Commercial Finance Manager Wholesale

Your Mission

Channel FP&A and Reporting

• Own the wholesale P&L for reporting and forecasting.
• Lead wholesale budget and forecast processes, ensuring alignment with group and local plans.
• Maintain risk and opportunity tracking for wholesale performance.
• Support scenario modelling and mid-term planning for wholesale.
• Ensure robust planning assumptions embedded into models and bottom-up detail is built by customer by RBU.
• Deliver monthly reporting and commentary on wholesale performance.
• Develop wholesale specific dashboards and KPIs to support decision making.

Commercial Business Partnering

• Act as the lead finance partner to Wholesale Sales, Marketing and Merchandising teams.
• Financial lead on sales bonus target setting and tracking.
• Provide financial support for customer trade terms and strategic plans.
• Collaborate on buy plans and inventory commitments to align with financial forecasts.
• Lead monthly performance reviews, highlighting risks, opportunities, and actions.

Profitability & Investment Insight

• Build and evaluate robust business cases for all proposed investments
• Track actuals vs. planned investment outcomes and assess ROI.
• Analyse customer and product profitability, identifying cost to serve and margin improvement opportunities.

Your Talent

• ACCA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent), with 5+ years post qualified experience in commercial finance and business partnering.
• Proven track record of supporting sales and merchandising teams in a wholesale / B2B environment.
• Strong understanding of customer profitability, trade terms, and channel dynamics.
• Highly analytical with the ability to translate data into actionable insight and strategic recommendations.
• Skilled in building and evaluating business cases, with a focus on ROI and commercial impact.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence to challenge and influence decisions.
• Proficient in Excel and ERP/BI tools.
• Passionate about sports and lifestyle brands, with a commercial mindset and collaborative approach.