Head of Commercial Finance
£80,000-£100,000 + car allowance + bonus + medical + benefits
West Midlands
This is a high profile role within the financial services division of this FTSE PLC.
It is essential that applicants are from a Financial Services background. You will have high-level, commercial finance experience within financial services / banking in the last 5 years (ideally you will be currently working in the financial services / banking sector).
Reporting to CFO
Oversee the provision of commercial analysis to senior management & the executive.
Lead commercial finance team (8) and support the business in understanding & controlling performance including sales pipeline & recruitment/churn performance, departmental spend, gross profit & margin, labour spend, development & investment capex:
* Commercial analysis & Insight
* Operational Performance monitoring
* Business support
* Holding the business accountable
* Detailed story
* Supervise & manage financial department staff
* Deputise for CFO as needed
Responsibilities:
* Business partner Financial Services Executive & management team
* Ensure ownership & accountability of key stakeholders
* Production & delivery of budgets/forecasts
* Creation of operational plan alongside key stakeholders
* Establish & monitor KPI's
* Sales business partner
* Trading updates
* Pipeline & churn analysis
* Establish Activity based costing (ABC) models
* Management accounts
* Cost centre reporting
* Market & competitor analysis
* Design Sales incentives scheme & manage payout
* Business loans
* Investment & development spend
* Monitor departmental spend
* Detailed Month end analysis
* Business cases
* Bottom-up business plan
* Analysis of commercial data
* Business insight
* Support on investment opportunities
* Develop market appropriate sales offering alongside key stakeholders
* Interrogate & interpret Data
* Oversea FP&A Manager & associated activities
Working Relationships:
* CFO
* Head of Sales
* Departmental heads
* Ops Directors
* Data & BI Team
* Operational Finance
* Commercial Finance
* FP&A
Skills & Qualifications:
* Current/Recent experience of working in financial services industry ESSENTIAL
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent)
* Provide evidence-based recommendations and influence decisions using insights
* Produce professional reports
* Understand the financial performance of business
* Business partnering at all levels including senior management
* Proactive and positive change agent
* Work autonomously and as part of a team
* Employ a flexible business partnering approach
* Communicate complicated information to a wide range of audiences
* Composure under pressure and experience of managing in challenging and pressurisedcircumstances
* Prioritise workload and meet deadlines
* A team player who can work with stakeholder in other functions to achieve objectives.
Please send your CV and a short-cover note to highlight your relevant experience.
Please only apply if you have very recent, senior level, commercial finance experience within the financial services sector.
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