Head of Finance

Functional leadership:

• Day to day running of the UK finance team (2 FTE direct reports)
• Day to day running of the UK supply chain function (1 FTE direct report)

Financial Planning:

• Establishing close working relationship with the sales and marketing team.
• Owning the financial budget and forecast cycles for the UK business
• Build and sense check forecasts with sales teams for major customers
• Incorporating base and promotional sales forecasts & marketing activations

Demand Planning:

• Creation of a SKU based demand plan for a rolling 12 months adhering to a set of stock cover parameters
• Liaison with internal stakeholders to produce a production plan for the year

Supply Chain:

• Performance management of logistics partners to ensure the smooth flow of inventory from warehouse to customer
• Negotiating terms and prices with suppliers and maintaining cost effective practises
• Dealing with day-to-day problems and finding resolutions to minimise customer impact

Reporting:

• Daily & weekly sales volume reporting
• Month end sales, discount and spend reporting
• Customer and channel profitability analysis

Audit & Control

• Managing the discount and sales & marketing accrual cycles
• Ensuring the integrity of internal controls for purchase orders and invoice processing
• Working closely with our Audit partner to ensure accountancy standards compliance