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Commercial Finance Manager
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The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Finance Transformation Lead, Senior Finance Manager, or Commercial Finance Manager to support a focused finance transformation programme and help embed a high-performing commercial finance function.
This is a hands-on, commercially focused role. We are looking for someone who can bring structure, discipline, and commercial insight and work closely with the executive leadership team to improve financial performance and support future growth.
This is not a traditional reporting role. It requires curiosity, sound judgement, pace, and the confidence to challenge constructively while driving meaningful operational improvements.
About the Business
Our client is an established, multi-entity organisation operating across the UK and internationally, with a diversified portfolio of businesses and a growing technology offering. The organisation is currently investing in strengthening its finance function, improving commercial reporting, and embedding scalable financial processes to support its next phase of growth.
The successful candidate will work closely with the executive leadership team and an established finance team to improve visibility, governance, and commercial decision-making.
The Role
Key Responsibilities
- Embed new financial planning and control processes across the business.
- Own and continuously improve a rolling cash flow forecast, providing clear visibility of cash, risks, and future decision points.
- Strengthen credit control processes to improve working capital and reduce debtor days.
- Improve the month-end reporting cycle to support faster, more informed commercial decisions.
- Identify operational issues, investigate root causes, and implement practical solutions.
- Simplify, automate, and standardise finance processes to improve efficiency.
- Provide commercial analysis around pricing, profitability, and business performance.
- Strengthen financial governance, controls, and compliance.
- Build a disciplined finance function with clear ownership, accountability, and consistent delivery.
- Provide commercial insight that enables leadership to make confident, data-driven decisions.
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Success Measures
The successful candidate will deliver:
- Improved cash flow forecasting and financial visibility.
- Reduced debtor days and stronger working capital management.
- Enhanced reporting for senior leadership.
- A more efficient and commercially focused month-end process.
- Sustainable finance processes that can be maintained by the existing team.
- Improved commercial analysis supporting pricing and profitability decisions.
- Stronger financial governance and operational discipline.
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Essential Experience
- Previous experience as a Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Commercial Finance Manager, or FP&A Manager.
- Proven experience improving cash flow, working capital, and financial performance.
- Strong commercial judgement with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience operating within multi-entity organisations.
- Hands-on approach with the ability to work strategically and operationally.
- Strong process improvement and finance transformation experience.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Experience using Power Query.
- Dashboard development and management reporting.
- Basic SQL knowledge.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within SaaS, software, or subscription-based businesses.
- Power BI.
- Financial modelling and pricing analysis.
- Master Data Management.
- Experience supporting finance system improvements or transformation programmes.
What's Needed
We're looking for someone who enjoys improving how finance operates—not simply reporting the numbers. You'll be naturally curious, commercially minded, and motivated by:
- Creating structure
- Improving processes
- Helping businesses make better decisions through high-quality financial insight
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