Finance Business Partner

**ABOUT US**
We power brand engagement through outstanding communications, conversations and outcomes which make lives better.
Headquartered in the UK, but with offices in 25 countries worldwide, we are committed to providing innovative, sustainable and trusted solutions to our clients.
Our people make us who we are. And there are over 1300 of them adding value for our customers every day, worldwide.

As a Communisis employee in the UK, you’ll receive the following:
CORE BENEFITS
- 26 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
- Invitation to join the Communisis Flexible Retirement Saver, our award-winning Master trust pension scheme, for which we offer enhanced company contributions
- Health Cash Plan
- Use of our Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to #SELECT, our benefits platform where you can opt in and choose to take advantage of wide range of opportunities linked to salary sacrifice, all designed to help you support your work/life balance. (more to follow on that)
- Flexible & Hybrid working solutions and policies which are built to support our purpose led organisation

**THE ROLE**
Communisis are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our team in Newcastle to support and influence activities relating to the manufacturing and logistics function for Communisis - with particular focus on the Campaign Fulfilment and Inbound business units.
Supporting Client Directors to produce accurate and insightful sales forecasting.
To provide value add and further insight and analysis into the profitability of customers and products

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To act as the primary business partner for the Director of Operations
- Inbound and Campaign Fulfilment and to support the broader team in this part of the business.
- To lead the forecasting and budget process for Inbound and Campaign Fulfilment including P&L, CAPEX and exceptionals
- To oversee the production of customer and product profitability and provide insight and analysis on trends and performance
- Collaborate with Finance Business Partners for other functions/business areas to support the wider business as required e.g. Providing insight on the Inbound and Campaign Fulfilment business units to support Finance Business Partner - Commercial with modelling for tender submissions.
- To ensure costs are controlled and understood, that processes are in place to appropriately track spend.
- To lead in the development of performance indicators that will raise the overall performance of the Inbound and Campaign Fulfilment team. To act as the first point of contact for any performance data.
- To review the month-end close for accuracy and ensure any variances are explained and understood.
- To manage the overall salary cost budget and any discretionary cost budgets under the remit of the Inbound and Campaign Fulfilment.
- Focus on continuous improvement to process and ways of working. With a particular emphasis on improvements to forecast modelling

**WHAT YOU'LL BRING**
- Experience working in a financial business partner capacity
- Knowledge of manufacturing or a similar business / industry
- Exposure to a large / multinational business would be an advantage
- Strong intra-personal skills, ability to build relationships and generate trust when working without face to face contact.
- Commercial acumen, the ability to exercise judgement one cases that will move the needle.
- Excellent attention to detail while being able to demonstrate a strategic understanding.
- The ability to remain objective and independent, bring the truth to the business and potentially delivering difficult messages when required.
- Commercial acumen, awareness of business planning, P&L management and accounting concepts.
- Strong communication and team working abilities.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Print Management would be an advantage.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Experience of the financial management and budget processes.
- Problem solving skills.

**WE EMBRACE INCLUSION, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY**
Communisis is committed to creating a great place to work for everyone, celebrating the things that make everyone unique and delivering an inclusive and diverse business that is reflective of our communities. We recognise and value the benefits to the business and colleagues that is gained by embracing inclusion, equality, and diversity - we encourage people to be themselves at work and want to create a true sense of belonging.

We will ensure that our colleagues are working in safe environments and continually seek ways to reduce the chance and incidence of harm, and this includes both the physical and mental wellbeing off all.

Job Reference: CM02197