Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance Manager

Based: Preston

Salary: up to £70k + bonus + benefits

Whitaker Smith are working with a fast-growing, PE backed, leading business based in Preston looking to recruit a Commercial Finance Manager to join the team in a newly created role. This is a high-profile role reporting directly into the Group Financial Controller, responsible for providing financial insight, business partnering & commercial analysis to drive revenue growth and margin improvement. This is a high-exposure role offering an opportunity to make a real impact acting as a key partner to a range of senior stakeholders

We are looking for someone to be accountable for commercial finance & revenue activities across the business ensuring accurate monthly revenue accounting, delivering insightful forecasting & analysis and lots more.

Role:

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• Responsible for building relationships and managing external stakeholders
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• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting, revenue recognition processes and commercial data
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• Lead customer profitability, contract reviews, and pricing/margin analysis.
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• Provide monthly revenue analysis and variance explanations against budget and forecast.
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• Support management reporting, looking to enhance and deliver results
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• Assist with budgeting and forecasting alongside FP&A
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• Collaborate on KPI dashboards across finance & business
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• Work with FP&A team driving commercial insights into forecasts and budgets.
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• Partner with various departments analysing pricing decisions and commercial negotiations around new contracts
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• Produce regular commercial insight on revenue, margin, & customer behaviours
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• Work with wider teams to understand the performance, forecasts and areas of improvement.
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Experience:

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• ACA/CIMA/ACCA Qualified
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• Experience in commercial finance and revenue management essential
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• Proven experience supporting senior stakeholders & building relationships
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• Strong commercial acumen & ability to influence senior stakeholders
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• Understanding of pricing, revenue recognition and contracts highly beneficial
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• Strong attention to detail & comfortable working in a fast paced, change oriented environment
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Please send your CV for immediate consideration