Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Project overview

The assignment covers commercial finance leadership for a fast-paced, multi-site organisation on an initial 6-month fixed-term basis.

Profile of the suited interim professional:

• Partner with senior stakeholders and operational leaders to translate financial performance into commercial improvements
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting and financial planning cycles
• Analyse monthly financial results to flag trends, risks and opportunities
• Deliver financial modelling and commercial insight to support strategic decisions
• Identify ways to grow revenue and margins and lift overall EBITDA
• Challenge business performance and put forward recommendations to boost profitability
• Support senior management with ad-hoc analyses and strategic initiatives
• Strengthen financial reporting processes to ensure accurate management information
• Work cross-functionally to improve financial visibility and operational performance
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Demonstrable experience in commercial finance, FP&A or senior finance business partnering
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling capability
• Comfortable engaging and influencing senior stakeholders
• Solid commercial awareness with a track record of driving performance improvements
• Advanced Excel skills and experience handling large datasets
• Familiarity with Power BI and/or Power Query is an advantage
• Proactive and analytical approach suited to a fast-paced setting
• Capable of juggling competing priorities under tight deadlines

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 6 months
• Location: Bolton, South West, West Midlands, North West, .., GB
• Languages: English