Finance Business Partner - Commercial

About the Role

Title: Finance Business Partner - Commercial

Location: Cumbernauld, Milton Keynes,Middlebrook, London 

Job Description:

Location: Any AG Barr Hub ( Cumbernauld, Milton Keynes,Middlebrook, London)

Contract and working pattern: Permanent, 37.5 hours, Hybrid Working

Lets Grow!!!

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter!

Employing around 850 people across the UK, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

For 150 years AG Barr has been building great brands and is home to some of the nations favourite flavours.

At our core is  IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand, Boost making every moment better with a caffeine kick, hydration hit or tasty treat, and FUNKIN where real fruit means authentic taste.

We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio including MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us!

 What we’re looking for…

As a Finance Business Partner looking our Sales division - you will provide excellent finance management and partnership to business leaders and sales teams to drive business performance in an FMCG Commercial environment.

An opportunity to have a balance of support and challenge in your work, you will work closely with the sales team to maximise the return on investment in customer joint business plans, trade terms and promotions. This will include ownership and governance of the Commercial P&L including £100m of cost on behalf of the Commercial function.

 Your responsibilities will include...

Business Partnering

• Support the Sales Director and their Sales Leadership team to execute the functional strategy by bringing an unrelenting focus on driving business performance

• Perform ROI appraisals on new business opportunities to grow with their customer., support on the development of Annual terms and JBP ensuring that we balance commercial growth, financial profitability and company strategy

• Support on individual customer pricing negotiations, making sure we maximise profitability while optimising business opportunity to grow our distribution

• Influence delivery of Commercial’s performance targets by providing clear, value adding reporting, analysis and insight to business partners with constructive challenge, coaching and building awareness

 Business Performance Management

• Own and enhance the end to end business performance management cycle (period close, forecast, R&O, action planning).

• Provide timely, accurate and relevant standard reporting to the Commercial function.

• Drive a financial performance review process which manages performance against the annual budget / plan.

• Continuously improve the performance management cycle and associated outputs through both greater insight and improved efficiency.

 Governance

• Lead rock solid financial controls within Commercial.

• Educate on and lead processes to ensure a strong financial control environment exists around Commercial Investment.

• Educate and and support the delivery of key Governance KPIs for Commercial

• Ensure that all financial accounting and control activities for each area of responsibility within the Commercial P&L and B/S are completed accurately and timely.

 Leadership

• Coaching and development of more junior members of the team. People leader responsibilities for up to 2 graduate or qualified accountants.

 What you’ll bring... 

Qualifications & Relevant Experience: 

• Qualified Accountant with 3+PQE and strong financial analysis skills

• Experience in a Commercial FMCG environment business partnering sales teams 

Functional Skills: 

• Financial accounting and reporting

• Business planning, management reporting and analysis

• Accounting information systems

• Commercial understanding

• Business and negotiation skills

• People management

• Communication verbal and written

• Risk management and internal control

• Tax strategy planning and compliance

• Corporate finance and treasury management

What we offer…

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Uncapped bonus linked to business performance

• Defined contribution Pension

• Up to 34 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)

• Flexible holiday trading

• Flexible cash pot to spend on benefits

• Healthcare Cash Plan

• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashback, gym memberships, technology purchases etc

• Life assurance

• Save as you earn scheme

• Staff sales discount

• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day and staff sales

• Annual salary review 

• Ongoing professional development and access to Learning and Development programmes and content