Finance Business Partner in Manchester

Finance Business Partner | Central Manchester (hybrid) | £45,000 - £55,000 + 10% bonus | PE backed leisure business Axon Moore are working exclusively with a great brand in central Manchester who are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team on a full time permanent basis. This has NO management accounts involved. Purely commercial where you'll manipulate data within Excel seeing patterns when it comes to sales & gross margins. You'll also have a lot of interaction with Account Management, IT, Product & Supplier Relation teams. Responsibilities include:Work with stakeholders across the business, primarily Supplier Relationship Management, Operations, Sales and Product to agree and drive activities to improve marginAchieve margin targets across a combination of products, channels, suppliers, customers and geographical areasReport on business trends and identify opportunities for improving poorly performing customers, products and channelsIdentify and champion new opportunities to drive margin performanceProduce a monthly margin performance review to update the Board on margin performance, areas of strong performance and progress against any areas of underperformanceMeasure the margin performance of new product innovations, working with teams across the business to promote and achieve targetsLiaise with the Supplier Relations Manager to implement margin improvement programmes across the supplier range, identifying customer, channel, product or route opportunitiesWork in tandem with the Operations Management Team in focusing staff on the achievement of maximum profitability and growth in line with the company vision and valuesReview competitor intelligence and recommend actions to ensure the business reacts to changes in the market, remaining competitive whilst achieving agreed budgets.Undertake a bi-annual pricing review, presenting recommendations for change and expected resultsHold a monthly Gross Margin meeting with key stakeholders highlighting good and bad margin performance and agreeing actions and strategies to deliver against budgeted expectationsIdeal candidate:Ability to influence and challenge a variety of stakeholders across the business Good excel skills (pivot tables & vlookups) Ambitious with a desire to better yourself and progress throughout your career Confident, good communication and presentation skills You do not need to be a qualified accountant to be considered for this role! Please apply for immediate consideration