Commercial Finance Business Partner in Ibstock

We are a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. We are innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions. Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain. We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Commercial Finance Business Partner / Rebates Manager to come and join our team in our head office based in Ibstock, Leicestershire on a temp to perm basis.

• Work collaboratively across a matrix organisation to address performance challenges and capitalise on opportunities.
• Use expertise, professional judgement and influencing skills to develop meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Take the lead on the budgeting/forecasting process and partnering with Commercial providing guidance to ensure accurate budgeting and forecasting of volumes, price and rebates.
• Work closely with Divisional accounting teams to validate assumptions on cost and profitability.
• Working closely with Commercial to maximise price opportunities in market.
• Oversee provision and settlement of rebate accruals, payments and provision of insight data to customers.
• Proactively consider profitability improvement strategies and work with the business to reach effective solutions.
• Using analytics and trends to identify operational drivers for financial variances and being able to use this to influence commercial decision making.
• Supporting and challenging on NPD costings and projects.

• Part Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA).
• Matrix management experience.
• Prioritise and manage workload, whilst adhering to tight deadlines.
• Flexibility and resilience under pressure.
• Proactive self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, across all levels, with the ability to communicate financial information to non-financial colleagues.
• Collaborative working with both internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Problem solver with the ability to work alongside Commercial teams to deliver strategic goals.
• Ability to influence and challenge supportively at a senior level.
• Managing vast, often contradictory datasets from multiple systems, with precision.
• Highly IT literate with experience of ERP, Cognos and Data Warehouse tools, with advanced proficiency with Microsoft packages (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel and Word).
• Thorough understanding of business drivers and trading conditions with a proven ability to use insight to identify trends and make recommendations to Commercial teams.
• Detailed understanding on the use of rebates as a price incentive mechanism and the interpretation of commercial agreements to ensure accurate calculation and provisioning.
• Sales forecasting and budgeting with ability to challenge underlying assumptions.

• Previous experience of working in a multi product and multi-site manufacturing industry.

• Competitive salary.
• Digicare+ Provided by Aviva.
• 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General.
• 3x life insurance.
• Share Save scheme eligibility.
• Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members.
• Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda, etc.
• Personal development and career progression opportunities.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion? Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don’t perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group. Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.