Head of Commercial Finance Finance

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The Head of Commercial Finance leads commercial finance business partnering, FP&A and business intelligence across Bulk
™. Reporting to the CFO, you'll play a key role in supporting stakeholders across all channels and functions with informed, analytical insights and timely reporting, while leading the budgeting and re-forecasting processes.

We're looking for a commercially-minded finance leader who can bridge the gap between accounting information, data-led analysis and business decision-making. You'll gain exposure to key stakeholders as part of the leadership team, taking ownership of short and long-range financial planning, evaluating investment opportunities, and driving the team to hit targets through proactive challenge and insight.

• Define best practice FP&A and business partnering for proactive, strategic decision making and insight in a high-growth, dynamic multichannel business

• Lead and mentor, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture

• Communicate financial performance, driving transparency and informed decision-making

• Evolve business intelligence, enabling the business to take quick, informed decisions based on accurate data

• Evaluate and assess investment opportunities, providing financial insights to support strategic initiatives

• Develop financial models (P&L, BS, CF) to plan and forecast the business at channel level on an annual and three-year basis

• Have end-to-end ownership of annual business planning cycles, including quarterly re-forecasts

• Proactively identify risks and opportunities, scope them and offer advice and guidance to the relevant stakeholders

• Lead the business, in reporting and financial BI, ensuring that key stakeholders are well informed with pertinent, timely, accurate reports

• Build and develop an automation first commercial finance function, deploying AI to accelerate variance commentary, business-case interrogation and scenario modelling

• Run and maintain a BI tech stack that is timely accurate and delivers data / data insights that are easily available and understood

• Build a robust data pipeline, with clearly documented, ETLs, processes and metrics to ensure high uptime, accuracy and governance

• Work with the board and SLT to support profitable growth targets, driving top line initiatives and P&L efficiency opportunities

• Drive the SLT to hit or exceed their targets through proactive, constructive challenge and data insight

• Provide an external perspective on the business, management long term forecast and valuation models, including monitoring competitive set KPIs

• Lead the business in ensuring a high level of adherence to financial forecasts, clearly articulating risks and opportunities to the CEO/CFO and wider board

• Bachelor's degree (candidates without a degree but with exceptional experience will also be considered)

• Professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

• 5+ years' post-qualification experience in finance, tax or a related analytical field

• Skilled in performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools

• Strong track record analysing and reporting on financial results

• Proven ability to apply key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analysis

• Demonstrated success building financial and…