Job Title:
Commercial Finance Business Partner
Job Description:
- Minimum 5 years experience within a Creative Agency in a Commercial Leadership position
- Client-facing experience
- People management
- Reviews and provides advice on strategic financial plans in partnership with business leaders
- Partners to provide insight and challenge through financial analysis to enable business partners to make key decisions and achieve targets
- Supports client and vendor negotiations by providing analytical insight and ensuring optimal balance of pricing, early payment discounts, rebates and volume commitments (where applicable)
- Analyses consolidated budgets and forecasts, and provides interpretation, insight and guidance
- Identifies and drives operational improvement through analysis of financial plans, management information and performance
- Works with business leaders to understand short, medium and long-term resource requirements and impact on forecasts and budgets
- Supports analysis of client profitability and identifies and supports initiatives to improve profitability/margin
- Supports the Operational Finance Director, Financial Controller and / or Market FD, as necessary with high quality and insightful analysis as requested from time to time and works with them to deliver impact with the business
- Supports the implementation of best practice financial planning techniques in line with business needs and supports initiatives to improve the quality and consistency of business and finance data
- Proficient in excel, Chase, Chase Insights, Navision
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong negotiation skills
Cape Town
Brand:
Dentsu
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent
