Group Finance - Group Finance Business Partner

At Sanderson Design Group, we are always looking for talented, ambitious and motivated people to join our team.

JOB TITLE: Group Finance Business Partner

Reports To: Head Of Fp&A

LOCATION: Voysey House

DEPARTMENT: Finance

Scope Of Job

To support the financial management and decision-making processes of the business. To work closely with senior management, providing financial insights, analysis and guidance to facilitate strategic decision-making and improve business performance.

Purpose

• Provide quality financial reporting and planning for all operations and entities, ensuring consistency of approach and delivery of output in a timely, accurate and relevant manner.
• Work closely with the Executive team, Reporting and Controlling Functions, Manufacturing FD and other Senior Managers to provide comprehensive financial indicators and information in support of strategy ensuring growth and plans are in place across all business operations.
• Contribute to the development of the business strategy across all areas, challenging assumptions and decision making as appropriate.
• Optimise profitability and cash and appraise and implement key strategic investments.
• Ensure operations are aligned with group strategy and the optimisation of shareholder value.
• Provide high quality financial advice and support which enables senior managers to make key business decisions on current activities and supporting future growth.
• Operate as a highly independent finance business partner, proactively identifying opportunities, driving analysis and delivering insight with minimal supervision.
• Support the development and quality of commercial analysis across the finance team, ensuring robust, accurate and actionable outputs.

Responsibilities

Planning & Performance Monitoring

• Oversee monthly management accounts and management reporting, ensuring strict deadlines are met.
• Deliver high-quality reports and presentations to Plc Board-level standards, using graphics and charts to communicate complex financial strategies.
• Support annual planning and reforecasting processes, including quarterly forecasting.
• Standardise planning and forecasting processes across Brands, Manufacturing and Group.
• Develop and report on KPIs to drive performance improvement, including lead indicators.
• Develop daily and weekly KPIs to monitor and manage operational performance.
• Build flexible financial models to accommodate different management assumptions.
• Leverage business intelligence tools such as QlikView and Vizlib to analyse performance drivers.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of Vizlib for actual vs budget and forecast analysis.
• Update and maintain competitor analysis schedules and provide actionable insights.
• Develop and maintain monthly profitability reporting and models by Brand, Region, Customer and Product, ensuring reporting is scalable, repeatable and consistently delivered.
• Drive the development and implementation of cost centre reporting across the Group, improving visibility, accountability and cost control.
• Take ownership of enhancing management information and commercial reporting frameworks to support decision-making across the business.

Business Partnering

• Provide financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers.
• Ensure visibility and control of costs for each sub-division within Marketing, IT and Commercial.
• Collaborate with Group Reporting and Controlling Functions to access key financial data for management reporting, forecasting and planning.
• Interpret complex financial information and provide updates to key stakeholders.
• Support teams with ad hoc financial and analytical queries.
• Maintain and update ROI schedules for collection appraisals.
• Build strong, trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation, acting as a credible and influential finance partner to operational and commercial stakeholders.
• Proactively engage with stakeholders to understand business challenges, provide insight and influence decision-making.
• Challenge constructively and support business leaders in identifying opportunities to improve performance and profitability.
• Review, challenge and support the development of commercial analysis produced within the finance team, ensuring outputs are accurate, insightful and aligned to business requirements.
• Act as a senior point of review for commercial and financial analysis, providing guidance, coaching and development support to team members where required.

Treasury

• Help maintain banking mandates across the Group, review and approve payments and assist with cash reporting.

Measures Of Success

• Delivery of key objectives outlined in the Purpose and Responsibilities above.
• Delivery of results to plan.
• Accurate and timely monthly accounts and management information.
• Accurate and timely budgeting, planning and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
• Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business-related degree preferred.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Experience & Skills

• Commercially astute, articulate and technically strong.
• Exceptional communication skills at all levels.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across a diverse range of functions and seniority levels.
• Confident communicator who can influence, challenge and engage stakeholders in a collaborative manner.
• Demonstrable ability to operate independently and manage a broad workload with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with advanced modelling capability.
• Strong experience in profitability analysis, business modelling and performance reporting.
• Ability to review, challenge and improve the quality of financial and commercial analysis produced by others.
• Highly motivated with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence in pursuit of business growth and success.
• Thorough understanding of financial business principles and practices.
• High attention to detail, organisational and planning skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Value & Behaviours

• Intrepid: Proactively seek solutions, make thoughtful decisions quickly and step forward with confidence.
• Imaginative: Be resourceful, be curious, share knowledge and work inclusively with others to drive creativity and innovation
• Respectful: Positive communication and collaboration

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all and we welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.