Commercial Finance Business Partner

Techtronic Industries

  • Droitwich, Worcestershire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 26 days ago
If you’re looking for a progressive and rewarding career and you thrive in a fast-paced, fun and team-orientated environment, then look no further!Overview of Vax:Our heritage-rich, expert-led business has always had the same goal: to prioritize innovation and to design easy-to-use products that seamlessly integrate into our customers' lives, offering reliable, quick solutions to cleaning homes, whatever the mess.Vax has forged its reputation as a brand that focuses on the needs of its customers. Our culture of innovation is at the heart of everything we do and we work hard to constantly think of new ways to improve our products, ensuring that we deliver premium quality products for our customers.Commercial Finance Business PartnerWe are seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our high-performing function at Vax. This is a great role for a business partner to make a true impact in a commercial environment with a forward-thinking business.The role will focus on providing commercial support, planning, and challenge to the Vax Marketing & Direct business units. Having experience within an online business will be key for a successful business partner. The successful candidate will take ownership of the end-to-end budgeting and forecasting process, provide weekly and monthly analysis and insight to trading performance, and work with the Marketing team to create detailed media ROI models.They will also need to assist the wider team on various ad-hoc requests from the cross-functional Direct & Marketing teams. The successful individual will partner with the business and become an integral part of all decision-making for the function.This role is critical to the continued success of Vax's products in the marketplace, and the business partner will be responsible for ensuring that clear, accurate, timely, and relevant financial information is delivered to their stakeholders to support robust planning and profit-driving commercial decision making.Key Responsibilities
  • Business Partner with the commercial teams in delivering business targets and budgets by working closely with the functions and building strong relationships.
  • Supporting the Head of Commercial in preparation of monthly business plans, reforecasts, and annual budgets in conjunction with Vax and the wider group.
  • Responsible for providing finance business partnering to key functional stakeholders, including P&L support for the Direct business unit.
  • Provide the business unit and key stakeholders with detailed financial analysis and insights on weekly trading performance and projected monthly outturn.
  • Develop appropriate weekly and monthly reporting on the business unit’s KPI’s and drive conversations between stakeholders.
  • Support with the production of monthly and full-year forecasts and budgets across sales, gm, and marketing spend.
  • Develop the current reporting for monthly Business Unit Reviews and take ownership of the R&O process to fully understand the full year outturn.
  • Investigate and question reported trends in marketing channel performance with the senior stakeholder group.
  • Work with divisional stakeholders to create detailed ROI models which provide a clear understanding of media and campaign performance.
  • Understand and challenge changes to the media plan and the impact to the teams P&L.
Skills and ExperienceThe commercial finance function at Vax is integral to the wider business hitting and exceeding business targets. We are looking for the successful candidate to have the following -
  • Ideally, be a Qualified accountant (or sitting the final exams),
  • Display advanced Excel skills on a daily basis, and crucially be competent in dealing with large sets of data
  • E-commerce and marketing commercial experience
  • Strong communicator with the confidence to challenge, influence, and support at all levels
  • Experience in a fast-paced, B2C company is preferred
  • Experience in supporting the business in managing large, complex budgets.
  • Experience in managing senior stakeholders with differing agendas.
If this role sounds like a good fit, then please do not hesitate to contact us. We are looking forward to hearing from you!#LI-DM1#Vax#HybridVax is made up of people who have a shared understanding of our mission and vision. Our values define who we are and what we stand for;Trust – We’re experts and everything we do is based on brilliant knowledge.Honesty – Our commitment to doing the right means we are always open and transparent.Resilience – For decades, we have embraced change and been agile in what we do. We aren’t easily discouraged.Innovation – We’re curious and explore opportunities, innovating to benefit our customers and business.Valued – We are better when each of us feels included and respected for who we are and what we contribute.Energy – We are positive thinkers, excited about what we do.

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