Finance Project Manager - 12 month contract
- Recruiter
- Walker Hamill
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £57,000 - £60,000
- Posted
- 22 Sep 2016
- Closes
- 29 Sep 2016
- Ref
- SF47299
- Contact
- Online Jobs
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Retail / Wholesale
- Experience Levels
- Manager
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is a luxury retailer based in the Central London. They are looking for a Commercial Business Partner with excellent Project Management experience to ensure the effective management of raw materials which will strengthen profitability and reduce waste with our client. The successful candidate will have direct exposure to senior management within Supply Chain, Finance & Merchandising.
Job Description:
Job Description:
- Embed an accountability mind-set across all product functions.
- Produce and track procurement budgets and utilisation targets
- Strengthen controls through leveraging cross-functional teams (Sourcing, Merchandising, Planning and Raw Material teams).
- Decentralise activities out to cross-functional teams to promote end-to-end vendor/supplier management.
- Work with vendors and suppliers to validate and audit stock.
- Partner with Procurement on early flags and triggers of potential liability ahead of year end.
- Embed process for timely and regular stock destruction.
- Line management responsibility for two Analysts.
- Ideally you will have a finance qualification - ACA / CA / CIMA / ACCA.
- Project management certification is also preferred.
- Previous experience working in a Product Industry.
- Proven business partnering skills.
- Proven project management skills.
- Success working in cross-function teams.
- Extremely strong financial and commercial acumen.
- Effective partnership with external and internal audits.
- Working knowledge of raw materials / product costing, procurement and logistics.