Procurement Commercial Finance Partner

About the role

We have a new opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join our team as Procurement Commercial Finance Partner. This is a critical role within our Procurement function, focused on driving commercial performance and maximizing value creation through high-quality financial planning, forecasting, and analysis.

?As a Procurement Commercial Finance Partner, you will act as a key collaborator between the Procurement team and the wider business to optimize commercial outcomes. You will provide the financial rigor necessary for strategic decision-making, ensuring that our procurement activities-from category management to sub-regional projects-are supported by actionable insights and robust governance.

?Key responsibilities include:

• ?Commercial Partnering: Partner with category and sub-regional teams to identify value opportunities and provide financial challenge to improve performance.
• ?Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead budgeting and forecasting for EMEA cost movements; identify and communicate financial risks and opportunities.
• ?Savings Governance: Manage the 'Provalido' savings tool to ensure accurate financial reporting and maintenance of the savings pipeline.
• ?Performance Insights: Prepare monthly reports for the Leadership Team, tracking category performance, market developments, and working capital.
• ?Functional Control: Manage the Procurement cost centre, ensuring compliance with all accounting, tax, and internal control requirements.
• ?Process Improvement: Identify ways to simplify processes and increase output through improved data transparency and sharing best practices.

About you

• Qualified/Part-Qualified: ACCA, ACA, or CIMA with 3+ years of accounting experience in a matrix multinational environment.
• ?Analytical Expert: Advanced Excel and PPT skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable commercial insights.
• ?Influential Communicator: Proven ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and challenge decisions at all levels of an organisation.
• ?Results-Driven: A track record of high performance in problem-solving and delivering financial targets.
• ?Collaborative: Ability to work effectively across diverse teams to align procurement strategy with broader business goals.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts
• Cycle to work scheme

Location: This is a hybrid role, split 2/3 days at home and in our London (Paddington) office.

About us

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!

Fair recruitment at DS Smith

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas, and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.