Interim Commercial Finance Manager

Job Description:

• Reporting to the Supply Chain & Commercial Director you will work in partnership with the Sales and Marketing teams to go beyond the numbers and add true value by effectively communicating your commercial understanding, analysis and insight. It is critical to the success of this role that you possess an ability to cultivate strong relationships.
• You will provide key business support to senior teams. The successful candidate will be expected to provide detailed ad hoc analysis and rigorous financial assessment of investments made to ensure the business continues to maximise returns and continues to maintain their position as market leaders in the industry.
• This is a highly coveted and unique opportunity to enter a progressive organisation and join a team focused on supporting, challenging and improving commercial focus. The role will support Joint Business Planning, Pricing decisions and Product innovation, enabling you to proactively support creative ideas for promotional activity, using financial modelling to increase sales and drive the bottom line.

Person Specification:

• Ideally have experience of working within a commercial function
• Ideally a Professional Accountancy Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Several years commercial accountancy experience and management accounting experience
• Ability to work effectively with internal customers and stakeholders, business partnering with them from a finance perspective
• Strong system skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to negotiate and influence and manage difficult conversations
• This role also has the possibility of going temp to perm.