Commercial Finance Manager

SF Recruitment; Earlestown; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager for a 2-year Fixed Term Contract in Derby. The ideal candidate will be a qualified ACCA/CIMA professional with extensive senior-level business partnering experience. Responsibilities include providing financial analysis and insights, managing the annual budget, and overseeing performance reviews. This role supports hybrid working, allowing 2 days in the office and 3 days remote.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in finance management with strong business partnering.
• Proven track record of influencing decision-making with financial insights.
• Ability to challenge operational performance and drive efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide valuable analysis and financial modelling to support strategic initiatives.
• Manage annual budget and monthly rolling forecasts.
• Lead performance review meetings to identify improvements.

Skills

Strong business partnering experience

Financial analysis

Financial modelling

Education

Qualified professional (ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

Overview

Commercial Finance Manager
Derby - Hybrid Working (2 Days office & 3 days remote)
2 Year Fixed Term Contract
£70,000

SF Recruitment are delighted to be working with a superb organisation in their search for a Commercial Finance Manager to join on a 2-year Fixed Term Contract. As the Commercial Finance Manager, you will be the key point of contact for any finance and commercial queries for the ELT, SLT and their managers. You will be responsible for a team of 2 and report directly into the Head Of Commercial Finance. The ideal Commercial Finance Manager will be a qualified (ACCA/CIMA) professional with strong business partnering experience and available at short notice.

Duties

• provide valuable analysis, insights and financial modelling to influence the decision-making process and support in the delivery of strategic initiatives.
• To use financial information and operational understanding to challenge performance of operational teams to drive efficiencies.
• In partnership with operations, manage the commercial review process to drive performance improvements across the organisation to enhance surplus generation.
• To identify areas of concern, emerging trends, and opportunities and to present this information in a logical and compelling way.
• Timely interpretation and validation of the monthly results delivering meaningful commentaries on financial performance and KPIs.
• Ownership of the annual budget ensuring accurate inputs, robust templates, and engagement of business partners, including ELT.
• Feed into the monthly rolling forecast to ensure key variances are understood and reflected.
• To provide meaningful, easy to use reports to enable greater insight and cost control.
• Lead monthly, or quarterly performance review meetings with business partners to identify areas to celebrate and areas of improvement.

Qualifications

• Qualified professional (ACCA/CIMA).
• Strong business partnering experience at a senior level.
• Available at short notice.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a long standing, established team and report to a supportive Head of Commercial Finance. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is available at short notice and can commit to a 2 year contract. If you're interested, commercially minded with a proven track record of business partnering at a senior level apply with your most up to date CV for immediate consideration.