Commercial Finance Manager

The Commercial Finance Manager reports directly to the Finance Director and plays a pivotal role in driving financial performance, enabling strategic decision-making, and strengthening financial governance across the business.

This role holds long-term ownership of financial master data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and integrity across all systems. In addition, the role leads a team of three, with a future focus on evolving into a combined Commercial Finance and Master Data function.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

• Provide financial leadership and strategic insight to commercial, operational, and senior management teams.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning cycles, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Deliver timely and accurate monthly management reports, including variance analysis and clear performance commentary.
• Support pricing strategy, margin optimisation, and commercial negotiations.
• Develop robust financial models to support investment decisions, tenders, and business cases.
• Drive cost control initiatives and contribute to working capital improvement programmes.
• Support the external audit process, with a particular focus on stock valuation and management.

Master Data Management & Governance

• Own and maintain the financial master data framework across products, customers, suppliers, and financial hierarchies.
• Ensure master data accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal controls and audit requirements.
• Oversee master data change processes, including approvals, governance, and documentation.
• Collaborate with IT, operations, and supply chain teams to enhance data workflows and system integrity.
• Implement and uphold data governance policies, ensuring consistent standards across the organisation.
• Monitor data quality KPIs and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Financial Control & Process Improvement

• Strengthen financial governance and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Identify and implement improvements to financial processes, reporting cycles, and system efficiencies.
• Support ERP system enhancements and upgrades, particularly relating to master data structures.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional initiatives focused on operational and financial improvement.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or equivalent experience.
• Strong commercial finance background, with experience in FP&A, business partnering, or commercial analysis.
• Proven experience managing or governing master data within a finance or operational environment.
• Excellent analytical capability, with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights.
• Strong understanding of financial systems and ERP platforms (e.g. SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and underlying data structures.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with Power BI or similar analytics tools is advantageous.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Personal Attributes:

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Proactive, commercially minded, and solution-oriented.
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and influencing decision-making.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with a passion for data accuracy and process optimisation.

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