Finance Business Partner - Commercial

STARK UK is a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, and we are looking for a highly motivated and commercially astute Finance Business Partner - Commercial to join our finance team based in Coventry.

This role will act as a trusted partner to the commercial team, providing financial insight and challenge across pricing, product, branch operations, and supplier relationships.

You will play a key role in driving profitability, shaping commercial strategy, and supporting decision-making that balances supplier value, margin growth, and operational efficiency.

This role requires a strong blend of financial expertise, analytical skills, and business acumen, with the ability to build trusted relationships and challenge stakeholders (Category Directors/Managers).

• Owning the end to end Sales and Margin for your category, providing insight and support to the related Category Director/Managers
• Owning the rebate forecast process for your category and investigating ways to continually improve the accuracy and efficiency of the process
• Support supplier cost increase negotiations through detailed modelling
• Track margin and EBITDA benefits resulting in category deals
• Owning/managing stock for your category
• Decision Support
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  Provide financial insight and challenge on pricing strategy, cost inflation, supplier rebates, discounts, and margin optimisation.
• Business Partnering
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  Partner with Commercial, Sales, and Branch Operations teams to drive performance, profitability, and growth.
• Performance Management & Analysis
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  Deliver high-quality analysis of business performance, identifying risks, opportunities, and improvement areas.
• Financial Planning & Analysis
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  Manage the financial planning process and own the production of the rebate budget and re-forecasts.
• Performance evaluations
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  Influence decision-making through financial modelling, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis.
• Process improvement: Champion continuous improvement in reporting, systems, and processes to enhance business insight and efficiency.

• Excellent Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders, with a clear and accessible approach. Comfortable presenting to senior management.
• Relationship Building: Proven experience in building and maintaining strong, productive relationships across various departments. Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Proven track record in a commercial finance/business partnering role, ideally within builders’ merchants, distribution, construction supplies, or a related trade sector.
• Strong knowledge of pricing, margin management, and supplier rebate structures.
• Excellent commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial insight into business action.
• Confident stakeholder manager, able to challenge and influence senior leaders across Sales, Operations, and Commercial.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience managing or coaching a small team is highly desirable.

• Competitive Base salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Retirement savings plan
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2
  
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• Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support
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