Senior Finance Expert for Commercial Cost Optimization

2 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom CHEP Full time

CHEP, a leader in sustainable supply chain solutions, is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Expert to join its team. This role plays a crucial part in the company's transformation of its commercial finance profitability model, focusing on granular cost KPIs across $2 billion revenue, 15,000 customers, and 27 countries.

Key Responsibilities
  • Analyze complex data sets to drive financial insights and present them clearly to senior management and stakeholders.
  • Develop customer segmentation criteria beyond sectors, identifying trends, correlations, and root cause analysis.
  • Partner with local and central finance teams to integrate cost clarity changes into existing commercial finance processes and tools.
  • Collaborate with internal business areas (Commercial, Digital, Supply Chain, Retail) to understand customer attributes driving cost-to-serve differences.
  • Design dashboards to display cost clarity insights in digital solutions.

The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of experience in finance or analytical roles, preferably in complex multinational businesses. They should possess curiosity, solid investigative abilities, and enjoy diving into data and analysis. Great communication and presentation skills with fluency in English are required. Well-organized individuals who can work on multiple projects in parallel and handle ambiguity are highly sought after.

About CHEP

CHEP moves more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via its 300 million pallets, crates, and containers. Through its pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust CHEP to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely, and with less environmental impact.

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance.
  • 3-5 years of work experience.
Estimated Salary

£60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on location and experience.



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