Head of Commercial Finance - Market Harborough, United Kingdom - Joules

Joules

Verified Company

Market Harborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Head Of Commercial Finance

What you see me doing

FP&A

Ownership of budgeting and forecasting cycle, including 3 year plan and the models that support this
Ownership of trade and performance reporting and analysis group wide, including lead and lag indicators
Presentation of budgets, forecasts and performance reports to the business and Board.
Drive better efficiency and effectiveness across all reporting and planning activity including development of tools and better use of key data sources (Customer data, data warehouse, product data)

Investor relations

Full ownership of the IR strategy.
Lead on all investor reporting including Annual Report, Interim results and supporting results presentations
Liaison with investment analysts managing market guidance, review of analyst models and external trading updates
Develop reporting to cover the typical 'public market' valuation metrics (e.g EPS, PE< PEG, EV, EBITDA) and incorporate into internal longrange plans,

Business partnering

Establish and manage finance business partnering to support and challenge channels and departments.
Ensure the team work closely with Commercial teams to ensure latest sales forecasts and promotional activity is reflected within forecasts and stock positions appropriate for planned sales
Lead on preparation of robust business cases to assess new initiatives, for both trading and infrastructure.
Support key decisions such as stock buying plans, FX hedging and commercial negotiations
Ensure the development of new reports to provide insight into trading and profitability.
Act as an advisor to the Operations Board on commercial decision making, financial projects and performance understanding.
Keep the CFO updated and advise on all risks, improvements and progress within Commercial Finance

How you see me doing it

Professional accountant qualification.
Experience working within retail or similar business
PLC experience highly beneficial.
Strong planning and forecasting capability, including cash forecasting
Excellent communication and influencing styles
Great people and team leadership
International Group financial management and reporting experience would be highly advantageous.

Location:
Hybrid working. Expectation of 2-3 days in the office, particularly over critical periods