Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance Manager Location: LeedsSalary: £65,000 - £70,000 + Agile Working Elevation Senior Finance is currently looking to recruit a Commercial Finance Manager on behalf of an Innovative fast-growing organisation based in Leeds.  If you are a commercially focused accountant with a passion for adding value to the wider business, then this is a fantastic and exciting and challenging opportunity for someone who is looking to work in a fast-paced environment. You will join a growing, business facing finance team and play a key role in delivering best in class performance analysis and forecasts to the business. You will provide analytical support to the Commercial Finance Business Partners to ensure that business reporting is completed accurately and within the agreed deadline.Duties & Responsibilities of the Commercial Finance Manager:

• Ownership of monthly variance analysis between actuals and Budget/Forecasts, providing insight and recommendations to drive profitability and business performance
• Provide detailed analysis and support to determine the drivers of any variances in sales, margin, direct costs and overheads
• Liaise and build strong relationships with finance and non-finance stakeholders through regular and ad-hoc P&L reviews
• Manage and evolve the bi-weekly reforecast process alongside the Commercial Finance Business Partners through regular dialogue with business stakeholders
• Deliver ad-hoc insight and reporting, and review processes and procedures to ensure efficiency and timeliness of information
• Play a key role in the preparation of Budgets and their presentation to senior management
• This role is integral in developing and implementing ongoing improvements in financial data as well as processes and systems to support analysis and decision making across the global business
• Assist in sourcing and analysing data sets from multiple financial systems using IT based data analysis tools

Elevation Accountancy & Finance would be keen to speak with Commercially Focused or Finance Business Partner candidates with the following skills and experiences:

• Experience of leading and mentoring high performing Finance teams
• CIMA, ACCA OR ACA Qualified
• A strong sense of commercial acumen
• Diligent attention to detail
• A proven track record of communicating and challenging senior leaders
• Highly numerate with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate reporting/presentations on time
• Extensive knowledge of profit and loss accounting and the accounting treatments for financial transactions

Elevation Accountancy & Finance is a specialist division of Elevation Recruitment focusing on the recruitment of talented Accountancy and Finance professionals across all levels, from Ledger Clerks through to Financial Directors in Yorkshire and surrounding regions. If you match the specified criteria and are interested in discussing the position in more detail, we would love to hear from you.