Strategic Finance Manager – Commercial & Performance

ICONIC RESOURCING LTD; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wise Group in Glasgow is seeking a Finance Manager - Commercial & Performance. This role leads financial insight for service delivery and partnerships, supports bids and pricing, and works with a Financial Analyst to drive forward-looking insights and commercial decision-making.

You will partner with operational teams to understand drivers behind performance, develop robust financial models, and ensure financial information supports mobilisation and delivery with strong controls.

Qualifications

• Qualified CIMA, ACCA, CA or equivalent, with broad relevant finance experience.
• Strong commercial and financial judgement with forecasting and modelling.
• Curious and able to look beyond numbers to understand drivers.
• Translate complex financial data into clear insights and practical choices.
• Confident building trusted relationships and challenging the status quo.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted Finance partner to Service Delivery and Commercial & Partnerships, providing insight, support and constructive challenge.
• Get underneath contract and service performance, understanding the financial and operational drivers behind it.
• Use management information, forecasts and analysis to identify emerging risks, opportunities and choices.
• Provide financial and commercial input into bids, pricing and new opportunities, testing assumptions and ensuring proposals stack up.
• Develop and challenge financial models, business cases, investment proposals and options.
• Strengthen the link from bid and pricing through mobilisation and into delivery, ensuring assumptions and commitments remain understood as services go live.
• Support the Head of Finance with enterprise-wide forecasting, performance and forward-looking financial insight.
• Lead and develop the Financial Analyst.
• Work closely with the Finance Manager - Accounting & Control to ensure insight and decision-making are underpinned by strong financial information and controls.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Stakeholder relationships

Education

CIMA/ACCA/CA or equivalent

Job description

The Wise Group in Glasgow is seeking a Finance Manager - Commercial & Performance. This role leads financial insight for service delivery and partnerships, supports bids and pricing, and works with a Financial Analyst to drive forward-looking insights and commercial decision-making.

You will partner with operational teams to understand drivers behind performance, develop robust financial models, and ensure financial information supports mobilisation and delivery with strong controls.