Commercial Finance Manager
Posted Today by Gifford And Partners Recruitment Ltd. (GAP)
£75,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of FP&A Manager / Senior Commercial Finance Manager involves leading budgeting, forecasting, and reporting activities within a rapidly growing organization. This position requires strong commercial finance expertise and the ability to partner with senior stakeholders to enhance decision-making and financial insight. The contract is initially for six months, with potential for extension or a permanent role. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience in FP&A and commercial finance in a complex environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading and supporting budgeting, forecasting and consolidated reporting activity
- Acting as a trusted Finance Business Partner to senior operational and commercial stakeholders
- Producing insightful analysis around performance, trends, risks and opportunities
- Preparing high quality reporting packs and commentary for senior leadership
- Challenging assumptions and helping the business make better commercial decisions
- Supporting process improvement, reporting enhancement and wider finance transformation activity
- Working closely with regional, operational and central finance teams
- Providing guidance and support to analysts or junior team members where required
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or ICAS)
- Strong FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering experience
- Experience in large, complex or fast-moving organizations
- Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, reporting and performance analysis
- Comfortable presenting to and challenging senior stakeholders
- Commercially curious and proactive
- Advanced in Excel and confident working with large data sets
Salary (Rate): £75,000.00 yearly
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Gifford and Partners are working with a large, complex and fast growing organisation to appoint an experienced FP&A Manager / Senior Commercial Finance Manager on an initial 6 month contract . This is a high-profile opportunity to join a business going through significant growth, investment and change. The finance function is playing a key role in supporting better decision making, improving insight and partnering senior stakeholders across a broad and evolving organisation. The role can be structured either as a day rate assignment or a fixed term contract , with the potential for extension or a possible permanent opportunity beyond the initial 6 months.
The Role
This is a commercially focused FP&A and Finance Business Partnering role, suited to someone who enjoys pace, complexity and senior stakeholder interaction.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading and supporting budgeting, forecasting and consolidated reporting activity
- Acting as a trusted Finance Business Partner to senior operational and commercial stakeholders
- Producing insightful analysis around performance, trends, risks and opportunities
- Preparing high quality reporting packs and commentary for senior leadership
- Challenging assumptions and helping the business make better commercial decisions
- Supporting process improvement, reporting enhancement and wider finance transformation activity
- Working closely with regional, operational and central finance teams
- Providing guidance and support to analysts or junior team members where required
The Person
We are looking for a qualified accountant with strong FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering experience. You will ideally be:
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA or ICAS qualified
- Experienced in FP&A, commercial finance or senior finance business partnering
- Confident working in a large, complex or fast-moving organisation
- Strong across budgeting, forecasting, reporting and performance analysis
- Comfortable presenting to and challenging senior stakeholders
- Commercially curious, proactive and able to turn data into meaningful insight
- Advanced in Excel and confident working with large data sets
Why Apply?
This is an excellent contract opportunity for someone who wants more than a routine reporting assignment. You will gain exposure to a sizeable, ambitious and evolving organisation, work closely with senior stakeholders and play a visible role in improving financial insight and commercial decision making. If you are an experienced FP&A or commercial finance professional available at short notice, or approaching the end of your current contract, please apply or get in touch for a confidential discussion.