Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is the leading charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people with sight lossContracts Finance ManagerWorking within the RNIB Finance Department, RNIBs' goal is making every day better for everyone affected by sight loss. The role supports the tenders for RNIBs commercial work by providing expert cost and pricing advice to enable informed decision making as well as working closely with RNIBs Supplier Management team to evaluate the value of deals and contracts with suppliers.Key Areas of Responsibility Responsible for the provision of expert input into costing and pricing decisions for RNIB Group and its subsidiaries. Develop and maintain appropriate models to support these decisions. Provide support to the Supply Chain Services team for the financial element of negotiation of contracts with suppliers. Interacting with all levels of staff across the organization, providing financial support in a number of business critical areas Financial responsibility for advice on pricing and costing decisions on sales totaling, an annual value of, circa £25 million. Lead the RNIB Group in ensuring that there is robust financial information on costs and prices to enable informed decision making and business choices.Ensure that there are appropriate tools in place to understand cost and pricing options and decisions.Central point of expertise and advice for Finance Business Partners and managers more generally on approaches to costing and pricing for customer and supplier contracts. Effectively communicate complex financial information to non financial and financial managers to facilitate effective decision making.Continuously seek to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization, collaborating with others to ensure resources are used effectively to achieve the goals of the RNIB strategy.

Working within the Finance Department of the Solutions Division, Solutions' goal is to make every day better for everyone affected by sight loss, generating funds through commercial enterprise- Devise and enforce pricing policies and practices- Manage quotations and tender responses with a view to profit and loss for each opportunity- Develop, construct market driven pricing tools for use within the commercial team-Co-ordinate tender opportunities and liaise with all the concerned stakeholders- Quality control own work, including all aspects of the draft proposals and budgets- Ensure accuracy, completeness, proper review, approval sign off and timeliness in delivery for all proposals- Assist in month end reporting and Year end reporting process- Responsible to manage the system standard cost updates- Regular review of labour, overhead, material costs for standard price variances

Herbs in a Bottle aim to be the United Kingdom’s leading supplier of quality herbal medicines. Founded and run by qualified medical herbalists. The Company has grown from a small band of herbal specialists to probably the largest manufacturer of herbal medicines in the country, and one of the largest in Europe.Commercial Accountant/ManagerKey Areas of Responsibility Control of the day to day commercial aspects of the companyCosting of new SKU’s and evaluating costs for existing products on an ad-hoc basis in line with company developing margin expectations Management of account handlers, marketing and sales order processing teamsAssist with, develop, and implement practitioner customers sales strategyLiaison with key customers and suppliers as requiredIn conjunction with the Sales Director, ensuring all sales opportunities are analysed to maximise potential and invoicing is completed promptly and accuratelyReviewing all internal processes (Sales invoicing, Carriage, Purchasing etc), proposing and implementing improvements to conclusionProactive input to stock controlAssist and cover for the Finance Director as necessary

Basic Purpose and objective: The basic purpose of this position is to contribute to the proposal development process to help secure future business for the company. Position scope: The role is accountable for gathering information from multiple sources to ensure accurate and detailed proposals and relevant data are delivered to tight deadlines.Duties and Responsibilities • Reviews Requests for Proposals and prepares a written proposal and budget estimate for submission to client within a defined timeframe• Co-ordinates and works with other departments to collect proposal and budget information• Ensures accuracy, completeness, proper review, sign-offs and timeliness in delivery for all proposals• Develop and input imaginative creative text/tables/figures for the proposal• Reviews past studies, feasibility, case histories, past bids to extract relevant information• Program client specific budget pricing model and document mapping• Track revisions and scopes changes to proposals and contract modifications• Maintains an audit trail of the proposal development, such that all client questions on pricing and delivery can be answered in a timely and accurate fashion• Interact with Business Development representative to contact client for information pertaining to current or future proposals• Maintain all tracking mechanisms/databases to ensure high quality management information is available at all times• Quality control own work including all aspects of the draft proposals and budgets

Key Areas of Responsibility • Devised and enforced pricing policies and practices, managed quotations and tender responses with profit and loss view of each opportunity; negotiated on-line reverse e-auctions; constructed and maintained market-driven price lists; developed and maintained pricing tools; coordinated bid opportunities and supported manufacturing cost improvement efforts.

• Responsible for developing common costing policies and practices, liaising with outside agencies and international suppliers• Managing quotation opportunities by coordinating teamwork across multi agencies• Close coordination with regional and global management personnel to facilitate cost-effective solutions