Senior Finance Manager

Job Introduction

Overview:

As the Senior Finance Manager, you’ll be reporting to the Head of Finance – Digital & Customer and leading the Business Partnership in a few key spaces which include our Loyalty Program, Brand Partnerships, Customer Analytics, Performance Marketing and Marketing & Creative teams.

This role and its team will lead the provision of high-quality commercial support covering business performance with a Customer and KPI lens With a focus on customer-led initiatives & Performance Marketing. It will also bring clarity and rigour to the financials of the company wide Creative Schemes Strategy and Budgets. Supporting their internal customers and the Head of Finance on all aspects of financial planning, analysis and partnership in decision making in these spaces.

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will:

- Provide Financial KPI’s and analysis on the relevant aspects of the Loyalty Program, Customer performance and Digital, Marketing, giving insight into the customer base.

- Support heavily on the presentation / communication of key performance metrics in their space.

- Lead in defining and evolving financials and structure within the loyalty program.

- Embed customer metrics & KPIs into wider financial reporting to ensure the customer is at the heart of everything we do.

- Support the organisational planning and forecast process for the Loyalty, Marketing & Creative areas, ensuring delivery of the budgets and forecast for the areas the role is responsible for. With suitable review and exec board sign off.

- Understand the key levers that impact profitability of marketing campaigns such as regional profitability or division margin mix, undertaking internal and external benchmarking where relevant to support commercial discussions

- Hold regular cost and profit reviews with budget holders to ensure performance and financial results are understood and representative, with regular reviews with exec owners.

- Develop talent within the D&C Finance Team through coaching, fostering teamwork and helping their team members with own their individual development plans.

- Develop the business partnering / advisory role of the finance team to ensure finance has a “seat at the table”, in many forums and with Senior Management.

- Deputise for the Head of Finance as necessary

How you’ll do it…you will be:

- CIMA or ACA or ACCA Qualified

- Significant post qualification experience at accountant level

- Ability to influence peers and upwards and assume a leadership role

- Strong planning & analysis skills

- Highly commercial, able to manage the broader perspective, whilst maintaining attention to detail and a ‘can do’ approach.

- Well-developed people management skills with experience of managing, motivating and developing a large team.

- Good working knowledge of financial systems and packages.

- A leader, able to build strong stakeholder relationships in a challenging but collaborative way.

- Strong analytical skills with the ability to balance the bigger picture with the fine detail.

- Energetic and self-motivated, able to work independently, and as part of a team.

- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own and teams’ workload and deliver to tight deadlines.

- Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, uses initiative and proactively seeks creative alternative methods to resolve issues/problems.

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