Commercial Finance Manager

London or Bristol

£55,000 to £62,000 + Up to 20% Bonus

10% Pension + 10x Life Assurance + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid working (3 days onsite, 2 remote)

What we're looking for, in a nutshell

An experienced professional to manage all aspects of commercial decision-making, financial performance & reporting, financial control, contractual negotiations, and senior stakeholder management.

About the business

Be a part of one of the largest and most monumental brands in the UK, a business that serves over half of the FTSE 350.
Operating across 150+ countries, with several thousand redeployment opportunities at any one time, this is a business where you will never sit still, (unless you want to of course)!

The role

• Responsible for providing financial, commercial, and strategic analysis and advice in order to construct and shape commercial propositions and complex bids.


• Winning and retaining profitable business across key Wholesale accounts on strategic deals is critical.

Experience/Skills

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)


• Senior stakeholder experience working with matrixed environments


• Experience working with commercial and operational teams to deliver bid proposals


• Ability to interpret financials into meaningful insight, to inform decision making


• Demonstrates an extremely high level of analytical capability

Responsibilities include:

• Takes accountability for discreet and/or complex bids within the Mobile sector (or other sectors if required from time to time)


• Production of bid P&L and cash flow for complex and non-standard bids


• Influencing commercial deal strategy


• Identify and quantify financial risks, a key input to the bid decision-making process


• On-time and accurate completion of finance briefing for appropriate sign off having applied best practices


• Ensure accurate completion of customer pricing schedules


• Scenario and sensitivity modelling, assuring appropriate investment appraisal for the business


• Managing inputs from other members of the bid team (Product, Technical, Service, Group finance, HR etc.)


• Identify, understand, and challenge the risks, assumptions, drivers and interdependencies


• Problem-solving to achieve business unit plans, providing expertise and insight to support bold decisions


• Support and recommendations for customer negotiations


• Business case development for new product launches


• Feed into the reporting/forecasting team for budgeting/forecasting purposes


• Provide insight through research


• Use understanding of internal commercial insight and the latest external thinking to develop and implement ideas that benefit the business


• Maintain internal and external relationships, collaborating operationally and technically to deliver business results

Benefits

• Up to 20% Bonus


• 10% Pension


• 10x Life assurance cover


• Free annual shares


• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service


• You'll enjoy access to 100s of instant discounts for restaurants, shops, and the cinema.
  
  These include money off your weekly shop and discounts on gift/shopping vouchers.


• World-class training and development

Keywords: commercial, finance, negotiation, commercial analyst, commercial finance business partner, commercial thinker, stakeholder engagement, leadership, strategic, financial operations.