Finance Business Partner - Commercial

This role will act as a trusted partner to the commercial team, providing financial insight and challenge across pricing, product, branch operations, and supplier relationships.

You will play a key role in driving profitability, shaping commercial strategy, and supporting decision-making that balances supplier value, margin growth, and operational efficiency.

This role requires a strong blend of financial expertise, analytical skills, and business acumen, with the ability to build trusted relationships and challenge stakeholders (Category Directors/Managers).
** What You’ll Be Doing**
* ** Owning the end to end Sales and Margin
** for your category, providing insight and support to the related Category Director/Managers
* ** Owning the rebate
** forecast process for your category and investigating ways to continually improve the accuracy and efficiency of the process
* ** Support supplier cost increase negotiations
** through detailed modelling
* ** Track margin and EBITDA b
** enefits resulting in category deals
* ** Owning/managing stock
** for your category
* ** Decision Support**:
Provide financial insight and challenge on pricing strategy, cost inflation, supplier rebates, discounts, and margin optimisation.
* ** Business Partnering**:
Partner with Commercial, Sales, and Branch Operations teams to drive performance, profitability, and growth.
* ** Performance Management & Analysis**:
Deliver high-quality analysis of business performance, identifying risks, opportunities, and improvement areas.
* ** Financial Planning & Analysis**:
Manage the financial planning process and own the production of the rebate budget and re-forecasts.
* ** Performance evaluations**:
Influence decision-making through financial modelling, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis.
* ** Process improvement:
** Champion continuous improvement in reporting, systems, and processes to enhance business insight and efficiency.
** What We’re Looking For**
* ** Excellent Communication

Skills:

** Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders, with a clear and accessible approach. Comfortable presenting to senior management.
* ** Relationship Building:
** Proven experience in building and maintaining strong, productive relationships across various departments. Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders in a constructive and collaborative manner.
* ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent accounting qualification.
* Proven track record in a commercial finance/business partnering role, ideally within builders’ merchants, distribution, construction supplies, or a related trade sector.
* Strong knowledge of pricing, margin management, and supplier rebate structures.
* Excellent commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial insight into business action.
* Confident stakeholder manager, able to challenge and influence senior leaders across Sales, Operations, and Commercial.
* Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
* Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage non-finance stakeholders.
* Experience managing or coaching a small team is highly desirable.
* Competitive Base salary
* Discretionary bonus
* Retirement savings plan
* Life assurance
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child
* A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2

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* Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support
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** Quality** - We’re unwavering in our commitment to providing outstanding products and service that exceed our customers’ expectations.
** Supportive Environment** - Join a culture that prioritises your growth, with the resources and support you need to excel. We listen and learn – we know we haven’t always got all the answers – listening and learning with you is what helps provide the best service to our customers.
** Professional Development
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