Professional Business Partner

Overview

In this role you act as the critical link between Finance and the UK Professional sales teams, delivering financial oversight and strategic support. You will steer performance, drive change initiatives, and coordinate UK-focused planning across Direct Sales, Dealers, and Special Business. You’ll analyse monthly results and optimise profitability through channel reviews and productivity insights. You lead MRP, budgeting and forecasting for Professional Sales, and validate ROI through business cases and post-investment audits. You also own SAC reporting and drive Kärcher AI tool adoption to boost efficiency.

Pay / Benefits

• Pension Scheme
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• 25 days annual holiday + bank holidays
• Simplyhealth Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Employee discount on Kärcher products

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between Finance and UK Professional Sales to provide financial oversight
• Lead UK performance reviews and change initiatives across Direct Sales, Dealers, and Special Business
• Analyse monthly results and channel performance to optimise profitability
• Head UK MRP, Budget and Forecasting for Professional Sales and maintain monthly forecasts
• Process business cases, identify financial risks and conduct post-investment audits to ensure ROI
• Act as key user for SAC reporting and drive Kärcher AI tool implementation to increase efficiency

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any field
• CIMA or ACCA part/fully qualified, or MBA (desirable)
• Proficiency in reporting and analytics tools
• Experience with Google Workspace, SAP, SAC, Gemini Pro, and LM Notebook (desirable)
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Structured/process-driven mindset
• Results-oriented approach

• Good communication
• Strong analytical skills
• Structured/process-driven mindset
• Reporting and analytic tools
• Google Workspace
• SAP

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