Whitaker Smith Recruitment
Commercial Finance Manager
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Commercial Finance Manager
Location: Preston (hybrid working with 1-2 days based in the office weekly)
Salary: Circa £80k + bonus + benefits
Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys turning complex data into meaningful business insight? We're partnering with a high-growth, Private Equity-backed organisation to recruit an experienced Commercial Finance Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants genuine exposure to strategic decision-making, board reporting, commercial analysis and business growth. Working closely with the Finance Director and SLT, you'll play a key role in shaping commercial performance through insightful reporting, financial modelling and data-driven analysis. This is a highly visible role with significant influence across the business and offers exposure to strategic projects, commercial tenders and acquisition activity.
Role
- Producing insightful monthly management information and board reporting.
- Developing and enhancing commercial KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting.
- Analysing financial and operational performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
- Partnering with operational and commercial stakeholders to improve business performance.
- Supporting commercial tenders with pricing models, profitability analysis and financial business cases.
- Providing financial analysis to support contract renewals and strategic commercial decisions.
- Supporting acquisition activity through financial modelling, due diligence and post-acquisition performance reporting.
- Presenting financial information clearly to senior leadership and non-finance stakeholders.
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Experience
- Ambitious, commercially focused finance professional who enjoys working with data and influencing business decisions.
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). ACA highly desirable
- Previous experience within a Private Equity-backed OR growing business
- Strong commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering experience.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret large volumes of data and turn it into actionable insight.
- A highly commercial mindset with the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with reporting or BI tools such as Power BI would be advantageous.
- Experience producing board-level reporting and presenting meaningful financial commentary.
- Exposure to M&A, acquisitions or commercial projects would be highly desirable.
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This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing, ambitious organisation where finance plays a genuine strategic role within the business. You'll benefit from genuine influence over commercial decision-making & involvement in strategic growth initiatives and acquisition projects.
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