Head of Commercial Finance
Core
Lead Group financial planning, reporting, and commercial finance partnering to improve profitability during organizational transformation.
Role type
Senior finance leadership (Head of Commercial Finance)
Builds
Consolidated budgets, forecasts, management reporting, and commercial decision support for a global prestige retail and manufacturing business.
Domain
Retail, Manufacturing, FMCG
Required skills
Group FP&A, consolidated budgeting, forecasting, commercial analysis, costing, operational finance, manufacturing finance, financial control, management reporting, stakeholder influence, team leadership
Preferred skills
TM1 (Cognos), Power BI, integrated ERP environments
Technologies
TM1, Cognos, Power BI, ERP
Responsibilities
Own and lead the Group planning and forecasting framework; Act as the lead Commercial Finance business partner across markets and functions; Partner with Operations on manufacturing costs, factory absorption, standard and actual costing, inventory, supply chain costs and cost optimisation initiatives; Own the quality of Group management reporting and Board reporting; Develop scenario analysis, business cases and profitability modelling; Drive improvements in reporting, planning and commercial finance processes; Lead, coach and develop four direct reports across FP&A, finance and operations finance.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership