Finance Manager – Commercial

Axonmoore; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Pension scheme

Job summary

Axonmoore in Harrogate is seeking a commercially focused finance professional to lead FP&A, budgeting and reporting, partnering with Sales, Product, Operations and Marketing to drive growth and improve profitability. You will own forecasting cycles, model scenarios, and provide senior leadership with clear financial insight to support strategic decisions.

The role reports to the Finance Director and offers exposure to high-growth tech environments, with a hybrid working model and opportunities

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A or Business Partnering.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and reporting experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Own commercial finance and financial performance across the business.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term financial planning processes.
• Produce insightful monthly management reporting and performance analysis.
• Analyse revenue, gross margin, operating costs, profitability and KPIs.
• Support analysis of recurring revenue, customer performance and growth.
• Act as Finance Business Partner to senior stakeholders across Sales, Product, Operations and Marketing.
• Provide financial insight and challenge to support strategic decisions.
• Develop financial models, scenario analysis and business cases for growth.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identify risks and opportunities.
• Support pricing, investment, headcount and resource allocation decisions.
• Improve forecasting accuracy and reporting processes across the business.
• Provide clear, commercially focused recommendations to the leadership team.
• Support the Finance Director with strategic projects and ad-hoc analysis.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

BI tools

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Location:HarrogateSalary: ** - ** per annum, Benefits: Hybrid, Pension Reference: JP8153Contact:James Pleasance

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused finance professional to take a key role in supporting growth, improving financial performance, and providing insight to senior leadership. Working closely with teams across Sales, Product, Operations, and Marketing, you’ll help translate financial data into clear commercial insight and support the business in making informed strategic decisions. Reporting to the Finance Director / Head of Finance, you’ll take ownership of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial analysis, and commercial business partnering. You’ll play a key role in understanding revenue performance, profitability, costs, and cash generation while helping the business scale effectively. This is a broad and high-impact role within a fast-paced technology environment, offering excellent exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence the future direction of a growing business.

Key responsibilities:

• Taking ownership of commercial finance and financial performance across the business
• Leading the annual budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term financial planning processes
• Producing insightful monthly management reporting and performance analysis
• Analysing revenue, gross margin, operating costs, profitability, and key commercial KPIs
• Supporting analysis of recurring revenue, customer performance, retention, and growth where relevant
• Acting as a trusted Finance Business Partner to senior stakeholders across Sales, Product, Operations, and Marketing
• Providing financial insight and challenge to support strategic and commercial decision-making
• Developing financial models, scenario analysis, and business cases to support growth initiatives
• Monitoring performance against budget and forecast, identifying risks and opportunities
• Supporting pricing, investment, headcount, and resource allocation decisions
• Improving forecasting accuracy, reporting processes, and the use of financial data across the business
• Providing clear and commercially focused recommendations to the senior leadership team
• Supporting the Finance Director with strategic projects, acquisitions, investment cases, and other ad-hoc analysis where required
• Helping develop and improve the commercial finance function as the business continues to grow

About you:

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified, or qualified by experience
• Previous experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, Finance Business Partnering, or a similar role
• Strong experience across budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial modelling
• Commercially minded with the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn complex data into clear commercial insight
• Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with BI/reporting tools would be advantageous
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Proactive, curious, and comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Experience within technology, SaaS, software, digital, or another high-growth environment would be highly advantageous

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious finance professional looking to join a growing technology business where finance is genuinely valued as a commercial function.