Robert Half, Finance & Accounting is pleased to be partnering with a market leader in the fast-moving consumable goods sector to recruit an experienced Finance Business Partner. Their brand is world renowned, well established and has a reputation for developing talent.

The Finance Business Partner - Supply Chain will be responsible for driving improvements across the supply chain operations, increase efficiency and reduce costs within the division.

Role

• Partner with the Senior Management Team
• Deliver effective and appropriate KPIs across the Supply Chain functions including full P&L
• Support the delivery of Commercial by providing financial performance insights and recommendations to Commercial leadership team to ensure strategy is driving value to the business
• Ensures all Commercial investments are optimised to drive maximum value from all resources, making sure impact to P&L, Balance sheet and Cashflow are considered and understood
• Drive cost controllership, bringing deep understanding of cost drivers to monitor & optimise Commercial spend effectiveness
• Support the sign-off process to ensure proposals are financially sound and offer maximum value to business
• Supports Commercial projects by adding financial insight, using established financial evaluation tools (e.g. investment evaluation), business case review and post-implementation analysis and utilising specialist support where appropriate
• Extract and develop key trends and observations from the Finance teams including benchmarking gaps, commercial performance and spend effectiveness
• Set expectations and provides constructive challenge of the insights, commentary and recommendations provided by the Commercial teams
• Accountable for financial capability improvement within the Commercial functions; identifies and implements opportunities to drive advancement on the capability

Profile

• It is essential the candidate is a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Strong communication skills - able to push back, add value and support stakeholders with ongoing projects
• High degree of commercial acumen
• Strong Excel knowledge
• Able to work within tight deadlines
• Results orientated, with a desire to succeed

The Company

Based in Northampton, the organisation is well-respected, an employer of choice and at the forefront of its industry.

Salary & Benefits

The role of Finance Business Partner - Supply Chain is paying between £45,000 - £55,000 plus bonus and first-class benefits.

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