Commercial Finance Business Partner

Environment Bank; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ecological organisation in the UK seeks a Commercial Finance Manager responsible for maximising performance and profitability of habitat banks. The role involves budgeting, performance monitoring, and stakeholder engagement. Candidates should be fully qualified accountants with strong analytical and communication skills, alongside advanced financial modelling expertise. Flexible working arrangements and comprehensive benefits are offered to enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary

Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions

30 days of annual leave

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator experienced in engaging with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to model and interpret complex market data and financial forecasts.
• Confident in producing P&L and cash flow forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Maximise performance and profitability of habitat banks.
• Monitor and report on performance of live habitat banks.
• Be a trusted point of contact for stakeholders across the business.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Financial modeling

Collaboration

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel

PowerBI

Snowflake

Job description

About us

At Environment Bank, we're working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish.

Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more.

From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss.

Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector that's experiencing rapid growth. We've already built a highly skilled team of experts and we're actively looking to expand our team in the coming months.

We're incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and we're still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank.

About the role

The Commercial Finance Manager will be responsible for maximising the performance and profitability of each site (habitat bank) in their portfolio, as measured against the investment business case.

• Pre-onboarding involvement: Engage early in the onboarding process of new habitat banks with the Land and Ecology teams to ensure accurate market demand and supply assumptions, positive financial viability tests and a deliverable sales cycle for the habitat bank.
• Performance optimisation: Regular monitoring and reporting of the performance of each live habitat bank. Ensure underperforming sites are acknowledged early with remedial actions to deliver maximum value.
• Business partnering: Be a trusted point of contact for stakeholders across the business, communicating site performance, delivering engaging reporting and actionable insight leading to improved commercial outcomes.
• Budgeting & forecasting: Utilise financial modelling skills and knowledge of FP&A principles to turn internal and external data sources into forecasts of future demand for biodiversity units, in addition to producing P&L and cash flow projections.
• Cross functional alignment: Maintain transparent and consistent working approaches between Land, Ecology, Sales, and Finance, creating positive feedback loops to inform strategies for land acquisition, supply coverage, pricing, and sales.
• Ad hoc commercial analysis: Conduct ad-hoc financial modelling and scenario analysis to influence decision making, with an emphasis on providing commercial insight to the Sales team.
• Price setting: work with colleagues to set location specific pricing, factoring in variables such as scarcity, demand, local competition and ecological value.

EDI & Belonging

At the heart of Environment Bank are the people, who make it all possible. We employ individuals, who share the same passion to live our Environment Bank mission and values.

At Environment Bank we believe that fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us more innovative, dynamic, and competitive. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is valued and respected, free from discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

Requirements

• Communication: An excellent communicator. Experienced at capably engaging with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Analytical skills: Ability to model and interpret complex market data, demand trends and financial forecasts to inform strategic decisions.
• Forecasting and budgeting: Confident in leveraging FP&A expertise to produce P&L and cash flow forecasts and provide support in budgeting cycles.
• Financially astute and Commercial acumen: Strong understanding of pricing, market positioning and revenue optimisation strategies.
• Collaboration: Demonstrated experience working across multiple departments including Sales, Marketing, Ecology, Finance and Land teams.
• Advanced excel and financial modelling skills are essential; knowledge of PowerBI and Snowflake are desirable.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with proven post qualification experience in commercial focused roles.

Benefits

As an organisation, we believe that work should be fulfilling, inspiring, and balanced, so we're creating a space where our team can thrive, both personally and professionally - providing flexible working arrangements, mental wellbeing support, and more.

We offer:

• Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary
• Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at 6% of salary
• 30 days of annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, birthday, and wellbeing day
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leave after probation
• Remote and hybrid flexible working options
• Regional and departmental team co-working days
• Expenses-paid whole company meet twice a year
• Team fundraising and charity events
• Ongoing career development with training and mentoring
• Medical cash back scheme to cover everyday healthcare costs
• Employee assistance mental wellbeing support
• Enhanced sickness pay allowance