Commercial Finance Manager

February 19, 2025

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Full Time

Watford, Hertfordshire

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

February 19, 2025

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Job description

<div><div>We are expanding our team and looking for a talented Commercial Finance Manager! Join us to support our commercial teams on promotions, range reviews, and other important initiatives. Your role will be crucial in ensuring a clear understanding of the margin impacts of commercial decisions. Key Responsibilities:<ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Production of weekly and monthly reports, ensuring variances and anomalies are progressively followed up and positioned with the Commercial teams for resolution.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Work collaboratively with the business teams to gain a granular understanding of margin.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Provide robust financial control and accounting for the import process, liaising with Procurement, Commercial and Supply Chain teams to ensure a joined up holistic view that quickly identifies any potential risk or opportunity. </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Identify opportunities to streamline, simplify processes, so that issues are identified earlier and forwarding looking forecasts and plans are accurately produced.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Providing insightful reporting to help shape and deliver strategies of the wider business.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assist with any ad hoc requests, queries or analysis, to help the smooth, efficient working of the Finance function.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Develop the Junior Analyst by coaching through tasks and exam progression.</li></ul> What are we looking for:<ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) Will also accept passed finalists.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Retail / FMCG experience Business partnering</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Broad finance experience </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Proficiency in MS Office with good Excel skills</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">High degree of accuracy and attention to detail</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Financially literate</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Problem solving skills</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Team player/happy to help/can do attitude</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Well organised with the ability to prioritise work.</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hard working and proactive</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Enthusiastic and inquisitive</li></ul> What can we offer you?You’ll be supported with fantastic learning and development and have the opportunity to grow and develop your career with us.  We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that includes <ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Competitive bonus</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Save-as-you-earn scheme</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Private Medical Healthcare</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Contributory pension scheme</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Colleague discount </li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Discount platform including savings and cash back at numerous retailers, savings on gym membership, cycle to work scheme</li></ul> Our widely recognised wellbeing strategy is something we’re proud of at Wickes. As part of this, we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits and support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, financial education & loans, and access to parental, menopause and fertility support. By giving you the support you need to do well at work, and the flexibility to make life work for you. We are giving you a career that doesn’t put your life on hold. Where you can be yourself, do your best work, and make a positive difference every day.We recognise the value of bringing our teams together to collaborate, support each other and build on our amazing culture.  We are also encouraging our teams to work flexibly, with a blend of remote / office working.  About Us: Wickes is a multi-channel retailer operating in the home improvement market.  With 50 years in industry, Wickes now generates revenue in excess of £1.6bn across 230 stores delivered by 8,000+ colleagues.  But it is the Wickes culture that we are really proud of it’s a collaborative, down to earth, fun and inclusive environment where people feel part of a winning team. All our colleagues come from different backgrounds, but what we all have in common is a determination to succeed and a passion for being the best we can be. If that sounds like you, we’ll make you feel right at home. </div></div>

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