Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Beiersdorf UK Ltd. Full time

At Beiersdorf UK, we invest time into developing our own leading skin care brands - Nivea, Eucerin, and Elastoplast - to ensure we continue to provide our customers with the products they need to live a happier, fuller life.

This is a 1 year Maternity Cover contract.

As Finance Business Partner/Commercial Sales Controller you will monitor, evaluate and analyse the financial performance of key customers and Beiersdorf UK.

You will collaborate with stakeholders by collating and providing financial information, support and influence management to ensure they are effectively guiding the business towards Annual Business Plan targets. You will also be responsible for driving improvements in financial processes.

**Your Tasks**:

- Responsible for preparation, analysis and reporting of performance vs forecast.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure a collaborative drive towards targets.
- Highlight key issues in current and future forecasted performance versus target.
- Responsible for working with the UK team to build the Annual Business Plan for the UK.
- Responsible for liaising with sales team to analyse and evaluate annual trade agreements.
- Conducting financial analysis as required on new product launches.
- Manage and execute weekly, monthly & quarterly reports and ad-hoc analysis for Sales Management, Finance and other key stakeholders.
- To monitor monthly latest projections for rebates versus individual promotional activity year to date.
- To calculate appropriate customer list prices to ensure a robust base business margin, whilst balancing distribution targets.
- Ensure latest full year spends for rebates, discounts, POS and Customer marketing are reported monthly.
- To support the Commercial Controlling Finance Manager with the development and improvement of new and existing systems and processes to ensure the effective operation of the Sales and Customer Marketing teams.

**Your Profile**:

- ACCA / CIMA / ACA qualified or part qualified with an analytical mindset and commercial experience, ideally within a business partnering or commercial finance background
- Analytical or Audit experience advantageous
- Excellent communication skills with the resilience to challenge and offer solutions based on fact
- Proactive and driven, you will be flexible and agile; able to adapt to changing priorities and request
- A team player with a passion for working in a collaborative environment
- Strong excel skills

**Additional information**:
At Beiersdorf, we embrace Diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants - regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age.

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