Job Description
Job Description
Brakes have a great opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Corporate Commercial Finance Team supporting the commercial team with some of our biggest customers within the Hospitality sector.
Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner, this is a key role that will support our Commercial Account Managers in looking after existing customers within our Hospitality sector. You’ll be working closely with colleagues across both Finance & Commercial to provide insight and analysis to support strategic planning and decision making. You can expect to be involved in providing insight, forecasting, customer reporting and monthly review packs providing key accurate insight.
We are offering a Hybrid contract involving at least one day per week in the Ashford, Kent office as well as ad-hoc face-to-face meetings as required, so you must be within a commutable distance.
Accountabilities
- Weekly/Monthly forecasting as well as analysis of key variances
- Ensuring the month-end process is completed in line internal deadlines
- Preparation of Financial Evaluations to support strategic decision making
- Responsible for ensuring customer facing reports are accurate and timely
- Customer contract management – ensuring customers are trading in line with Key Business Assumptions
- Providing financial information to Corporate Account Managers to enable a better understanding of customer performance
- Contracted customer rebate management
- Preparation of Balance sheets.
- Support in producing and presenting Business Unit Review Packs
- A central point of contact for internal and external customers
- Continuous improvement work
- Support the Senior Finance Business Partner in running the sector and step in for them on occasion.
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
Ideally, you’ll be a recently qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) currently operating as a Finance Business Partner, Management Account or Finance Analyst, looking to join a global organisation as part of your career development. However, if you are a finalist, with finance partnering experience working in a relevant finance role we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for someone who will drive performance through insight and has the knowledge and confidence to understand trends and results. Strong Excel skills, including experience in financial analysis and modelling are essential. A great opportunity for someone who enjoys working within a commercial setting and is looking to broaden their finance business partnering skills. You will be self-motivated and driven to deliver results and positively influence key stakeholders.
In return, you will receive a competitive salary, company car or cash allowance, competitive pension scheme, the option to purchase additional annual leave, a hybrid working agreement, flexible lifestyle benefits package, discount across the full range of our award-winning food and private medical health care.