Commercial Finance Manager

About Trade Mastermind Trade Mastermind is one of the UKs fastest-growing business education and funding platforms for trades and home improvement businesses. We help thousands of business owners scale through training, events and finance solutions. Were now hiring a Commercial Finance Manager to sit at the heart of the business and help each department win. This isnt traditional accounting. This is finance that drives revenue.

Your job? Make your stakeholders look like rock stars.

The Role You will partner directly with our Sales, Events, Customer Accounts and Marketing teams, providing insight, analysis and commercial challenge to help them improve performance, increase revenue and make smarter decisions. Youll turn data into clarity, and clarity into action. Youll act as the bridge between finance and operations translating numbers into what should we do next?

Key Responsibilities Business Partnering Partner with Telesales, Event Sales, Upsells & Customer Accounts leaders Attend departmental meetings and become embedded in each team Provide weekly performance insight and recommendations Challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to improve margins and revenue Support pricing, offers, incentives and commission modelling Commercial Analysis Funnel and conversion analysis Revenue, margin and cohort analysis Customer lifetime value (LTV), CAC and payback modelling Marketing ROI & campaign effectiveness Event profitability and breakeven analysis Sales productivity metrics Scenario modelling and forecasting Reporting & Planning Own weekly and monthly board packs Build KPI dashboards and reporting frameworks Maintain rolling forecasts and budgets Produce variance analysis with clear commentary Support annual planning and strategy cycles Decision Support Business cases for new products, events or hires Sensitivity modelling and investment appraisals Incentive plan design and performance tracking Identify risks and opportunities early Systems & Data Improve reporting automation (Xero, CRM, spreadsheets, BI tools) Ensure clean, reliable commercial data Move the business toward self-serve dashboards where possible What Good Looks Like (Success Measures) Department heads proactively come to you for decisions Clear visibility of KPIs across the business Faster, better decisions driven by data Revenue and margin improvements linked to your insight Board reporting that is sharp, simple and actionable Finance seen as a growth driver, not a scorekeeper Ideal Background Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) 37 years in commercial finance / FP&A / business partnering Experience supporting sales or marketing teams Strong modelling skills (Excel/Sheets power user level) Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders Naturally curious and commercially minded Bonus if you have:
SaaS / education / events / subscription or high-volume sales environments CRM reporting experience (Hub Spot/Ontraport/Salesforce) BI tools (Power BI, Looker, etc.) Personality Fit (Important) Were looking for someone who:
Thinks like an owner, not a reporter Loves solving problems Communicates simply (no finance jargon) Challenges constructively Is proactive and hands-on Enjoys being embedded with operators, not hiding in spreadsheets If you prefer month-end journals over commercial impact this isnt for you. What Youll Get? Direct exposure to strategy and board-level decisions Real ownership and influence Fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment Ability to shape how finance works from the ground up Competitive salary  bonus  progression to Head of Commercial Finance