Commercial Finance Manager

Investigo; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonus

Market-leading benefits

Job summary

Investigo is seeking a Finance Manager to join the Commercial Finance team in the United Kingdom. The role blends month-end P&L ownership with forward-looking commercial finance responsibilities, including ROI analysis, business cases, and partnering with senior stakeholders.

Hybrid working and a strong benefits package are offered, along with a bonus. You will influence cost optimisation and drive value-for-money across the division while maturing automation and AI-enabled processes.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience (~3 years).
• Experience in financial planning, investment appraisal and ROI analysis.
• Aptitude for analyzing cost bases and driving automation/AI in day-to-day work.

Responsibilities

• Own designated P&L lines at month end, including accruals and prepayments.
• Lead cost initiatives and shape business cases with ROI/payback analysis.
• Explain P&L performance to non-finance stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Manage long-term projects and monitor spends against budgets to ensure value for money.
• Develop board pack sections and support budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Champion process improvements and support other finance team priorities.

Skills

Financial analysis

FP&A

ROI analysis

Management accounting

Education

Chartered accountant

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Highly successful mid-sized business, known for having a great culture and excellent benefits, is seeking a Finance Manager to play a key role in its Commercial Finance team and future growth of the business. Hybrid working, Bonus, + market leading benefits package. Sitting within the Commercial Finance team and reporting to the Financial Director your role will combine month end ownership of cost P&L lines with a forward looking, stakeholder facing remit: explaining performance to non-finance stakeholders, driving cost initiatives, and leading the business cases and longer term projects that ensure the division’s spend delivers value for money.

Accountabilities

• Act as the main finance point of contact for your business area, building strong working relationships with senior leaders and explaining P&L performance in clear, accessible terms for non-finance stakeholders, including C-Suite colleagues.
• Identify, shape and lead cost initiatives across the business area, challenging existing ways of working and taking a fresh perspective to find new, sustainable savings.
• Lead the development of complex business cases for investment, including ROI and payback analysis, and track approved cases through to completion.
• Manage longer term, often ambiguous projects from a finance perspective, resolving complex or non-standard issues and monitoring spend against approved budgets to ensure ongoing value for money.
• Own your designated P&L lines at month end, including preparation and review of accruals and prepayments.
• Own designated sections of the monthly Board pack, ensuring accuracy, clarity and timely delivery, and support the wider team’s budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Act as a point of escalation for less experienced finance colleagues, lead improvements to finance processes, and flex into other areas of the Finance team as priorities require.

This is the perfect opportunity for a qualified candidate with circa 3 years post qualified experience looking to be part of a great culture. You will have a good working knowledge of Analysis, Financial Planning and investment appraisal or will be a Management Accountant looking to gain more exposure to commercial Finance. A working understanding of comparable cost base would be desirable along with the aptitude to proactively explore and adopt AI tools and automation in your day-to-day work.

Demonstrated experience developing complex business cases, ROI/payback analysis or capital expenditure processes would be a positive.

Benefits

• Hybrid working, Bonus, + market leading benefits package.
• Package includes, a large degree of Hybrid working, Bonus, generous pension scheme and very good core benefits.