Commercial Finance Manager

Insite Finance; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Benefits package

Hybrid working

Job summary

Insite Finance in Milton Keynes offers a Commercial Finance Manager role blending hands-on accounting with strategic business partnering. The position sits between management accounting and commercial finance, collaborating with senior operational and commercial stakeholders to drive pricing, profitability and performance insights.

The successful candidate will manage monthly close, budgeting and forecasting, along with variance analysis and financial controls.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA qualified, recently qualified or strong finalist
• Strong for interpreting numbers and providing insight beyond reporting
• Experience working with non-finance stakeholders and budgeting/forecasting

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Conduct margin and profitability analysis
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
• Support commercial pricing, tender analysis and revenue monitoring
• Provide financial insight to senior stakeholders and identify risks/opportunities
• Improve reporting and management information processes
• Assist external audit requirements and cross-functional collaboration

Skills

CIMA/ACCA qualification

Management accounting

Excel expertise

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

We're working with a large international engineering business looking for a commercially minded finance professional to take ownership of finance across an established operational division.

This is a broad role sitting between management accounting, commercial finance and business partnering.

You’ll work closely with senior operational and commercial stakeholders, providing the numbers, analysis and challenge behind pricing, profitability and wider business decisions.

The Commercial Finance Manager role

Commercial Finance Manager

Milton Keynes - Hybrid

12-Month FTC

£45,000-£55,000 + Bonus & Benefits

You'll take responsibility for:

• Monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Margin and profitability analysis
• Balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
• Commercial pricing and tender analysis
• Monitoring revenue, pipeline, stock and operational performance
• Providing financial insight to senior commercial and operational stakeholders
• Identifying risks, opportunities and areas for improved performance
• Supporting commercial decisions with clear financial analysis
• Working closely with sales and operational teams
• Supporting external audit requirements
• Improving reporting and management information

It's a good mix of hands-on accounting and genuinely commercial finance, rather than a role where business partnering means producing a spreadsheet and emailing it to somebody.

About you

We're open-minded on industry background.

You’ll ideally be:

• CIMA / ACCA qualified, recently qualified or a strong finalist
• Comfortable producing management accounts
• Commercially minded and able to interpret the numbers rather than simply report them
• Confident working directly with non-finance stakeholders
• Experienced with budgeting, forecasting and profitability analysis
• Strong with Excel and large datasets

Experience with Power BI, commercial pricing, inventory or product-led businesses would be useful but isn't essential.

The business offers hybrid working, an annual bonus and a strong wider benefits package.

Commercial Finance Manager - Milton Keynes | £45,000-£55,000 + bonus | 12-month FTC