Commercial Finance Manager

An excellent opportunity for a commercially minded qualified accountant to join a growing multi site business in a newly created role focused on financial planning, analysis and decision support.

Working closely with senior leadership, you will play a key role in providing financial insight across the business, helping to shape strategic decisions through high quality analysis, forecasting and performance reporting. This is a visible role with exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence the direction of the finance function.

Key responsibilities will include:

Ownership and development of the budgeting and forecasting process
Preparation of monthly board and management reporting packs
Financial modelling and scenario analysis to support strategic decision making
Development of KPI reporting and performance dashboards
Analysis of business performance, trends and key drivers
Business partnering with operational and commercial stakeholders across the organisation
Supporting investment appraisals, business cases and growth initiatives
Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, processes and financial visibility
Providing insight and recommendations to support senior management decision making
Ad hoc analysis and project work as required

The successful candidate will be:

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
Able to demonstrate strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling skills
Comfortable presenting financial information to non-finance stakeholders
Commercially aware with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insight
Advanced Excel user with strong analytical capability

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000

IPS Finance has 45 years’ experience in the Yorkshire accountancy recruitment market. We have built our business on long term relationships with both individuals and clients in all sectors, bringing real benefits to all concerned. Please visit our website to view the latest accountancy / finance and practice opportunities