Job Title: Group Commercial Finance Business Partner
Reporting to: Group Financial Controller
Contract: Permanent

Main Duties:

• Business point of contact for UK, Portugal and Group Business Central customer gross margin analysis, adding insight for the Commercial team to improve business profitabilityPreparing cash flow projections to enable appropriate treasury management
• Ensure new customers and changes to customer terms are accurately captured in Business Central customer gross margin reporting
• Develop budgets and financial forecasts for the company.
• Responsible for follow-ups based on the weekly UK, Portugal and Group aged Trade Debtors reports
• Creating scenario planning tools to support the Commercial team on new business opportunities
• Business Partner to the Commercial Director and Commercial team, providing accurate data and robust scenario planning reporting to enable timely and effective decision making.
• Work with Commercial teams to update weekly volume splits and pricing for all harvest and procured volumes for budgets and forecasts, including to create graphs to highlight pricing trends, risks and opportunities
• Responsible for monthly trade debtors budget and forecasts for UK, Portugal and Group based on sales forecasts and customer terms
• Support Operations Business Partners for UK and Portugal on budgets and forecasts, including costing of crop plans, ensuring labour analysis is robust, gross margin for varieties are realistic and in preparation for the UK and Portugal packhouse budget and forecasts

Skills & Requirements:

• Relevant Finance qualification – CA, ACCA or equivalent
• Successful track record in a Commercial Finance role within business
• Proficiency in Microsoft Business Central or equivalent finance system
• Experience of working in FMCG/Food/Agriculture is preferred
• Excellent analytical skills, with ability to present data in an organised and concise manner
• Strong IT skills, including MS Excel
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

Benefits: Pension, Salary sacrifice pension, Private Medical Insurance and Life Assurance, Discretionary Bonus, option to buy/sell 1 week holiday, Employee Assistance Programme.