Senior Finance Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

11/20/2024

Location: This role is offered on permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our London office a minimum of two days a week.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Finance Manager to join our Finance function. This role will bring critical commercial finance skills to bear across the Product &Supply Chain function, providing insight and strategic support on performance across the portfolio of strategic projects and initiatives to drive value for the Group. This insight will be from investment proposal through to Delivery, working closely with project teams, Finance Business Partners, and the wider business

What you will be doing:

• Coordinate and oversee financial modelling, reporting, analysis across the Strategic Project portfolio of P&SC
• Drive financial modelling and decision making on projects through Investment Proposals, and Delivery. This will include the opportunity benefits/cost cases, return on investment etc.
• Work closely with EMEA, Americas, and APAC regional teams to build strategic project cases
• Build knowledge of best practice across our Global Product, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Inventory and Pricing domains
• Prepare materials on the financial performance of Strategic projects for P&SC, Finance Leadership, ExCo, Board and other sessions
  
  

About you:

• Experience in a finance business partnering role within a large organisation.
• Strong financial modelling, analysis, and forecasting skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and recommendations
• Excellent analytical, strategic planning and decision-making skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Commercial mindset with a focus on driving profitable growth.
• Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA (or equivalent), ideally bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
  
  

The extras you’ll get:

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK, we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including: 

 

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation. 
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome. 
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause. 
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery. 
  
  

We are RS Group:

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions – the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.

Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital.

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities.

RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent.

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?