Finance business partner

**** FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER - RECOGNISED RETAIL BRAND ****

Due to continued growth and the launch of an exciting range of new products this leading retail / FMCG company with its HQ in Southampton is looking to recruit a commercial finance senior to lead FP&A and partnering activities for the sales and marketing teams. With the support of the CFO, you would provide a holistic partnering service to sales, marketing and retail ops leadership, and provide high level management (up to owner level) information to support retail direction and strategy.
This role would ideally suit someone qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) with demonstrable experience of adding value in a retail style business, and can offer a salary of up to £80k P/A plus bonus, benefits and work from home options.

Duties:

Financial Analysis and Reporting

• Maintenance and streamlining of key data workbooks:
  • Historic and outlook tracking of sales from revenue through to contribution. This is a key report to enable analysis of unit volumes, average selling price (ASP), and profitability by product. Key opportunities or concerns will be highlighted to management and the board.
  • Centralised standard costing workbook. This is updated from data provided by local financial controllers and is critical to facilitate analysis and reporting of margin performance at product level. Opportunity will e...