Head of Commercial Finance Brewing

Greene King is the country's leading pub company and Brewer, first established in 1799. At Greene King it's not just pints that we want you to pour, we want people who can share our purpose and Pour Happiness into Lives. We are on a transformational journey for both customers and colleagues which will make us the pride of British hospitality. With over 40,000 people working across our 1,600 pubs, our breweries and two support centres, a career at Greene King has no limits.

**Head of Commercial Finance Brewing & Brands**

Be part of something big. At Greene King we are passionate about delivering our purpose to 'pour happiness into lives'. That's for our guests, our team, our pub partners, our suppliers and the communities in which we live, operate and serve. We know we can make a real and positive difference to the communities and environment around us and we're on an exciting journey to become the Pride of British Hospitality.

**The Role**

We are seeking a Head of Commercial Finance to join our Brewing and Brands division and provide leadership and management of the commercial finance function. Supporting the teams that gets our beer to our customers through on-trade, off-trade and digital sales, this role provides the opportunity to work in a fast-paced commercial facing role within an established forward-thinking business. This role reports to the Finance Director, and has the flexibility to be based anywhere, with regular travel to Bury St Edmunds (weekly).

**What are the key accountabilities?**
- Deliver best in class business partnering support across the commercial organisation
- Inspire and develop the Commercial Business Control Finance Team
- Drive periodic commercial budget/forecasting processes
- Support the Commercial Directors in the identification and delivery of new profit improvement initiatives
- Create standard KPIs to track performance against budget/forecast, capturing variances to plan, evaluating consequences for the full year out turn and identifying strategies to mitigate adverse variances

**What skills and experience do I need?**
- To be successful in this role, you will be a commercially focused senior finance professional with experience in a fast-paced FMCG environment. As important as your previous experience, you will demonstrate the following skills:

- Ability to influence people at all levels, internal and external, through listening and adjusting communication style to meet the needs of the audience
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate a team of direct and non-direct reports
- Ability to balance short term requirements with long term objectives to achieve commercial goals

**What you can expect from us?**
- Competitive salary and pension contribution scheme
- Private Medical insurance
- Discounted Health Screening
- Option to purchase discounted Dental Insurance
- Life Assurance
- 33% discount for you on food and drinks across all our managed sites and 15% for your friends and family
- 50% discount for you at Greene King Hotels/Inns and 25% discount for your friends and family
- Access to company perks portal for regular retailer discounts
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
- Free onsite parking
- An employee health, wellbeing advice and guidance service
- As one of the industry's leading apprenticeship providers, we can offer training and development at any stage of your career, whatever step you decide to take

**Corporate Social Responsibility**

We also want to be a positive force for good, having a social purpose that threads through every part of our business, whether it be through caring for the planet, caring for our communities through our hugely successful partnership with Macmillan (raising over 10 million pounds) or caring for our people, creating life opportunities for all through innovative social mobility programmes. We are on an incredible journey and our goal is to be the pride of British hospitality.

**Inclusion and Diversity**

At Greene King we're setting the bar for Inclusion & Diversity. We are on a journey towards Everyday Inclusion where everyone feels welcome, can thrive and truly belong. With external commitments like the Valuable 500, If Not Now, When? and our Calling Time on Racism manifesto, our community partnerships and the support of our 4 internal Employee Led Inclusion Groups we have a clear plan based on education, awareness and activity that's already making an impact. We value the diversity of our people and are working to increase this, by joining us on this journey you can help us to shape our future inclusive culture.

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