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YOUR MISSION
Channel FP&A and Reporting
- Own the wholesale P&L for reporting and forecasting.
- Lead wholesale budget and forecast processes, ensuring alignment with group and local plans.
- Maintain risk and opportunity tracking for wholesale performance.
- Support scenario modelling and mid-term planning for wholesale.
- Ensure robust planning assumptions embedded into models and bottom-up detail is built by customer by RBU.
- Deliver monthly reporting and commentary on wholesale performance.
- Develop wholesale specific dashboards and KPIs to support decision making.
Commercial Business Partnering
- Act as the lead finance partner to Wholesale Sales, Marketing and Merchandising teams.
- Financial lead on sales bonus target setting and tracking.
- Provide financial support for customer trade terms and strategic plans.
- Collaborate on buy plans and inventory commitments to align with financial forecasts.
- Lead monthly performance reviews, highlighting risks, opportunities, and actions.
Profitability & Investment Insight
- Build and evaluate robust business cases for all proposed investments
- Track actuals vs. planned investment outcomes and assess ROI.
- Analyse customer and product profitability, identifying cost to serve and margin improvement opportunities.
- ACCA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent), with 5+ years post qualified experience in commercial finance and business partnering.
- Proven track record of supporting sales and merchandising teams in a wholesale / B2B environment.
- Strong understanding of customer profitability, trade terms, and channel dynamics.
- Highly analytical with the ability to translate data into actionable insight and strategic recommendations.
- Skilled in building and evaluating business cases, with a focus on ROI and commercial impact.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence to challenge and influence decisions.
- Proficient in Excel and ERP/BI tools.
- Passionate about sports and lifestyle brands, with a commercial mindset and collaborative approach.
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