Finance Business Partner

Job Description

The CompanyNigel Wright are pleased to be working exclusively with Biscuit International as they look to recruit a Commercial Finance Business Partner.As a trusted manufacturer, Biscuit International provide a full range of biscuits and bread substitutes to a wide range of customers and channels across the globe, including major retailers, discounters, wholesalers, out-of-home players and co-manufacturingcustomers.As the leading private label biscuit and bread substitute manufacturer in Europe, they are committed to offering excellent taste at great value. Their exceptional product know-how and consumer knowledge allow them to strengthen their customers’ brands and meetconsumers’ expectations.Their operations encompass 32 certified factories across 9 different European countries with more than 600,000 tonnes of production capacity. As a group, they produce more than two billion packs a year representing more than 300,000 tonnes of biscuits!The SiteThere are over 4000 employees in Biscuit International, and the site in Gateshead, a world leading manufacturer of Gluten Free biscuits, employs 230 of those across a very diverse workforce.They have recently implemented a fabulous LMS system to support training and development within the facility and support culture improvements.Becoming part of Biscuit International has catapulted the business from single site to being part of a leading organisation with over 30 sites across the world, mainly Europe.Focussed on building a culture of learning and development, integrity and trust and respectThe RoleThe Commercial Finance Business Partners duties will include:

• Interpret and analyse customer specific requests from the sales team and partner to develop financial P&Ls and analytics.
• Prepare and manage customer and product profitability analysis and reporting.
• Business partner with other departments,providing insightful analysis to support decision making.
• Support Financial reporting and analysis for all customers.
• Daily and weekly sales reporting.
• Support month-end processes, quarterly financial forecast and budget.
• Financial data maintenance – support new product code creation, maintain product mapping, create system inputs of key financials during forecast and budget cycles.
• Produce standard product costs and support the commercial team with costing models.
• Work to improve core commercial finance processes and reporting.
• Support the cross-selling function by liaising with the finance teams in other business units to understand product information, costs and group margins.
• Undertaking special projects or ad hoc analysis requested by management, which may involve evaluatingspecific business scenarios or supporting process improvements.

The PersonThe requirements for the Commercial Finance Business Partner role are:

• Ideally part qualified (study support available)
• Possess ability to model and forecast and think laterally.
• Power BI exposure and Excellent Excel skills
• An ability to explain complex financial information in a clear way.
• Organisational skills with the ability to work underpressure and to deadlines.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in a similar role.

All 3rd party applications will be forwarded directly to Nigel Wright