Commercial Finance Business Partner - 9 Month FTC

The Weetabix Food Company; Burton Latimer; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Commercial Finance Business Partner - 9 Month FTC

We are not supporting candidates who require sponsorship for this position. We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support. We are committed to improving diversity and equality throughout Weetabix, especially within our Recruitment processes. We are always looking to enhance our current teams with diverse skills, experience, backgrounds, and personalities; so if your skills and experience look a little different and you believe you can add value to the role and/or Weetabix, then we would love you to drop us your CV or apply! No candidate will ever meet 100% of the desired qualifications, skills, and/or experience, but we are ambitious to attract the right talent for how we want our business to grow. You might not be right for the role yet, but we are always looking for talented people!

Closing date: 7th April
Working pattern: Hybrid but you will need to be flexible depending on team tasks and resources. Weetabix Wednesday is a non-negotiable where we all come into the office for business partnering and meetings.

The successful candidate will collaborate effectively with the Marketing team and provide support to the Marketing Finance Managers by delivering top-notch analysis and insights. This will empower the business to proactively make financially informed decisions armed with the best available information.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide accurate and timely reporting of financial results with variances to budget and forecast explained and challenged.
2. Analyse performance and provide key inputs into the monthly KPI and Brand reviews.
3. Support the process for new product development, ensuring that business plans are challenged, financially robust, reflect the sensitivity of financial outcomes, and that key stakeholders are managed.
4. Post month-end journals and support with Commercial Finance month-end.
5. Support other areas of Commercial Finance as and when required.
6. Contribute to robust Financial Control by managing spend tracking, conducting balance sheet reconciliations, and performing variance analysis to ensure everything is on track.

Benefits:

• Annual bonus
• Double matched ER contributed pension scheme
• Annual Salary review
• Access to 24/7 counselling service (in partnership with Grocery Aid)

Please Note: Our company policy is not to advertise salaries as we want to benchmark all candidates based on skills and experience that need to be evidenced upon application and screening.

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