Job Description
This is a key area of our business that has a fundamental impact on our Consumer P&L performance. This role supports sales execution and cost management for the Online channel. This person will need to work collaboratively with the Head of Online. With a growing revenue, you will support delivery of business plans, financial targets and help steer channel strategy to drive future growth. This role will need a commercially focused business partner to support on decision making around commercials.
Key Responsibilities
- You will be the Business Partner for Online; required to build strong relationships with Head of Online including strong financial leadership and governance on channel performance management.
- Ensuring best practice is delivered in the channel.
- You will support and guide efficiencies, from both an operational and cost perspective, with value-add recommendations to ensure the trading & cost targets are met, constant review of cost base to ensure targets are delivered.
- Attend and support Online meetings, being accountable for bringing advice, insight, support and challenge to the table in order to actively contribute to the shaping of Online strategy.
- Reviewing business cases and providing financial analysis to ensure all risks and opportunities are fully understood and approved, with follow up via post implementation reviews.
- Understand channel profitability to advise on maximum return from Online, including assumptions to build into business cases
- Using a collaborative approach to build wider business relationships, pro-actively work with stakeholders across finance and sales trading teams to introduce improved processes & policies to focus on delivery of business targets.
- Monthly reporting to stakeholders including Channel leads and finance.
- Ensure the required SOX controls are in place and maintain an audit trail of any promotional activities to support SOX requirements.