Finance Business Partner

Elevation Recruitment Group is currently working with a well know retail organisation based in Bradford that is looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner.

Within this role, you will challenge, advise and support commercial & operational teams with budgeting, planning, reporting and reviews in order to strengthen the company's profitability, performance and service levels for continued long-term improvement in business performance.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with significant commercial experience in a fast-paced environment ideally within the retail sector. You must have experience working in a business-facing finance business partnering role.

Hybrid working is offered with this position!!

Key duties and responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner will include:-

-Advise and challenge the departments in building and understanding budgets and forecasts, as well as reviewing and supporting higher long-term sales demand and new approaches
-Working with the Commercial Planning Manager to support analysis of customer file activation and marketing cost efficiencies
-Develop, implement and monitor KPIs for cost centres in order to control costs, identify issues and increase performance
-Guide and challenge the Merchandising department in developing and understanding catalogue, category and product margins in order to help inform decision making, planning and improve budgeting
-Monitor, review and analyse ongoing and past performance, variances, and costs to support the departments in understanding and developing more effective plans and activities
-Support Marketing, Merchandising & Operational departments in the collation and provision of accurate and timely financial data which enables effective financial accounting and KPI reporting
-Work with Financial Controller & management accounts team to validate and review the economic result
-Deliver or contribute to targeted commercial test and operational projects including capital expenditure to drive improved long-term demand, margins, productivity and cost control

The successful Finance Business Partner will need to be able to demonstrate the following skills and experiences:

-Deliver or contribute to targeted commercial test and operational projects including capital expenditure to drive improved long-term demand, margins, productivity and cost control
-Excellent analytical skills and the ability to manipulate data
-Strong commercial acumen
-Understanding of marketing and merchandising approaches, operational systems and processes
-Ability to develop strong cross-functional relationships with management and professionals within commercial and operational departments
-Highly proficient with Excel
-Strong financial modelling exposure/experience
-Ideally, CIMA/ACA/ACCA/Qualified

Elevation Accountancy & Finance is a specialist division of Elevation Recruitment Group focusing on the recruitment of talented Accountancy and Finance professionals across all levels, from Ledger Clerks through to Financial Directors in Yorkshire and surrounding regions. If you match the specified criteria and are interested in discussing the position in more detail, we would love to hear from you.