Interim Commercial & DD Finance Manager

SF Recruitment (Tech); Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is looking for an Interim Deal Finance Manager based in the UK. This hands-on role involves delivering due diligence financial analysis and supporting the Finance Director in a UK-based AI SaaS business. Candidates should have strong Excel skills and experience in due diligence and commercial finance. The position is remote but requires occasional travel to the Leamington Spa office for an initial 3-6 months, with the possibility of extension.

Qualifications

• Experience in due diligence, transaction services, or hands-on commercial finance.
• Supported DD projects for SMEs or PE-backed businesses.
• Strong in data analysis and comfortable working independently.

Responsibilities

• Deliver due diligence financial analysis across revenue, costs, and metrics.
• Build structured DD reports and analysis packs from FD briefs.
• Support ad-hoc commercial and financial investigations.

Skills

Excel expertise

Data analysis

Hands-on finance

Due diligence knowledge

Experience with Xero

Tools

Xero

Monday.com

BambooHR

Job description

Interim Deal Finance / Due Diligence Manager (\"Hands-On\")

Day rate : £400

Location : UK-based Remote (occasional travel to the Leamington Spa office)

Duration : Initial 3–6 months (extension likely)

Overview

SF are seeking an experienced, hands-on finance professional to support & assist the Finance Director for a UK-Based AI SaaS business across due diligence, financial analysis, and data-driven reporting.

This role is not a senior leadership or FD-level position. It is suited to someone who enjoys being close to the detail, building analysis from the ground up, and acting as a trusted right-hand support to a Finance Director running multiple workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver due diligence-style financial analysis across revenue, costs, and operational metrics
• Build clear, structured DD reports and analysis packs based on FD briefs
• Analyse revenue and cost data in multiple ways (e.g. by customer, product, time period, cost type)
• Perform detailed wage cost and headcount analysis (monthly trends, variances, drivers)
• Extract, cleanse and model data into clear Excel outputs suitable for decision-making
• Support ad-hoc commercial and financial investigations as required
• Act as a hands-on finance “doer”, not a reviewer

Systems & Process Improvement

A secondary but important part of the role will be improving how finance data flows through existing systems :

• Working with Xero, Monday.com, and BambooHR
• Identifying where data capture and reporting can be automated or simplified
• Improving the quality, consistency and usability of management information
• Creating repeatable templates and reporting structures

Background & Experience

This role will suit someone who :

• Has worked in due diligence, transaction services, deal finance, or hands-on commercial finance
• Has supported DD projects for SMEs, PE-backed, or growth businesses
• Is used to working with smaller businesses or has worked in the AI SaaS sector
• Is very strong in Excel and data analysis
• Has experience working with Xero
• Understands why DD questions are being asked and how to answer them through data
• Is comfortable working independently with minimal supervision
• Is not looking for an FD / CFO role in the near term