Commercial Finance Business Partner

Location: Kingston upon Hull

Commercial Finance Business Partner
- Hull
- Up to £55,000 + Excellent Benefits!

An exciting opportunity to make a real commercial impact!

Chase & Holland are delighted to be working with an established and successful manufacturing business to recruit a Commercial Finance Business Partner. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys getting behind the numbers, influencing key decisions and working closely with stakeholders to drive business performance.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful manufacturing business in a genuinely commercial, business-facing finance role where you can make a real impact. Working closely with key stakeholders, you'll play an important part in shaping commercial strategy, influencing pricing and profitability decisions, and delivering valuable financial insight to drive business performance. With exposure to financial modelling, forecasting and commercial planning, you'll have the opportunity to challenge existing processes, identify opportunities for improvement and directly contribute to the business's continued success.

Salary & Benefits
Hybrid and flexible working
Discretionary profit-share bonus
6% employer pension contribution, matched to 6% employee contribution
33 days' annual leave, including bank holidays
Life assurance (up to 4x salary)
Health & wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme
University grant scheme for employees' children
Free company products!

Key responsibilities include:

Commercial Business Partnering:
Work closely with commercial stakeholders, providing financial guidance, constructive challenge and recommendations to support business objectives
Budgeting & Forecasting:
Support the development of commercial budgets, forecasts and business plans, delivering accurate, forward-looking financial information
Profitability & Margin Analysis:
Analyse sales performance, pricing, margins and profitability across different sales channels, identifying opportunities to improve commercial performance
Financial Modelling:
Develop financial models, scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to assess pricing strategies, promotional activity and commercial opportunities
Performance Reporting:
Deliver insightful weekly and monthly financial analysis, highlighting key variances against budgets and forecasts and providing meaningful commentary
Pricing & New Business:
Provide financial support for new business opportunities, pricing proposals and commercial decision-making
Process Improvement:
Identify opportunities to improve reporting, strengthen financial controls and make better use of commercial data and financial systems
Customer Rebates:
Manage customer rebates and commercial arrangements, ensuring accurate reporting and monthly reconciliations
You will ideally have:
ACA, ACCA or CIMA later stages or fully qualified
Previous experience within a commercial finance or finance business partnering role, ideally within a manufacturing environment
Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis skills
Excellent understanding of pricing, profitability and margin analysis, with the ability to identify opportunities to improve business performance
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge, influence and provide meaningful financial insight to non-finance stakeholders
If you are interested in finding out about this exciting Commercial Finance Business Partner opportunity, please click ‘apply now’.
Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in finance, supply chain, HR, IT and office support recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire