Senior Commercial Finance Manager

HelloFresh

Full Time

London, UK

6 months ago

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Working in Finance at HelloFresh is different to traditional finance functions and roles. You feel motivated and excited about having the autonomy and freedom when you start, to make and create the role you are in, your own. Building and improving our processes in a strategic setting, with a tangible, innovative and engaging product is a brilliant combination, which makes the pull to work here exceptional. Our teams culture is supportive, egoless and dedicated at ensuring we are continuously developing and learning. Our finance department is a challenging and ever changing environment that is consistently fast paced - Perseverance is essential to succeed. The reward to any of the challenges we face and hurdles we come up against though makes it worthwhile, creating a real sense of achievement knowing the hard work that’s been put in by the team to reach our common goals.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Commercial Finance Manager to join our hardworking and outgoing Finance Team. Supporting the Head of Finance, you will be given the opportunity to develop your skills through implementing new processes and will have the opportunity to mentor and coach others.

What you will be doing:

As the Senior Commercial Finance manager for Operations, you will be the trusted business partner for our Warehousing and Logistics teams, creating AEBITDA value through strong collaborative partnerships, commercial acumen, illuminating insights and accurate reporting.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Building strong relationships with the Ops Directors & senior managers across our fulfillment sites and logistics team, understanding their business and becoming a trusted advisor.
Evaluate and provide recommendations on business cases for new cost saving initiatives, commercial partnerships and revenue opportunities for HelloFresh UK.
Proactively identify risks and opportunities through ongoing and ad hoc reporting, as well as provide the support necessary to drive actions through effective challenge.
Take responsibility for reporting accuracy, working cross-functionally to seize opportunities to automate and make more efficient where possible.
Owning the annual business plan and quarterly budgeting process, helping refine and drive forward our processes and guiding/challenging stakeholders in building out their assumptions.
Ownership of the month-end reporting packs that provide insights & analysis vs budget and forecast
Communicating on a regular basis to exchange ideas and best practices with the rest of the finance team, as well as our global teams from around the world.
Management of a senior financial analyst, providing direction, coaching and leadership to them in their career development.
Support the Head of Finance in establishing forward thinking, refined processes for highly commercial business partnering across the business.

What we’re looking for:

A qualified accountant
Someone highly commercial with proven experience in a fast paced environment managing simultaneous deadlines.
People Management and Leadership
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to simplify and feedback to senior stakeholders.
Problem solvers who are curious to get to the detail and reasoning behind the numbers and a drive for continuous improvement and development of legacy processes
Someone who enjoys new challenges, can adapt to change and able to take on new ways of working
A passion to drive the business forward, challenge current processes and think creatively about how numbers can be transformed into key insights
A team player who is looking to join and contribute to an exciting, vibrant and diverse team and culture

What you will get in return: