Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance ManagerLocation: RemotePosition Type: 6-month contract outside IR35Salary: £400 per dayCK10035Finatal is partnered with a Private Equity backed premium e-commerce retailer. The platform allows brands and retailers to sell non-full price stock directly to consumers, driving growth, profitability, and maintaining brand equity.Role DescriptionThis is a full-time remote role for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager. This a key role within the organisation business partnering the senior leadership team on financial planning and commercial analysis. The right individual will have experience in Fashion, be great at challenging and love analysing bit sets of data. The Senior Commercial Finance Manager will be responsible for overseeing financial strategies, analysing market trends, and providing insights to optimise performance.ResponsibilitiesProvide finance business partnershipOwn the production of weekly / Monthly MI and play a key part in the discussion and challenging of key areas to drive constant improvements.Support the CFO with board and Senior Leadership communicationsSupport the CFO on M&A activitiesAnalysis and communication of P&L lines to identify volume, rate and mix drivers to explain and challenge performanceIdentification of Opportunities and Risks with sufficient notice to influence the outcomeDelivery of core finance processes including month end reporting, forecasts, budgets and long range planningAnalytical support to projects and new initiativesChampion the usage of data across different teams, coach and empower business partners to derive insights using self-service analytics tools and incorporate data as part of daily decision makingProactively and constructively question the status quo. Identify improvements to continuously optimise business/technology decisions and ways of working.Experience/Qualifications required:5+ years in a commercial finance roleExperience working in the retail sectorACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualified