Commercial Finance Manager – Wholesale

Overview

In this role you will lead FP&A and reporting for wholesale, owning P&L, forecasts and budgets. You will partner with Wholesale Sales, Marketing and Merchandising to drive financial performance and decision-making. You will build robust planning models, dashboards and KPIs, and provide actionable insights to boost profitability and ROI. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape commercial finance in a global sports brand.

Responsibilities

• Own wholesale P&L reporting, forecasting and budgeting and align with plans
• Lead budget and forecast processes and risk/opportunity tracking
• Develop wholesale dashboards and KPIs to support decisions
• Act as lead finance partner to Wholesale Sales, Marketing and Merchandising
• Lead performance reviews, identify risks/opportunities and actions
• Build business cases and evaluate ROI for investments
• Support trade terms, buy plans and inventory commitments with forecasts
• Ensure accuracy of reporting with controls and reconciliations
• Coach/develop Finance Analyst and support finance transformation

Key requirements

• ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent)
• 5+ years post-qualified experience in commercial finance and business partnering
• Proven track record supporting sales/merchandising in wholesale/B2B
• Strong understanding of customer profitability, trade terms, channel dynamics
• Analytical with ability to translate data into insights and recommendations
• Experience building/evaluating business cases with ROI focus
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Proficient in Excel and ERP/BI tools
• Commercial mindset with collaborative approach

• analytical thinking
• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• ability to challenge and influence decisions
• Excel
• ERP/BI tools

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