The Commercial Finance Business Partner will work in partnership with Commercial stake holders (mainly Sales and Marketing departments) across the business to support for a profitable growth strategy. He/she will also work closely with other members of the Finance team, in particular Local Finance, Costing team, FSSC, IT, IC. His/her objectives are to maintain finance systems and controls in place and to ensure the implementation of good practice in commercial proposal development throughout the organisation (Company & FGM South) and provide 'real time' support and analysis in order to assist in decision making.
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
1. Strategy & planning
▪ A member of financial plans/budget process
▪ Implementation of systems and process improvements in commercial finance and across relevant business units in order to maintain data accuracy & data availability
▪ Contributing to financial projects as part of the overall finance function
2. Market building and best practices
▪ Promote the work of Commercial Finance and support the implementation of good practice throughout the organisation.
3. Relationship, stakeholder and key account management
▪ Build and maintain relationships with internal clients in order to develop tools and provide support for any product orientated development
▪ Responsible for providing accurate and timely finance information, Meaningful analysis/recommendation to support for decision making
▪ Proactive propose & take action for performance improvement ideas
4. Professional expertise and development
▪ Ownership of the Pricing and Margin model. Ensuring its appropriateness across the functions/BUs.
▪ Oversee the reporting against agreed Key Performance Indicators for commercial finance demonstrating the value added to the business.
▪ Responsible for rebate & promotion review & recommendation
▪ Responsible for credit limit, credit term review, debt provision & relevance
▪ Work proactively, seek to understand the interdependencies and connections Finance work with other functions
▪ A member of month-end closing & reporting cycle
5 Risk Management and Compliance Monitoring
▪ Build the drafting of key policy documents to ensure full compliance to the organisation's rules and regulations governing transactions
▪ Deliver Value for Money and enhanced reporting approaches for use in strengthening commercial tenders and improving transparency of results.
5 ATTITUDES:
1. Customer Intimacy
▪ Sets up processes and tools in Finance to understand customer needs, be a solution oriented partner, and effectively monitor customer satisfaction
2. Act as an Entrepreneur
▪ Deliver quality and timely results, achieve challenging goals and strive for excellence in setting clear and demanding objectives to deliver what is required.
3. Innovate
▪ Continually look at ways of improving ways of working and being innovative.
▪ Challenge assumptions and be a forward looking business partner.
4. Be Agile
▪ Hold him/herself and others responsible for delivering goals on time and in line with common goals of Finance Dept & Company
▪ Bringing a “can do” attitude and commercial flair to the function
5. Build an open & engaging culture
▪ Actively gain the support of other people and keep them fully engaged to contribute effectively.
