Regional Finance Manager

This high growth, US listed retail organisation in Liverpool are looking for a Regional Finance Manager to join the organisation in a role closely linked to Operations.

Reporting to the Commercial Finance Director, your core duties will include;

• Proactive Finance Business Partner providing support, challenge and insight to the Opetaional Managers and Regional Directors
• To deliver timely, accurate & relevant financial information & analysis to key stakeholders including, Monthly and quarterly forecasts, Annual budgets, Variance analysis, KPI's, Ad-hoc analysis to drive business performance
• Identifying risks and opportunities to enable delivery of the targets
• Develop, rigorously challenge, and question the budget/forecast assumptions and KPIs
• Provision of the Monthly Review Packs and participation in the Monthly Branch Review Meeting.
• Identify and explain business performance variances and recommendations for improvements
• Consignment reconciliation, analysis and challenge
• Margin management through analysis and challenge
• Develop and understand distribution cost reporting & KPI's
• Bench marking performance across locations
• Monitor new business performance and profitability
• Monthly accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
• Attend monthly stock takes
• Maintain strong financial controls across all areas
• Ensure that all company policies and statutory requirements are adhered to
• Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Support the Financial Controller as required through analysis and project activity

Key requirements;

• Qualified Accountant, ideally CIMA
• Management accounting in an FMCG manufacturing environment
• Good communication skills and ability to build strong business relationships
• Experience of influencing non-Finance colleagues
• Demonstrable experience of process improvement and stakeholder management
• Ability to use own initiative and to adapt to changes in the industry
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Flexible team player who can help change behaviour both by compelling nature of analysis and by working closely with colleagues to drive improvements
• Demonstrates a sense of personal ownership, is results driven and has a 'can do' attitude
• Enthusiasm and tenacity to strive for continuous improvement
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the business cross functionally.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

This is a fantastic opportunity for any Regional Finance Manager to join a company with autonomy to develop drive operational performance.