Commercial Business Partner at Nando's

Minimum Requirements

• B.com degree or equivalent NQF level 7 qualification (accounting, financial management, certificate in business accounting)
• Clear Credit Record
• Driver’s License
• 3 years’ experience in a reporting environment or analytical function

Knowledge

• Knowledge of an accounting package - not specified (Advanced)
• Knowledge and understanding of VAT including completion and submission (Intermediate)
• Knowledge of accounting (Advanced)
• Analytical skills (Advanced)
• Problem solving (Advanced)
• Critical thinking (Advanced)
• Facilitation and conflict resolution (Intermediate to Advanced)
• Microsoft Office skills (Advanced), EXCEL
• Presentation skills (Advanced)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Tactical and Strategic commercial guidance, and stakeholder relationship management
• Work closely with the Financial Controller: Restaurants, to ensure accuracy and completeness of Financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement)
• Understand and monitor CO&O Restaurant profitability in line with agreed profitability measures and provide regular updates and reports on status of profitability
• Partner with Area Managers to execute on recommended corrective action or opportunities in CO&O Restaurants
• Analyse and make recommendations on all aspects of business to ensure cross functional and business communication to deliver a coordinated approach.
• Apply data from various sources to drive business value creation across the CO&O estate
• Provide regular agreed commercial financial information to the business.
• Review and advise commercial partners on internal control and risk management methodologies to effectively control, manage and report on spend against agreed budgets
• Discover new ways to reduce the cost structure through a range of approaches, including: the strategic re-design of services and their costs; the use of business and operational process improvements; the smarter use of supply (through out-sourcing, co-sourcing and in-sourcing where appropriate); and improved asset management.

Business performance management

• Supports performance culture that delivers results through rigorous challenge, disciplined execution, and continual improvement.
• Manage the improvement of corporate and service performance by ensuring that resources are targeted on business priorities and meeting internal stakeholder and shareholder needs
• Entrench the role as an integral part of regional team, taking the lead in aligning various commercial functions to work towards a common goal of value creation
• Attend key commercially orientated meetings giving team support and challenge as appropriate.
• Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs
• Create an engaged and motivated workforce by establishing an environment that fosters collaboration through effective communication, trust, enjoyment, wellbeing, learning and development