Michael Page Finance

Finance Business Partner

Hertfordshire 

Salary: Competitive Package 

About Our Client

A Global manufacturing and production business, achieving on-going growth and a strong performance in their field. Based in Hertfordshire, the business are looking for commercial, ambitious and motivated individuals who want to be a key part in a vibrant and dynamic business. This is a highly commercial and business facing opportunity that will give the successful candidate the ability to work with key senior stakeholders

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

  • Building strong and trusting relationships with key internal partners
  • Providing key financial analysis, reports and information to stakeholders, identifying opportunities and risk and providing recommendations to support decision making
  • Evaluation of investment & promotional mechanics (in conjunction with Trade Marketing & Sales teams)
  • Monitoring of trade investment against strategy and targets set
  • Trade margin monitoring
  • Regular forecast coordination and monitoring
  • To monitor, evaluate and analyse the profitability of key customers and the total UK Business
  • To support the UK Business to ensure it has an effective annual budget with clear assumptions and drivers, backed up with high quality analysis
  • Preparation, analysis and reporting of business profitability via analysis of the forecast
  • Highlight key issues in current and future forecasted performance versus target and report this to Management
  • Responsible for liaising with the sales team to analyse and evaluate trade agreements and business plans

The Successful Applicant

The ideal candidate will identify with the following characteristics;

  • Have strong analytical skills and good attention to detail
  • Be a strong communicator and influencer with appreciation for different cultures
  • Have the confidence to drive change and challenge 'norms'
  • You will demonstrate ambition and take pride in your work
  • You will have good commercial acumen with strong consumer insight skills
  • Be pro-active, enthusiastic and ambitious with the drive to develop your career
  • Be hard working and actively take on more responsibility 
  • FMCG sector experience is highly desirable

What's on Offer

Competitive Package

Ref Code: MPGW13907598Z