Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Job Description

Senior Commercial Finance Manager, Central London£80- £90kpa plus benefitsOur client, an instantly recognisable retail brand has created a new role that is extremely commercially focused. This role will be accountable for end to end financial support for the EMEA store projects (including new stores, renovations, refits, lease renewals,relocations and temporary stores). Leading a small sub-team, this role will also have accountability for the Capital forecasting process as well as ownership of key lines in the P&L associated with Property (Depreciation, Rent, Rates and Service Charge).The ideal candidate will be a proactive and innovative financial professional with the ability to multi-task with a high degree of analytical proficiency and integrity. This position requires commercial experience (ideally in Retail), a strong foundationalknowledge of accounting principles and the ability to build strong relationships across the business (both with finance and non-finance teams). This is an exciting and high-profile role with the opportunity to support drive significant change, as well as buildrelationships across the business.Key Duties:-* Leading the financial modelling and support for store projects, ensuring that investments create/unlock value for the company.* Investment appraisals and modelling of pro-forma P&Ls for store projects. This includes scenario modelling, aligning with key stakeholders on inputs and summarising the financial outputs. * Analysis of appraisal/modelling outputs (e.g. guidance on financial guardrails, impact on future P&Ls, etc.) to provide insight for senior management decision making and provide challenge where required. * Strong business partnering to deliver insightful post investment appraisals that include (but not limited to) conclusions on actual financial performance versus original approval, drivers for variances and learnings/recommendations for the future. * Preparation and presentation of decks for projects reviews with EMEA senior management/other decision making forums.* Cross-functional working to understand and manage each projects impact on finance processes.* Maintains overall accountability for wider team responsibilities such as: production of capital approval schedules, project tracking and the close/forecasting process for depreciation.* Mentor and train junior members of the team, providing support, guidance and cover where necessary.* This role will also support the Head of FP&A with general financial analysis and other ad-hoc projects where required.The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with experience in retail. Excellent communication skills are important as is the ability to forge excellent working relationships with a variety of stakeholders. Financial modelling skills wouldbe ideal and experience of leading a small team. Hybrid working is also on offer- circa 2-3 days in the office and the rest from home. AGY - Vitae Financial RecruitmentWe Exist To Be Different - Membership NOT Registration

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