Commercial Finance Manager

Indicia Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Indicia Ltd is hiring a Commercial Finance Manager to join our finance team in London. The role is remote-first with occasional travel to Bristol or London for in-person meetings.

You will partner with client services teams, oversee forecasting and reporting, and drive financial performance across key accounts while mentoring junior staff and ensuring compliance with group processes.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant preferred or QBE.
• 4+ years' financial, commercial or accounting experience.
• Strong IT skills including Sage, advanced Excel and data manipulation.
• Experience with POS stock and its impact on financial statements (preferred).
• Excellent communication and collaboration with client and operational teams.
• Self-motivated with ability to work under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly financial reporting for client accounts including profitability, volumes, working capital, cash generation, KPIs, risks, opportunities, trends and variances.
• Develop profit improvement plans and drive actions to improve account performance.
• Partner with operational teams on budgeting, forecasting and monthly reforecasting.
• Support contract negotiations, renewals and amendments through financial analysis and collaboration with internal legal teams.
• Produce financial reports for clients covering spend, working capital, KPIs, risks, opportunities and performance trends.
• Attend client review meetings and present financial performance.
• Act as an escalation point for credit control queries and support issue resolution with clients.
• Oversee the budgeting and forecasting process for the EMEA region.
• Review operational processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation.
• Manage and develop junior team members where applicable.

Skills

Financial analysis

Strong communication

Leadership

Data manipulation

Time management

Education

Fully qualified accountant (CA/ACCA/ACCA)

Tools

Sage

Excel

Job description

Commercial Finance Manager

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Ryan Johnson

Description

We're hiring for a Commercial Finance Manager to join our team at adm Indicia!

As a Commercial Finance Manager, you will be a commercial partner to the client services teams led by the Business Director, challenging and driving the operational teams to optimise financial performance and improve efficiencies using financial and operational systems. Managing and controlling the financial performance for a single or small group of key blue-chip clients; owning the internal and external forecasting and reporting processes for the client accounts; and developing and coordinating relevant financial and risk analysis to drive good decision making.

You’ll also be responsible for managing a small team remotely, ensuring they all feed into the team goals and tasks.

This is a remote-first role, but the successful candidate should be flexible to travel to the Bristol or London office for in-person meetings as and when required.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial

• Own monthly financial reporting for client accounts, including profitability, volumes, working capital, cash generation, KPIs, risks, opportunities, trends and variances.
• Support the development of profit improvement plans and help drive actions that improve account performance.
• Partner with operational teams on annual account planning, budgeting, forecasting and monthly reforecasting.
• Support contract negotiations, renewals and amendments through financial analysis and collaboration with internal legal teams.

Client Management

• Produce financial reports for clients covering spend, working capital, KPIs, risks, opportunities and performance trends.
• Attend client review meetings and present financial performance.
• Act as an escalation point for credit control queries and support issue resolution with clients.

Process & Governance

• Support the governance and effective use of operational systems, ensuring accurate reporting and reconciliation to accounting records.
• Ensure compliance with group processes, authority limits, foreign exchange procedures and VAT requirements.
• Oversee the EMEA budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring accuracy across the region.
• Review operational processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation.

Business Partnering & Leadership

• Act as a trusted business partner to Business Directors, Account Managers and wider account teams.
• Work closely with operational teams to help interpret financial information and understand the financial impact of business decisions.
• Manage and develop junior team members where applicable.
• Contribute to the wider finance team in maintaining strong financial control across the business.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Fully qualified accountant preferred but would also consider QBE.
• At least 4+ years' financial, commercial or accounting experience.
• Strong IT skills, including knowledge of Sage, advanced Excel and data manipulation.
• Experience of POS stock and its impact on financial statements (preferred).
• Honest, accountable and self-driven, with the ability to work effectively under time pressure.
• Strong communication skills and professional presence, with significant interaction across client and operational teams.
• Energetic and partnership-oriented approach.
• Customer-focused, with an innovative and challenging mindset.

Equal Opportunities

adm-Indicia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We recruit, employ, develop, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. Should you need any reasonable adjustments made to this application process, please don't hesitate to let us know.