Commercial Finance Manager - EMEA Operations

RS UK & Ireland; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

RS Integrated Supply in Warrington is seeking a proactive finance professional to support the Commercial Finance Director and senior leadership. You will collaborate with UK and Europe operations teams to optimise client contracts, profitability and cash flow.

The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, client profitability analysis, and end-to-end cost-to-serve insights to drive strategic value and commercial growth.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of financial principles, accounting standards, and financial metrics.
• Ability to interpret complex data, identify trends, and propose solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent professional qualification is required.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning and Budgeting: Develop revenue and gross margin targets with Operations leads for the annual budget.
• Financial Forecasting: Create accurate financial forecasts and trend analysis for client contractual activities.
• Client Profitability: Monitor financial performance at the client level and optimise P&L, cash flow, and cost-to-serve insights.
• Client Savings: Report client savings performance against contractual targets and manage risk provisioning.
• Financial Reporting: Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of client contractual revenues and working capital.
• Client Contracts: Participate in strategic planning to drive growth in spend, sites served, and commercial revenue.
• Working Capital Management: Collaborate on cash flow management and DSO/DPO drivers with actionable recommendations.
• Process Improvement: Continuously enhance the client financial lifecycle processes for efficiency.

Skills

Financial acumen

Analytical skills

Communication

Adaptability

Integrity

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Job description

Location

This role is offered on permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely for 2 days per week and from our Warrington office 3 days per week.

Overview Of The Role

Are you passionate about driving client commercial excellence and support strategic commitments? We are seeking a proactive individual to join our team at RS Integrated Supply. As a key member of our finance team, you will support the Commercial Finance Director and RSIS Executive Leadership Team in delivering on strategic goals. You will work closely with UK and Europe operations teams, focusing on client-facing commercial operations, strategic client expansion plans, contractual revenue generation, profitability insight and analysis and Client contract cash flow optimisation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Financial Planning and Budgeting : Develop revenue and gross margin targets with Operations leads for the annual budget.
• Financial Forecasting : Create accurate financial forecasts and trend analysis for client contractual activities.
• Client Profitability : Monitor financial performance at the client level understanding underlying drivers. Optimise P&L, cash flow, and using Activity Based Costing techniques understand full E2E Operations Cost to Serve to understand underlying contractual profitability.
• Client Savings : Report client savings performance against contractual targets and manage risk provisioning.
• Financial Reporting : Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of client contractual revenues and actively manage working capital.
• Client Contracts : Participate in strategic planning activities to drive growth in spend, sites served, and commercial revenue generation.
• Working Capital Management : Collaborate on cash flow management gaining an understanding of the drivers of Client DSO and DPO and providing actionable recommendations to optimise.
• Process Improvement: Continuously enhance the client financial life cycle process for efficiency and accuracy.

About You

• Financial Acumen : Strong understanding of financial principles, accounting standards, and financial metrics.
• Analytical Skills : Ability to interpret complex data, identify trends, and propose solutions.
• Communication : Excellent verbal and written skills to present financial information clearly.
• Adaptability : Thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Integrity : Commitment to ethical standards and confidentiality.
• Qualifications : CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent.

Join us in driving client commercial excellence and contributing to our strategic success and make amazing happen at RS Integrated Supply.

We are RS Integrated Supply.

Across the industrial design, manufacturing and maintenance worlds, we’re the digital destination for product and service solutions to help our customers with the maintenance, repair and operation of their businesses.

RS Integrated Supply is one of the world’s leading providers of Integrated Supply Solutions to manufacturing industries for the provision of MRO (indirect) products. Our portfolio consists of Procurement Services, Transactional Processing, Stores Management and Inventory Optimisation enabled by industry leading digital platforms. We deliver world class results to world class companies in industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Foods, Beverage, Automotive and Aerospace.

We are one team. We deliver brilliantly. We do the right thing. We make every day better. These are our values. They unite our c.9,000 global colleagues and differentiate us from our competition. They are a mix of how we work today and how we must step up for the future. Most importantly, it is one set of values shaped by our people, for our people.

Together, we can make great things happen. Aim for amazing and beyond.