Commercial Finance Manager

Kerv; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic cloud solutions provider in Greater London is looking for a Commercial Finance Partner to enhance business performance through financial analysis and support. The successful candidate will work closely with senior management, providing insights and improving governance across divisions. Ideal candidates should hold an accounting qualification and demonstrate significant finance experience. A collaborative culture promotes employee satisfaction, diversity, and teamwork.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Collaboration-focused environment

Qualifications

• Proven track record in driving business performance.
• Good understanding of the IT market and competitors/suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Drive and improve business performance through financial support.
• Prepare and present performance reviews to Leadership team.
• Analyze business performance with an inquisitive mindset.

Skills

Commercial and finance experience

Excellent relationship building skills

Excellent influencing skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/CIMA)

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

About Us

At Kerv, we leverage the power of technology to help our customers stay ahead. We do this through our brilliant people who focus relentlessly on the customer and their needs, delivering world‑class cloud solutions and digital transformation. Launched in July 2020, Kerv is a next‑generation 'customer‑first, cloud‑first' provider, created to help customers achieve successful business outcomes in a new digital era.

The finance team is central to partnering with business leaders to provide accurate, timely and quality information to support their growth plans.

About the Role

To work closely with senior divisional management to drive and improve business performance, through providing constructive tension into decisions, delivering financial and commercial support, ensuring strong governance and compliance and giving insight into business performance.

The appointed candidate should work with key stakeholders in the business to shape and set direction in line with the organisations structure and goals.

Your part to Play

Commercial Finance and Decision Support

• To be the finance partner for the supported divisions, covering all financial areas e.g., P&L, Balance Sheet and cashflow.
• Provision of insightful and consistent support to inform and drive business decisions that demonstrably improve NPV's, margins, cashflows and mitigate risk.
• Develop best practice for corporate governance around business case approval, to include sales bids, CAPEX requirements, supplier renegotiations.
• Support effective management of the legal and commercial aspects of any bid or tender, including bid pricing.
• Proactively performance manage, challenge and influence senior management to maximise business performance.
• Lead monthly review meetings to assess performance with the supported Division.
• Be involved where appropriate in customer/ supplier negotiations and relationships.
• Ensure that interlock is achieved between Sales and operations in respect of resourcing, including involvement in resourcing models and sign off of hiring requests.
• To drive procurement savings on in life business and new business.
• Advice to the business regarding revenue recognition and WIP effects of complex projects.

MI

• Preparation of monthly Divisional Business Review Pack.
• Development and preparation of MI, KPI's and dashboards – as far as possible based on automated PowerBI outputs.
• Standardise reports and minimise ad hoc reporting.

Analysis

• Based on an inquisitive mind‑set analyse business performance and ask the "what if" questions e.g., should we continue with a product, are sales resources appropriately distributed etc.
• Develop customer and project profitability forecasts for new and in life activity.
• Review organisational structure and effectiveness.
• Review and understand the sales pipeline, to ensure it is accurate, and identify themes e.g., win rates, reasons for losses etc.

Forecasting

• Run the Divisions budgeting and forecasting (short to long term) process and related models.
• Development of sensitivity analysis.

M&A

• To be involved as required in M&A activity.

Other

• Represent Finance and work on IT system implementations e.g. PowerBI reports, Sales CRM reports.
• Currency effects and potential hedging requirements.
• Identify areas for process and systems improvement.

All about you

Background and Experience

• Proven track record with significant commercial and finance experience
• Qualified Accountant (ACA/CIMA)
• Track record in driving business performance
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Excellent influencing skills
• Good understanding of the IT market and competitors/suppliers

Skills and Aptitudes

• This is a complex role in respect of personal relationships and being the finance support for an area, whilst ensuring appropriate governance and control is in place. It therefore requires a person who has strong interpersonal skills, but also has the ability to hold their ground when under pressure.
• Being recognised as a valued and trusted source of support for the business.
• Prepare and present business, project and product performance reviews and updates to Leadership team.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the whole company in a consistent and positive manner.
• Ability to deliver practical solutions and drive genuine business improvements.

You will live the Kerv values

• Think Customer First
• Team is everything
• Spread good vibes
• Build future
• Do the right thing

At Kerv, we want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together.