At a Glance
- Tasks: Partner with Sales and Marketing to provide financial insights and support decision-making.
- Company: Join a large, established FMCG organisation with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, and strong focus on learning and development.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth and exposure to senior stakeholders.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on business performance and drive finance transformation initiatives.
- Qualifications: Degree-educated, qualified accountant with commercial finance experience in FMCG.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 £ per year.
This is a superb opportunity for a progressive commercially orientated accountant to join this large and well-established FMCG organisation. With a significant UK presence and a workforce of several thousand employees, this is a genuine opportunity to develop your career.
A commercially focused Finance Manager position partnering closely with Sales and Marketing. You will provide financial insight, challenge and guidance to support commercial decision-making, improve profitability and help the organisation deliver against its strategic and financial objectives.
You will also manage and develop a Commercial Finance Analyst while playing an active role in wider finance improvement and transformation activity.
Duties will include:
- Acting as a trusted finance partner to Sales, Marketing and Customer Development teams.
- Providing commercial insight and recommendations to support business performance and strategic decision-making.
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting and longer-term financial planning.
- Producing clear financial analysis that highlights risks, opportunities and areas requiring action.
- Reviewing customer, channel and product profitability to identify opportunities to strengthen margins.
- Evaluating commercial proposals, investments and business cases through robust financial modelling.
- Supporting commercial teams in achieving revenue, profitability and P&L objectives.
- Managing account-level balance sheet activity, including trade investment and customer deductions.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes, commercial performance and value creation.
- Providing scenario modelling and financial support for strategic projects and investment decisions.
- Supporting finance transformation activity, including systems improvements, acquisitions and process simplification.
- Monitoring the financial delivery of strategic and transformational initiatives.
- Maintaining appropriate financial controls, governance and compliance.
- Coaching and developing the Commercial Finance Analyst to strengthen capability across the team.
You will be a degree-educated, qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA equivalent) with strong commercial finance experience gained within FMCG. You will bring excellent analytical and financial modelling skills alongside proven business partnering and stakeholder management capabilities. A confident communicator, you will be comfortable influencing decisions, challenging constructively and managing competing priorities while remaining effective in a fast-paced environment.
You will join a sizeable and established organisation offering a collaborative and inclusive working culture alongside a hybrid working arrangement in London. There is a strong focus on learning and development, providing opportunities to build your commercial finance expertise, develop your leadership capabilities and contribute to significant business and finance transformation initiatives. The position offers considerable exposure to senior commercial stakeholders and the opportunity to influence decisions across Sales, Marketing and the wider organisation.
Commercial Sales Finance Manager (4261) in London employer: Wade Macdonald
Wade Macdonald is an exceptional employer that values strategic leadership and employee development, offering a dynamic work culture in Reading. With a focus on hybrid working, employees enjoy flexibility while engaging in meaningful projects that shape compensation frameworks across the UK and internationally. The company fosters growth through continuous learning opportunities and a collaborative environment, making it an ideal place for professionals seeking to make a significant impact in their careers.
