Commercial Finance Manager in Brighton

Location: Brighton (2-3 days a week in office)

Purpose of Position

• To manage, prepare, and evaluate insight driven models and complex data.
• To drive commercial & strategic growth across the org.
• Take ownership of financial input & business partnering to drive actionable decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Creation, ownership and management of models in relation to M&A and other investment-related scenarios; including elements of ROI, valuation and sensitivity analysis
• Lead the preparation of the consolidated Group LRP (long range plan) forecasts, and those of the individual Group entities, including at consolidated Benefits level
• Proactively work alongside Marketing to support B2B and partnerships deal evolution through ownership & evolution of underlying models to maximize profitability
• Build & manage financial business cases to assess the impact of strategic initiatives to support prioritization of Product & wider Group resource
• Finance team lead in the review and setting of pricing strategies to help maximize revenue & operating margins
• Support CFO with review and management of short-term cash investments portfolio to maximize returns
• Identify and evaluate waste-reduction strategies and cost-saving opportunities across the Group
• Contribute to Group performance management helping to identify appropriate KPI measurements and assisting in the tracking metrics against targets
• Act as a strong business partner and sounding board to key parties across the business to evaluate wide ranging strategic opportunities & risks
• Management & preparation of ad hoc analysis and presentations as required to the Board and Exec team
• Setting of personal annual objectives, quarterly performance reviews and regular 121s with CFO
• The jobholder may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required of him/her including support of Group Financial Controller & Group FP&A Manager

Key Relationships

• CFO, CEO
• Group Financial Controller, Group FP&A Manager and other members of the Finance team
• Regular contact with other Directors, senior managers and departmental managers
• Contact with external advisors and partners as appropriate

Specific Skills

Required (must have)

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA – Qualified
• Strong Business Partnering experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proactive, problem solver and open minded
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail

Desirable (nice to have)

• Experience in DTC & B2B subscriptions
• Experience with data visualisation tools i.e. Power BI