Commercial Finance Manager

Overview

Commercial Finance Manager

Salary - £44,075 - £49,282

Grade: 7

Permanent - Full time - 37 hours

This is an exciting time to join us, as Procurement and Commercial have recently become one team, offering new opportunities to develop our commercial and best practice culture.

We have been working with services undertaking commercial assessments and providing advice and guidance on commercial practice. We are now looking to increase this support to assist more services by recruiting a Commercial Finance Manager to join the team.

We are looking for someone who already has an appreciation of operating commercially in the public sector, has a financial background and with experience of commercially assessing business options to provide solution focussed recommendations and insightful advice and guidance.

If you are the successful candidate, you will work collaboratively with services and will be instrumental in embedding commercial practice across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• To support services to apply good commercial financial management to address the priorities outlined Our Future Council work streams to include identifying and mitigating risk to protect the Council’s interests
• Undertaking commercial reviews and assessments of various areas, such as traded services, SLAs, fees and charges, business cases, options appraisals, pricing mechanisms, service offers, to support services to optimise commercial outcomes
• Offering advice and guidance on commercial and contract management practices in line with policies and procedures and provide training to improve commercial awareness
• Horizon scanning, information sharing, identifying innovative and alternative approaches to achieve good value and best practice

You will need to demonstrate

• A good understanding of commercial practice and how this can be applied in the public sector to optimise outcomes both financial and non-financial
• A solution focussed, innovative and open-minded approach to commercial delivery
• A good eye for detail, with experience of reviewing service delivery-operations
• An understanding of commercial financial practice, cost recovery principles, cost benefits financial analysis and pricing models
• Experience of benchmarking, market research, comparison and trends analysis, critical challenge, making/reporting recommendations
• Have excellent communication, influencing, collaboration and negotiation skills
• Be proficient in the use of relevant IT systems and software packages

If you are interested in applying for this position or require further information in respect to this job please contact Louise Sketchley, Commercial Business Partner by email

Or in her absence, Parvinder Uppal, Head of Procurement and Commercial by email at parvinde

Closing Date:
Monday 2 March 2026

Interviews and assessments:
Mon 16 March 26 or Fri 20 March 26

Please note for those shortlisted for interview there will be an assessment that may require some preparation prior to the interviews.

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