Pure Electric
Commercial Finance Manager (6-month FTC)
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Commercial Finance Manager
Pure Electric | Fully remote
PREFERRED START DATE: ASAP
CONTRACT PERIOD: 6 months initially, with the possibility to extend
SALARY: c.£70,000
Pure Electric is building a premium global brand in electric mobility, having sold hundreds of thousands of products across international markets. The business is founder-led, engineering-driven and product-centric, with serious long-term ambition. Over the next five years, Pure Electric aims to scale as a high-quality, engineering-led hardware company, balancing growth with financial discipline and credibility.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Commercial Finance Manager to join Pure Electric on an initial six-month contract. This is a hands-on role requiring someone who is equally comfortable working in the detail and partnering with senior leadership to support strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will bring proven experience in a fast-paced consumer environment, with strong capability across cash forecasting, financial control, and commercial finance.
The Role
Reporting directly to the CFO, the Commercial Finance Manager will play a key role in supporting the financial performance and strategic direction of the business. This is a broad, hands-on position that combines cash and treasury management, commercial finance, financial planning, and operational business partnering. The successful candidate will provide high-quality financial insight, challenge, and support to senior stakeholders, helping to drive informed decision-making across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and maintain short and medium-term cash flow forecasts, providing clear visibility of future liquidity and working capital requirements.
- Monitor cash performance against forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and variances, and communicating actions to relevant stakeholders.
- Manage weekly cash reporting, including oversight of cash balances, inflows, outflows, and covenant compliance.
- Administer the Group's receivables financing facility, including weekly reporting and the timely preparation of monthly borrowing certificates.
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to the Operations and Commercial teams, providing insight, challenge, and financial support to drive performance.
- Develop and enhance operational reporting and KPIs across inventory, logistics, and aftersales functions.
- Develop and own commercial performance reporting, including sales volumes, margins, trade inventory, and retail sell-through metrics.
- Analyse business performance and translate financial data into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Prepare insightful commentary for weekly trading reports, board reporting, and month-end performance packs.
- Coordinate the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting cycles, ensuring timely delivery and alignment across the business.
- Support the CFO in maintaining and developing the Company's long-term strategic and financial planning models.
- Drive continuous improvement across finance processes, controls, reporting, and decision-support capabilities.
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What We're Looking For
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
- Proven experience in a commercial finance, FP&A, or finance business partnering role, ideally within a consumer, retail, e-commerce, or product-led business.
- Strong technical accounting and financial management capability, with experience spanning financial control, treasury, and commercial finance.
- Demonstrable experience building cash flow forecasts and managing working capital in a fast-paced environment.
- Commercially minded with the ability to interpret complex financial information and communicate it clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels, with a willingness to work hands-on when required.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively.
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Experience of receivables financing, asset-based lending, or inventory financing facilities would be advantageous.
- Experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be beneficial but is not essential.
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The Package
- Competitive salary of c. £70,000.
- Fully remote working with flexibility and autonomy.
- 25 days' holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave.
- Ongoing professional development opportunities, including two paid learning days per year.
- Life assurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Access to remote GP services and wellbeing support.
- Generous employee discount on Pure Electric products.
- Access to a range of additional lifestyle and employee benefits.
- Opportunity to work closely with an experienced leadership team and influence key commercial and strategic decisions during an exciting phase of growth.
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