Job Description

This role is about holding the Global Sales & Marketing team to account for the delivery of its business targets (for main vehicle operations, our Special Operations, Motorsport, Aftersales and Events).

• In partnership with the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, deliver the business plan targets for:
  • Car Sales and Revenue
  • Cash Collection from Car Sales
  • Stock of finished vehicles
  • Stock of fleet vehicles
  • Sales and Marketing Team budgets
• Team Management of a globally regional financial support team
• Provide a business partnering approach to key stakeholders
• Provide regular and timely reports and analysis relating to actual and forecast sales and revenue, by model, by region, by month.
• Provide regular and timely reports and analysis relating to actual and forecast cash flow, debtors, team costs and stock levels.
• Overall responsibility of all debtors and cash collection within the business
• Budgetary responsibility
• Manage, mentor and coach team members
• Forecast FX requirements for global car sales.
• Act as the conduit within your business area, feedback to senior stakeholders as required
• Set clear goals and objectives for team and manage as appropriate
• Covering all commercial areas of the business:
  • Main vehicle operations
  • Special Operations
  • Motorsport
  • Aftersales
  • Events

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Fully qualified accountant or MBA with proven post qualified experience at Senior Manager or Director level
• Demonstrable experience within a cross functional business; commercial, sales & marketing, operations engineering and product development, fast-paced and ever evolving environment
• Proven leadership experience of managing a finance/commercial team
• Experience of business partnering with sales & marketing and/or operations and product development.
• Provides examples of change management and process implementation
• Demonstrates a continuous improvement approach to work, including but not limited to, identifying areas for process improvements and implementing robust solutions
• SAP and managing SAP standardization/new processes would be an advantage
• Be strong another to hold Executive Directors and other key stakeholders to account for the delivery of the business targets.
• Excellent communication and business partnering skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
• Change management
• Identify risks and escalate/manage as necessary
• Able to articulate financial data and analytical information
• Simplify complexity
• Work to deadlines, prioritizing where necessary