Finance Manager
- Recruiter
- Firefly Human Capital
- Location
- Middlesex
- Salary
- £45,000 - £50,000
- Posted
- 11 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 18 Jan 2017
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Consumer products / FMCG
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Overview
£45,000 - £50,000
This market leading FMCG organisation are seeking a Finance Manager to join Procurement Finance team which is responsible for providing all aspects of Financial Planning and Analysis, Decision Support and Business Partnering to the Procurement team with the aim of providing control and insight on Procurement performance. As well as being a key team member in these overall objectives, this role will have specific Category responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Provide accurate and timely reporting, planning and analysis of procurement performance, both for the Procurement team and also for the wider business (commercial country teams & Executive Leadership).
- Organise, manage and analyse large data sets.
- Budget, forecasting and month end reporting to all key stakeholders
- Delivery of budget/forecasts, challenging the assumptions from the buyers and Heads of Category (HoC)
- Ensure cost certainty to budget and forecast via risk and opportunities identification.
- Own and support TPV and business reporting processes.
- Work with procurement team to identify, verify and prioritise key procurement cost savings projects and initiatives.
- Establish and agree a financial process across the countries and the factories to delivery of NPI savings projects
- Deliver transparency on absolute cost movements year on year.
- Manage cash and working capital impacts and scope new plans.
- A key business owner for all procurement price / cost information and communication of trends to local country team.
- Coach and train the Procurement team on financial issues / requirements.
Essential requirements:
- Qualified Accountant
- Previous experience with handling large sets of data
- Experience of commercial decision support / business partnering
- Advanced Excel skills and Microsoft Access
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
- Able to adapt to a changing business environment
- Pro-active, self-motivated and ability to use own initiative
- Able to work under time pressure and able to juggle multiple priorities
- Strong planning & organising skills