Finance Business Partner (Sales)
At Quintessential Brands Group, we are proud to continue the legacy of Thomas Dakin, the visionary who pioneered quality English gin in 1761. Today, our award-winning portfolio spans iconic names like Greenall’s, Opihr, Thomas Dakin, The Dubliner, and Chamère, our exciting new venture in the world of RTD cocktails.
A Taste of The Job
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Business Partner to join our commercial finance team on a 6-month fixed-term contract (FTC), with the potential to transition into a permanent role. You’ll become a key player in supporting and driving the financial performance of our sales teams. Based in London office (5 days a week) and reporting to the Commercial Finance Director, this role offers the chance to provide strategic and business partnering support to our sales teams and other parts of the organisation. You’ll collaborate across departments such as marketing, operations, and customer services, ensuring our financial strategies align with overall business goals.
We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible, so if you’re ready to make an immediate impact, we want to hear from you!
As our next Financial Business Partner, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering financial insights that shape our sales strategies, while offering clear pathways for progression within the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Regional Sales Directors to support the achievement of sales targets by providing financial performance monitoring and analysis.
- Deliver quarterly and annual commercial forecasts and budgets for sales regions.
- Provide regular financial reports and strategic advice to sales directors and senior management, ensuring financial goals are met.
- Analyse promotional effectiveness and provide financial insights.
- Develop and maintain financial models to aid in decision-making and forecasting.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and company policies.
- Collaborate closely with sales, finance, and IT teams to streamline processes and enhance financial performance.
- Identify and manage financial risks and opportunities.
- Implement cost savings and management strategies.
- Streamline and automate financial models and processes.
- Collaborate with other departments to align financial strategies with business goals.
- Stay informed about industry and market trends to guide financial strategies
A Bit About You
- You are a commercially minded finance professional with at least 2 years post-CIMA/ACMA qualification.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role within FMCG or drinks industry.
- You’ve got a solid track record of financial business partnering and are comfortable supporting senior leadership with financial planning and analysis.
- You’re proficient in Excel, able to develop complex financial models, and are comfortable working with large datasets.
- You thrive in a collaborative environment and work well with others to achieve shared goals, communicate clearly and respectfully, and bring people together to resolve conflicts.
- You focus on customer needs, effectively plan and manage time, and provide excellent customer service.
- You’re known for your problem-solving abilities, able to identify financial risks and recommend effective solutions.
- You bring experience in project management, particularly with long-term, high-value projects involving multiple teams.
The Essence of QB - The Benefits
- Competitive company pension scheme to help you plan for the future.
- Comprehensive life assurance for peace of mind.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays to recharge and enjoy your downtime.
- Exclusive discounts with a range of high street and online retailers.
- Team
- Finance
- Locations
- London HQ
- Yearly salary
- £70,000 - £75,000
- Employment type
- Temporary
Our Culture - The Essence of Quintessential Brands
We're an 'all hands on deck' kind of place where you'll have the opportunity to get involved in end to end projects, implement systems and process. We're fast, agile and entrepreneurial but, most importantly, our people are at the heart of what we do.
While we do work hard, we do it with a sense of fun, pride and passion that you won't find anywhere else.
Are you never shaken and very rarely stirred? More Cosmopolitan than Old Fashioned? Approach everything you do with a dash of creativity and a squeeze of positivity? Then we need you!
About Quintessential Brands Group
Established in 2011, Quintessential Brands Group is one of the most successful spirits companies to emerge from the UK in the last decade. The company offers a complete range of services and products to its customers across the world; producing and distributing some of the world's most-loved spirits brands, including Greenall's, the Original London Dry Gin, Opihr Spiced Gin and BLOOM Gin, as well as developing and producing some of the most commercially successful retailer brands of recent years for trade customers, and co-packing for some of the world’s most well-known spirits brands.
Recognised by the industry as International Spirits Challenge Gin Distiller of the Year five times in the last six years, Quintessential Brands is renowned for its unrivalled gin distilling capabilities heritage dating back to 1761 and is emerging as one of the most dynamic new entrants in the Irish whiskey market with the Dublin Liberties Distillery. With world-class product development and manufacturing at four world-class production sites across Europe and an award-winning premium brand portfolio comprised of English Gins, Irish Whiskeys, Irish Creams and Liqueurs, Quintessential Brands is committed to being the indispensable spirits partner of choice to its customers across the world, with customers and insights at the heart of everything we do.
Finance Business Partner (Sales)
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