Commercial Finance Business Partner

The Business

A renowned Retail brand based in Greater Manchester is currently seeking a Commercial Business Partner to join the business with immediate effect. The organisation that we're representing are currently going through a major period of change and are looking to take advantage of this growing sector by recruiting a key commercial interim to build on their already strong finance team. Having recently acquired a major brand the organisation are looking to integrate this business into their current structure and need a qualified interim to assist at this critical time.

The Role

Lasting for a minimum of 6 months the Commercial Finance Business Partner will play a critical role in the integration and development of new and existing work streams across the business. Once in role the candidate will be responsible for liaising with senior stakeholders as well as the business as usual, FP&A and project areas of the business.

Specific duties include:

• Take ownership of key financial processes to support the integration of a newly acquired business
• Develop a 5 year business plan in line with pre-defined projections
• Assist in the building, development and integration of a newly defined budgeting process
• Business partnering with key stakeholders in order to deliver improved analysis, MI and data flows
• Assist in the strategy and delivery of improved reporting techniques for multiple subsidiaries across the group (in line with IFRS)
• Analysis of specific monthly and quarterly results and provide recommendations to assist future business decisions
• Provide commercial recommendations relating to monthly and quarterly sales performance
• Liaise with business as usual and project finance teams to ensure that entities are delivering in line with projections and deadlines are hit
• Preparation of complex Management Information (MI) and project steering packs for the executive board
• Responsible for building and analysing financial models that provide key financial information
• Become the key finance contact across multiple project portfolios

The Candidate

Candidates wishing to apply for this role will be an experienced interim with extensive experience of working across a large, multi-site business (ideally retail). The candidate will be a CCAB qualified and will ideally have experience of integrating newly acquired businesses into the organisations existing portfolio. The interim will have highly developed stakeholder management skills and will be well versed in liaising and influencing the most senior individuals across the business. The interim will be commercially strong and will have experience of implementing and delivering improved budget processes and 5 year business plans. The candidate will have the ability to prepare detailed MI, analyse information and make commercial recommendations to the executive team. The interim must be available at short notice and will commit to the longevity of the role