Finance Manager - 12m FTC

Finance Managers job - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract based in Mid Kent - competitive salary DOE

Your new company
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager looking for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) to join this international FMCG business based in mid Kent.

Your new role
This is a key commercial finance role, assisting management in business decision support, business analysis and accurate up to date consignment management support.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
* Responsible for influencing budget/forecasting decisions.
* Assist with maintaining SOX controls within the teams and ensuring that there is full compliance
* Manage weekly and monthly customer/product sales & profitability reporting models.
* Manage financial dashboard and drill down reporting to provide visibility of Category, product, and customer performance
* Manage financial and non-financial KPIs to assist with managing control processes in the consignment ledger. * Support the commercial and finance teams with evolving/new requirements
* Build the knowledge and understanding of Navision as a MI tool through non finance individuals and influence strict consignment management through said teams.
* Responsible for commercial commentary and variance analysis inputs to the finance team
* Identify areas within financial systems, reports, processes, and controls that require improvement and optimisation
* Make recommendations to management on areas within the business where improvements can be made and profits maximised
* Work within a team environment to promote/initiate changes necessary for business process improvement
* Assist with adhoc accounting and financial management requirements across the division
* Support the on-going development of the company's ERP system

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be an accomplished Finance Manager with relevant financial qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, ACA. Experience covering the majority of the responsibilities as outlined above beneficial, plus the ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders at all levels within the business. The ability to take a commercial view and make recommendations alongside excellent management, communication, analytical and organisational skills. Experience in business partnering and decision support from ideally an FMCG environment would be desirable.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary based on experience, plus hybrid working of 3 days per week in the office, plus a range of other company benefits.

What you need to do now
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