Engineering Project Finance Leader for Profitability

Dynamite Recruitment; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working hours

Competitive salary

Generous Pension

Health Insurance

Job summary

Dynamite Recruitment is recruiting a Commercial Finance Manager for a growing engineering business in Woking on a permanent basis. The role focuses on improving project profitability, strengthening commercial controls and providing visibility of financial performance across the business.

The ideal candidate will have experience in project-based environments, strong commercial awareness and advanced Excel skills, with proficiency in Power BI for profitability analysis and reporting.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Experience in engineering or other project-based environments
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project profitability, margins, budgets and revenue recovery
• Excellent Excel skills and experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools
• Confident challenging Project Managers and senior stakeholders to drive commercial accountability
• Proactive approach to identifying risks, improving controls and maximising profitability
• Strong communication skills and ability to turn financial data into commercial insight
• Comfortable taking ownership, working independently and influencing decisions across the business

Responsibilities

• Reviewing project budgets, hours, WIP, recoverability and forecast margins ahead of monthly invoicing
• Working with Project Managers to challenge cost overruns, underbilling and declining profitability
• Identifying additional billing opportunities, scope changes and variation orders to improve revenue recovery
• Developing early-warning controls to identify commercial risks before budgets are exceeded
• Analyzing project and client profitability using Power BI and identifying improvement opportunities
• Producing monthly commercial reports for senior leadership
• Supporting pricing, estimating and commercial decisions through historical data
• Collaborating with Accounts to improve revenue visibility, WIP management and billing accuracy
• Identifying recurring causes of poor margins and implementing corrective actions
• Improving forecasting accuracy and project performance insight across the portfolio

Skills

Analytical

Commercial awareness

Excellent communication

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Dynamite Recruitment is recruiting a Commercial Finance Manager for a growing engineering business in Woking on a permanent basis. The role focuses on improving project profitability, strengthening commercial controls and providing visibility of financial performance across the business.

The ideal candidate will have experience in project-based environments, strong commercial awareness and advanced Excel skills, with proficiency in Power BI for profitability analysis and reporting.