Commercial FP&A Lead

Michael Page (UK); Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SME in a specific technology field is seeking a commercially focused finance professional for a pivotal role. This position involves leveraging data to drive business decisions, developing forecasting models, and enhancing financial knowledge across the organization. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams and play a key role in financial analysis and investment cases.

Qualifications

• Commercially focused finance professional passionate about leveraging data.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively business partner.

Responsibilities

• Be the voice of Finance in cross-functional teams.
• Develop and maintain driver-based forecasting modules.
• Produce dashboards that translate large data sets into actionable insights.

Skills

Communication

Data Analysis

Financial Modelling

Business Partnering

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

• High growth business
• Broad commercial role with genuine business impact

About Our Client

My client is a growing SME with a positive culture. They are a leader in a specific technology field.

Job Description

In this Commercial role, you will utilise data to aid business decision-making. You will focus on the future of performance, bringing together inputs from across the business to drive forecasting, develop dashboards, and investment cases that support business decisions.

You will provide detailed analysis and scenario modelling, contributing to pricing strategies, M&A screening, and company-wide risk scenarios. By translating data into narrative, you will enhance financial knowledge across the company and equip leadership with the information needed to act swiftly.

Responsibilities:

1. Be the voice of Finance in cross-functional teams—source and challenge assumptions, build investment cases, and conduct post-launch reviews.
2. Coordinate Commercial, Product, and Technology inputs to the annual budget and rolling forecast, integrating approved business cases and risk-weighted scenarios into the company model overseen by the CFO and Finance Director.
3. Develop and maintain driver-based forecasting modules in the planning tools (ERP planning module, Power BI, Excel).
4. Produce dashboards that translate large data sets into actionable insights for non-finance colleagues.
5. Lead the origination and financial analysis of potential acquisitions: build screening models, valuations, and conduct due diligence.
6. Quantify the impact of risks in scenario analyses and present these insights for management decision-making.
7. Act as a finance business partner to the broader business.

The Successful Applicant

You will be a commercially focused finance professional passionate about leveraging data and supporting systems.

You will possess strong communication skills and the ability to effectively business partner.

What's on Offer

Salary of £60,000 - £80,000 plus benefits.