Reed
We are looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to act as a strategic link between Finance and Network Operations within a large recruitment business.
This highly visible role will partner with multiple stakeholders across sales teams and central support functions, using financial and non-financial data to provide insight, challenge performance, and drive operational excellence. The successful candidate will leverage current information and continuously develop new perspectives to support decision-making and business growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the link between Finance and Operations, translating financial data into clear insights that support decision-making.
- Deliver analysis using financial and operational metrics to identify profitability drivers and performance improvements.
- Partner with stakeholders across the business, influencing decisions and providing constructive challenge.
- Produce management reporting, performance packs, and variance analysis, supporting budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling.
- Support commercial activities including pricing, contract negotiations, and client profitability analysis.
- Ensure data accuracy, analyse trends, and highlight risks and opportunities.
- Develop KPI dashboards and provide actionable recommendations to improve performance.
- Drive continuous improvements in reporting, processes, and analytical insight.
- Support month-end close, ensuring timely and accurate financial outputs.
Skills & Experience Required
- Ideally a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), a strong part qualified candidate would be considered.
- Strong experience in business partnering within a complex, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to interpret and present both financial and non-financial data effectively.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a commercial mindset.
- Experience in period-end processes, managing a P&L, balance sheet reconciliations and data accuracy reviews.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
- Workday experience desirable.
- Knowledge and experience of Power BI desirable.
What you can expect:
- Dynamic working, with flexibility to work between home and office
- Free parking on site,
- Personal development funding and discount with Reed Courses.
- Access to Reed Reward Hub with access to wellbeing resources, gym discounts, savings with online shopping and cashback.
- Health cash plan giving you cashback on everyday healthcare expenses plus much more!
Simply submit an application to express your interest! If successful, Talent Acquisition will get in contact to arrange a telephone interview. Following this we will either arrange a video interview or register your interest for a face to face interview.
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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