Commercial Finance Business Partner

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