Commercial Finance Manager - Portfolio Brands

Ampa - Legal & Professional Services; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to drive growth and maximize profit across various brands. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders, providing insightful financial analysis and strategic planning. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with a strong commercial mindset, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. Join a fast-growing organization that values flexibility and personal development, and make a significant impact on the financial landscape of the business.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with commercial finance experience in an SME or startup.
• Advanced Excel skills to create financial models and reports.

Responsibilities

• Deliver insightful financial reporting and analysis for board meetings.
• Prepare business plans and forecasts while collaborating with stakeholders.
• Coach team members on financial management and reporting.

Skills

Commercial Finance Expertise

Financial Analysis

Excel Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Strategic Planning

Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

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We are looking for a highly skilled commercial finance expert who brings the obvious financial background and technical knowledge who can confidently interpret this information and knows how to work with senior members of the organisation to help drive forward growth and maximise profit across the specific business units.

This is an opportunity for a confident and experienced individual to make a mark in a fast growing organisation and with senior stakeholders across a range of different brands.

The opportunity for personal advancement and development is undoubtedly there for the right person.

What you will be doing:

• Creating and delivering insightful reporting, analysis and commentary for monthly board packs
• Delivering monthly and quarterly analysis, and presenting where required at relevant meetings, to the senior stakeholders
• Preparation and presentation of business plans and forecasts, including meeting with stakeholders to help set and challenge
• Identifying areas that are not performing to expectation, and providing recommendations for improvement
• Analysis and challenge of requests for investment, including recruitment, to ensure ROI in line with group expectations
• Coaching those in entities to upskill knowledge and performance in relation to financial management i.e. providing financial insight and support such as basic awareness P&L management, inductions into finance responsibilities, understanding the balance sheet etc.
• Collaborating and liaising with the firm’s central finance teams (including finance director, head of financial operations and financial controller) as and when required
• Working alongside and collaboratively with the group commercial finance teams sharing knowledge, skill sets and supporting one another
• Responding in a timely manner to ad hoc analysis and information requests
• Supporting on due diligence for M&A activity and integration
• Identifying alternative income sources e.g. grants, regional development and growth fund income
• Supporting the creation of separate business entities
• Long term financial forecasts) and modelling – including P&L, Balance Sheet and Integrated Cashflow
• High-level Business Planning scenarios, working with senior leaders to reflect business strategy

What you will need:

• To be a qualified accountant with one of the following qualifications (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Demonstrable experience with a commercial mind-set in a similar role, in particular working in an SME or start up business
• Advanced level Excel skills at a minimum, in particular being able to create appropriate financial models and communicate effectively
• The ability to be comfortable working across a number of IT platforms
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport, credibility and manage expectations with senior stakeholders
• To be a commercially aware self-starter, pro-active with the ability to work in a team and comfortable working at both a strategic and detailed operational level
• To be confident in prioritising workload amongst senior stakeholders
• Flexibility and the ability to operate in a changing environment
• To be highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
• To be respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and ‘can do’ attitude

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Southampton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lincoln and Sheffield.

This role is being recruited on a hybrid basis from our Nottingham hub with the requirement to travel to other hubs when necessary to work alongside key stakeholders.

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Additional information:

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Law Practice

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