Commercial Finance Manager - Hertfordshire
JSS are delighted to be supporting our client; a leading FTSE listed business based near Hatfield, on the recruitment of an excellent Commercial Finance Manager role. This is an exciting opportunity for an qualified commercial finance professional from a fast paced product-led back ground, to join one of the leading companies in Hertfordshire. The Commercial Finance Manager will be responsible for maintaining and improving processes, controls, handling large data sets, financial analysis, manipulating data and business partnering with senior stakeholders aiding commercial and strategic decision making.
The Role:
This new Commercial Finance Manager role working for a leading FTSE listed business in Hertfordshire will be responsible for:
* Working with senior leadership team and FP&A to drive value through an integrated strategic and annual planning
* Supporting prioritisation reviews, key bottom up planning and assumptions, and alignment of capital and operational spend
* Act as a financial advisor to senior leaders, providing insights into how technology can drive business value
* Continuing to evaluate how we financially manage technology across the business to ensure this remains best in class considering the pace of change within technology, including evaluating, challenging, and reporting on overall value creation of the total technology portfolio
* Communicating financial insights and technology investment outcomes to senior executives from Finance and Technology
* Driving the financial management of the overall portfolio of investments across a portfolio comprising a significant number of individual investment projects spanning multiple delivery programmes and priorities.
* Reviewing and challenging cases for investments, ensuring the incremental spend to save money elsewhere in the business is appropriately identified
* Working effectively with Control and FP&A to deliver insightful Management Accounts and Director Packs for the leadership to ensure good controls of their areas with detailed risks and opportunities
* Delivering ad hoc financial modelling and analysis to support innovation and business decision making, working with Control & FP&A
Qualifications:
* Qualified, with 10 years commercial finance experience
* Experience of successfully working with cross-functional teams
* Track record in driving continuous improvement
* Experience in fast paced FMCG or product led businesses
* Experience influencing decision making and driving cultural change
On Offer:
Circa £90-95k base salary plus excellent bonus and benefits package with hybrid working.
Hybrid working; two days per week. This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful growing business helping to drive commercial and strategic decision making.