Finance Data Manager Job in Manchester

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Finance Data Manager Job in Manchester

Job Description
Here at N Brown, we’re looking for an experienced Finance Data Manager to join our Finance team 

About the Role

As the company looks to improve the accuracy of our forecasts, this role has been created to work between the developers, Brand Planning Managers, Commercial and Central Finance. The role will play a pivotal part integrating the tools into the group, providing 360 feedbacks, ensuring the inputs and outputs are projecting the most accurate forecast by brand.  

You will work alongside data science to produce a Sessions forecast as our brands move fully online, linking with key areas (Media, B&M, FS and Logistics and Finance) via the Retail Forecast. The outputs will enable agile trading and lead to improved ROI and by pulling together KPI level detail on trade (from multiple sources) will provide interpretation to the trading teams. 

About You

As Finance Data Manager, you will demonstrate a deep understanding of product and be able to work collaboratively to support the Planning and Trading teams. You’ll be adaptable, able to work at pace, adapting to changing trading/market conditions and fundamentally linking the Inventory movements to the ledger, aligning reporting with Logistics to improve transparency within the group and thus improving clarity from an Audit perspective. You’ll have leadership experience, able to successfully lead, coach and empower your team as well as show attention to detail and commercial experience, ensuring information provided supports the right commercial decisions. 

In your role as Finance Data Manager, you will:

Develop a multi-layer Retail Forecast for the business, to trade, develop and build longer term strategic modelling
Further develop an All-Brands Sessions based forecast, then engineer into the Model   
Working alongside the team to ensure the inputs & outputs are in line with the forecasting requirements
Create a feed into the Analytics team to build in the above to their suite of reports. This will enable the trading teams to see what their levers are doing to their multiple KPIs
High level of Cross functional working, building strong relationships with Trading, Media, Data Science, Fin. Services, IT, and the wider team
Supporting Brand Planning Manager in strategic planning (Phasing, Size/shape Range)
Assisting the Trading teams in delivering an accurate daily forecast for Trading and B&M teams to monitor and react to changes in brand performance
Up/Cross skilling within the Planning & Trading teams on forecasting demand & traffic
Key functional expert on Inventory reporting, working with Logistics to ensure clarity in reporting for internal and Audit usage.
Functional lead in providing data to support with a team of 2 analyst provide accurate and timely data to Commercial and Central Finance to help drive the right commercial decisions. 
You will have experience and knowledge in the following:

Advanced SQL & Product structure knowledge
Google Analytics
Advanced Excel & Power BI
Understanding of how Marketing, Finance and Buying & Merchandising work together to achieve Brand objectives
Build & maintain multi-function relationships – dealing with multiple inputs from various functions whilst maintaining a high level of ‘ownership’, showing you are a subject matter expert
Ability to interrogation of large sets, with a very keen eye for accuracy
Your Benefits: 

Competitive bonus scheme – we reward you when we succeed 
Company pension scheme which we’ll match up to 5% and if you put in 6%, we’ll contribute 8%. 
Life Assurance  
You will receive 24 days plus bank holidays. Your holiday entitlement increases with length of service, and you’ll have the option to purchase an extra 10 days per year. 
Amazing colleague discount scheme across all our brands  
Employees in our business may have access to our customers’ personal information therefore for a number of our roles, offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from obtaining a position with N Brown Group. 

To apply for this role as Finance Data Manager, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Manchester
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Manchester
County: Greater Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
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