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Commercial Finance Manager, Macclesfield (Hybrid), FM Group. £50,000 to £55,000 plus commissions
I'm working with a group specialising in contract catering and support services, operating invarioussectors. They are known for their commitment to innovation, sustainability, and quality of offerings.
The primary aim of the Commercial Finance Manager is to deliver commercial analysis and insights, along with financial reporting and forecasting. The Commercial Finance Manager will also influence and challenge business decisions to optimize profitability.
We are looking for someone with commercial finance experience, whether in a finance manager role or someone looking to take the next step in their career. Ideally, someone who has dealt with bids and tenders already.
Must be fully qualified
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing key analysis for all relevant stakeholders
- Responsible for providing financial support for new business opportunities
- Collaborate with Business Development and other key internal stakeholders to understand proposed solutions and model the financial workbooks accordingly
- Documenting pricing assumptions for internal sign-off and client submission
- Communicate agendas and timeframes to ensure relevant approval before submissions
- Support the Business Development team with weekly investment meetings
- Supporting the Head of Sales in strategy-setting, decision-making making, and all matters related to the commercial side of our business development approach
- Responsible for updating and improving sales workbook models
- Set and validate target pricing benchmarks and maintain knowledge of bench-marking prices including price-to-win analysis.
- Produce final client-facing financial returns
- Contribute to improving costing and pricing efficiency
What can you bring?
- Must be qualified
- Strong analytical capabilities coupled with successful business partnering
- Demonstratable experience of influencing senior stakeholders
- Held previous commercial finance roles
- Preferably worked in a bidding environment / possibly worked in roles that are more commercial than finance
- Excellent Excel skills with a good eye for detail
