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About the Role
To business partner the Commercial team (Sales & Marketing) by leading, influencing and providing recommendations on business performance, proposed plans and required actions across the 4 strategic pillars (Branded / Retailer Brand / Global Brand / Contract). To develop, implement and review strategy as well as developing the Commercial Finance Analyst.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic financial insight, challenge, and guidance to support business performance and value creation across forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes.
- Deliver accurate and actionable financial reporting and analysis, identifying risks and opportunities while recommending corrective actions to influence key business decisions.
- Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Development teams to develop and execute plans to meet and exceed budget and P&L targets.
- Lead customer, channel, and product profitability analysis, providing recommendations to improve margins, optimise investments, and maximise profitability.
- Evaluate commercial proposals, business cases, and investment opportunities, ensuring alignment with company objectives, governance standards, and approval processes.
- Oversee account-level balance sheet management, including trade investments, customer deductions, and recovery of invalid deductions.
- Identify commercial opportunities, drive process improvements, and support value-creation initiatives across the business.
- Build strong relationships with colleagues across Finance and other functions to ensure a clear understanding of financial performance and strategic priorities.
- Monitor and challenge the delivery of key strategic and transformational projects, ensuring expected financial benefits are realised.
- Lead and support finance transformation initiatives such as acquisitions, systems enhancements, process simplification, and technology improvements.
- Provide high-quality financial modelling, scenario planning, and decision support for strategic opportunities and investments.
- Develop, coach, and support the Commercial Finance Analyst, strengthening analytical capability and financial business partnering across the team.
- Maintain strong financial governance and compliance with internal controls and company policies.
Requirements
- Degree and Chartered Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- FMCG & Commercial Finance experience
- Strong analytical, business partnering and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to influence decision-making and drive results through others
- Excellent communication, prioritisation and problem-solving capabilities
- Strong under pressure
Skills
- Financial insight
- Forecasting
- Budgeting
- Long-range planning
- Financial reporting
- Financial analysis
- Business partnering
- Stakeholder management
- Profitability analysis
- Financial modelling
- Scenario planning
- Decision support
- Process improvement
- Value-creation initiatives
- Financial governance
- Internal controls
- Company policies
Location
- Isle of Arran
- Livingston
- Blackpool
- Llantarnam
- Edinburgh
- Kirkham
- Batley
- Dorset
- St Pauls
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Degree
- Chartered Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
About the Company
- FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies, bakes the UK's most incredible biscuits.
- FBC UK was formed by the combination of Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits.
- The company is home to iconic brands such as Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky.
- FBC UK is a proud manufacturing partner to major UK retailers and household names.
- The company operates eight bakeries across the UK and employs approximately 4,000 colleagues.
- FBC UK values its people as the key ingredient to its success, seeking individuals with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and commitment.
- The company is committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered and offers opportunities for fulfilling careers.
- FBC UK embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) to create a supportive environment for growth.
- The company provides formal and on-the-job learning opportunities for professional and personal growth.
- FBC UK believes in the power of authenticity, entrepreneurship, and mutual support in achieving business goals.
Equal Opportunity
- FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities.
- The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.