qualifications: Qualified Accountant with strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 60750 - 74250 £ per year.
Goodman Masson are exclusively partnering with a major multinational FMCG business on a Senior Commercial Finance Manager opportunity within their commercial finance function. Central London based, 3 days a week in.
This is a broad, high-visibility commercial finance role sitting close to the heart of the business. You'll work closely with sales, marketing, category and regional finance teams, providing insight into brand and channel performance while also getting involved in strategic projects that shape commercial decision-making.
You'll take ownership of how commercial performance gets reported and understood, pulling the numbers together, sense-checking them with teams on the ground, and turning them into insight senior stakeholders can act on. Alongside that, you'll get involved in a broad mix of commercial finance work, from pricing and promotional investment through to new product launches and long-range planning.
The Role:
- Own month-end and quarterly reporting of commercial performance, pulling together and sense-checking results with regional teams
- Business partner senior stakeholders across sales, marketing and category teams, challenging regional performance where needed
- Provide financial insight and challenge on pricing, promotional investment and trade spend
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and annual target-setting, drawing on internal and external market insight
- Support financial evaluation of new product launches, brand investment and other strategic business cases
- Carry out ad-hoc analysis, including competitor and market insight, to surface commercial opportunities
- Partner with technology teams to improve reporting systems and analytics capability
- Lead strategic projects and financial evaluations across the business
Requirements
- Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA), Big 4 ACA qualified a preference.
- Genuinely analytical and commercially minded, ideally with FMCG or branded goods experience
- Excellent Excel skills and confidence working with large or complex datasets
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills, with the gravitas to build relationships cross-functionally
If you're a qualified accountant with strong commercial instincts and want a role with genuine exposure to a global FMCG brand and senior commercial leadership, then please apply for further details.
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