Your newpany
You will be joining a large,plex, contract-led infrastructure business, operating across major long-term frameworks. The organisation is PE-backed,mercially driven, and continues to invest heavily in its finance andmercial capability as its portfolio grows. Due to internal change and an expanding senior leadership remit, the business is now seeking 2x additional interimmercial finance support to ensure continuity and robustness across key contracts.
Your new role
As an Interimmercial Finance Analyst, you will play a pivotal role supporting one of the organisation’s largest and mostmerciallyplex contracts. Reporting into the Head ofmercial Finance, you will act as a key link between finance, operations, andmercial teams.
This is a highly hands-on role, requiring someone who can hit the ground running, quickly understand contract mechanics, and workfortably with detailed operational and financial data.
Key responsibilities will include:
1. Producing weekly and monthly P&L reporting, using operational andmercial data to drive insight
2. Ownership of forecasting, variance analysis, and rolling reforecasts, ensuring forecast accuracy and transparency
3. Detailed margin analysis, revenue recognition, and contract performance tracking
4. Managing accrued ie and WIP, ensuring accurate balance sheet treatment and cashflow forecasting
5. Supporting month-end close with robustmentary and variance explanations
6. Working closely with non-finance stakeholders, including Quantity Surveyors and operational leads, to translate financial performance into operational actions
7. Operating within a manual-process, Excel-heavy environment, identifying risks, trends, and data inconsistencies
The role is offered on an interim basis for 6–9 months, with two days per week onsite.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will be amercially minded finance professional with strong contract exposure and the confidence to operate independently.
You will ideally bring:
8. Experience inmercial Finance, Finance Business Partnering, or Contract Finance roles
9. Strong understanding of contract mechanics, revenue recognition, and margin drivers
10. Proven capability across forecasting, P&L ownership, and cashflow
11. Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate and analyse large,plex datasets
12. Experience working in PE-backed, fast-paced, or operationallyplex environments
13. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly with operational andmercial teams
14. Systems exposure to NetSuite or similar ERP systems (highly desirable)
What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive:
15. A day rate of £300–£375, depending on experience
16. A 6–9 month interim assignment with potential for extension
17. Hybrid working, with two days onsite per week
18. Exposure to high-profile contracts within amercially sophisticated business
19. The opportunity to work closely with senior finance leadership during a period of transformation