Commercial Finance Business Partner

4 weeks ago


Aston, United Kingdom Iceland Food Group Full time
Commercial Finance Business Partner

At Iceland Food Group, we're looking for a talented Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our team. As a key member of our Commercial Finance team, you'll play a crucial role in supporting our Trading Teams with clear and insightful financial information.

Key Responsibilities:
• Present category sales and margin performance at weekly trading meetings to the Category Buying Managers and the Category Trading Director
• Report daily margin performance vs budget at product group level, providing commentary on the week on week movements
• Provide insightful analysis to support and enhance product/promotional sales and margin performance, proactively challenging performance when required
• Scenario planning the impact to sales and margin for potential price and promotion changes
• Support the Budget and Half yearly company forecast process by working closely with the category buying managers to produce category level budgets for sales, margin and commercial income
• Actively contribute to short, medium and long term margin and Commercial income reforecasts forecasts, with a clear understanding of how current trading performance may impact margin versus budget
• Support trading team with supplier negotiations ensuring deep understanding of supplier profitability as well as impacts of costs and retail movements
• Lead pricing reviews to measure the competitiveness of our prices within the market and drive appropriate corrective action
• Review and challenge proposed trade plans for upcoming promotional cycles, identifying risks and opportunities vs budget
• Provide insightful analysis and review on feature space and deals performance to support future business trading team decisions
• Act as the link between the trading team and the core finance team on areas such as flagging risk and opportunities on supplier funding and commercial income

Requirements:
• Strong commercial awareness and numeracy skills with a keen desire to question and challenge information
• Experience and evidence of helping businesses deliver and monitor financial performance with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills are essential
• Part qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) is desirable, but not essential

What We Offer:
• 15% discount in Iceland stores
• 30% discount at Club Individual Restaurants
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Pension (NEST)
• Free onsite parking
• Onsite electric car charging ports
• Subsidised staff restaurant and Costa Coffee
• Christmas vouchers
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Christmas Savings scheme
• Long service awards

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