Play a pivotal role in driving performance, supporting strategic decision-making, and ensuring financial integrity across the business.
Partner with business leaders across commercial, operations, and marketing to drive financial performance and accountability.
Lead financial analysis and reporting, providing insight into key drivers of revenue, margin, and profitability.
Develop and maintain dashboards and analytics to monitor business performance, trends, and KPIs
Manage the month-end close process with our off shored financial service team (AP, AR, R2R), ensuring timely and accurate reporting driving continuous improvements.
Prepare and present monthly performance reviews and variance analysis to senior management.
Own the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning activities.
Manage the integration accounts of a newly acquired business unit.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial visibility and efficiency.
Drive and Support strategic projects including investments from appraisal, execution to ROI analytics, corporate tenders, pricing analysis, product profitability and support ambitious growth plans
Responsible for the health of the business units balance sheet in close collaboration with the regional financial controller supporting with explanations, investigations and clear down activities.
Lead the outsourcing of Payroll
Line management of a team of 2-3
Manage and engage with the offshored team closely to ensure all financial processes are adhered to and results are correct and well controlled.
Requirements
Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
Proven experience in a Finance Business Partner or Commercial Finance role as well as strong management accounting skills.
Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with the ability to tell the story behind the numbers and develop new analytics models and tools that make an impact.
Experience across analytics, FP&A, management accounting and finance business partnering preferred
Excellent Excel and data visualisation skills
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders.
Organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.