Commercial Finance Manager - Taylor Hill, United Kingdom - Annesley Gandon Solutions

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We are looking for someone who is at Finalist or Newly Qualified level for our hugely expanding client in the leisure and hospitality industry.

Qualified by experience will also be considered if you meet the requirements outlined below.

To provide commercial and financial partnering, professional challenge and actionable commercial insight to the business, through setting of the budgets & forecasts, the provision of accurate and timely reporting and working collaboratively to support the businesswith commercial data-led decision making.

This is a Hybrid position - you will be required to travel to the Head Office in Huddersfield a minimum of once a week.

So you must live within roughly 1-1.5 hours commute.

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead the delivery of the annual budget and regular forecasts.
  • Undertake proactive commercial analysis, including cost and benefit analysis, for the business to lead senior decisionmaking and to provide insight into commercial growth opportunities, guest and holiday homeowner needs, behaviour & trends.
  • Lead on business case creation via the delivery of accurate and timely analysis to ensure all relevant impacts have been identified and assessed accordingly.
  • Lead the post investment appraisal process by working collaboratively with relevant stakeholders to complete associated analysis and reporting on project and initiative delivery.
  • Playback financial & nonfinancial data and modelling to a range of stakeholders in a clear, concise and appropriate manner.
  • Lead on the production of weekly trading reports and providing insightful commentary on actual performance.
  • Produce other regular and ad hoc reports and analysis as required to track performance trends and support decisionmaking.
  • Working alongside the Technology team to develop refreshable reporting that matches the needs of the company & enables realtime, actionable insight
  • Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and their teams
  • Any other duties as reasonably required, from time to time, within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role.

Essential experience:

  • Part/Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA or qualified by experience
  • Experience setting budgets and forecasts
  • Experience of working / business partnering with cross functional / nonfinance teams and successful stakeholder engagement
  • Strong commercial awareness
  • Excellent leadership and influencing skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and communicates in a clear and engaging manner
  • Excellent logical thinking and creative problemsolving skills
  • Good time management and prioritisation skills and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
  • Able to drive to Huddersfield (the office is quite a distance from the train station)

Desirable experience:

  • Degree level (or equivalent) qualification with a numerical background (e.g. Maths, Science, Data Analytics etc.)
  • Previous financial business partnering experience within the Travel Industry
  • Experience using Google Analytics/Adwords
  • Experience working in a highgrowth company with focus on revenue growth
  • Knowledge of / experience of using Tableau or similar products

Salary & Benefits:
- £50,000 salary

  • Annual performance related bonus scheme up to 10%
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Extra day off for your birthday
  • Pension up to 5% match
  • Free private medical
  • Free life assurance cover equivalent to 2 x salary
  • Community initiative 2 days voluntary work
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Other discounts related to the company
Please get in touch with us today if you feel you tick the above boxes

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