Commercial Finance Business Partner / Manchester City Centre (Hybrid) / Salary £60,000 - £70,000

Accountable Recruitment are working in partnership with our client who are a high‑growth, retail business based in Manchester City Centre. We are looking for an experienced, Fully Qualified Commercial Finance Business Partner to join their high-performing team! This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast‑paced, product‑focused business with a strong commercial culture and a global footprint.

This newly created role partners closely with Sales, Marketing and Merchandising teams to drive performance, influence decision‑making and enhance financial insight across the business.

As the Commercial Finance Business Partner, you will take full ownership of your business units' financial performance - shaping forecasting, reporting, planning and commercial analysis. This is a true business partnering position for someone who enjoys visibility, influence and working closely with operational teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the wholesale P&L across reporting, forecasting and commercial performance.
• Lead the divisions budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring alignment with both local and group plans.
• Maintain robust risk and opportunity tracking for the channel.
• Support scenario modelling and mid‑term planning.
• Embed strong planning assumptions and bottom‑up detail across customers and Regional Business Units.
• Deliver monthly reporting packs and insightful commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Build channel‑specific dashboards and KPIs to support decision‑making.
• Act as the lead finance partner to Sales, Marketing and Merchandising for wholesale.
• Lead financial elements of sales bonus target‑setting and tracking.
• Provide commercial support on trade terms, contracts and customer strategies.
• Collaborate on buy plans and inventory commitments to align with financial forecasts.
• Drive monthly performance reviews, highlighting risks, opportunities and required actions.
• Build and evaluate business cases for investment, tracking ROI against expected outcomes.
• Analyse customer and product profitability, identifying cost‑to‑serve and margin improvement opportunities.

Key Skills:

We're looking for a proactive, commercially minded finance professional who thrives in a dynamic, high‑growth environment.

• ACCA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent) with experience working within commercial finance.
• Strong business partnering experience, ideally supporting Sales or Merchandising in a wholesale/B2B setting.
• Excellent understanding of customer profitability, trade terms and channel dynamics.
• Highly analytical, able to convert data into actionable insight.
• Confident building business cases with a strong ROI and commercial logic.
• Strong communicator who can influence decisions and challenge constructively.
• Advanced Excel capability and experience with BI/ERP systems.
• Passion for consumer, lifestyle or brand‑led industries.

To discuss this role in more detail please contact Lauren Harrison from Accountable Recruitment on 07731356287 - interviews are being arranged immediately.