Finance Business Partner – Commercial
Are you ready to bring your financial expertise to a company that’s already revolutionising the Education sector?
Join our Management and Support Services and play a key role in driving real, meaningful change!
Tribal is a leading EdTech business providing market‑leading software solutions to the global education market. We strive to research, develop and deliver the products, services and solutions needed by education institutes worldwide to support their primary goals of educating students, providing optimum learning experiences and ultimately delivering successful outcomes.
The Management and Support Services are the link between finance and the business, acting as trusted advisors, providing valuable insight to ensure the leadership team and the wider business understand and effectively manage financial implications and performance.
The role is Hybrid working 2 days per week in Bristol and 3 from home.
The Role
- Actively monitor monthly P&L performance and KPIs with commercial insight to identify areas for challenge and improvement.
- Drive the Executive Team in delivering the Group’s annual financial objectives, and play an active and visible role within the relevant Senior Management Team to ensure expectations are understood and they receive high quality support in planning and executing business performance improvements.
- Collaborating with the commercial and product teams to develop new commercial models, partnership structures or contract schedules, ensuring financial considerations are fully assessed.
- Prepare the monthly sales pipeline forecast for the financial year and provide support for pricing on bids and management of deal governance.
- Supporting negotiations for major commercial opportunities by contributing to financial models, scenario analysis and risk assessments.
- Developing and maintaining strong commercial governance processes, including templates, models and financial evaluation tools.
- Coaching and supporting teams across the business to strengthen understanding of SaaS commercial models, financial principles and contract terms.
- Manage product pricing governance, recommending appropriate price changes or pricing for new products as appropriate.
- Lead on the critical assumptions in the annual budget process, providing challenge and guidance to the Executive Team to ensure targets and assumptions are appropriate.
The skills you’ll need:
- A relevant accountancy qualification (ACCA / ACA / CIMA or similar)
- Strong commercial business partnering experience
- Effective stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills, supported by a solid grasp of commercial principles
- Significant demonstrable experience in financial modelling for pricing, investments and projects
It would be great if you had:
- Experience working within the education sector
What can Tribal offer you?
We offer a range of exceptional benefits to support your wellbeing and work‑life balance, including a comprehensive Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme, along with a generous parental leave package and the ability to buy or sell holiday each year. We also offer the option of working overseas (subject to approval) for up to 8 weeks per year. You’ll also have access to E‑Learning Opportunities to enhance your skills, Volunteer Days to give back to your community and access to Achievers, our reward and recognition platform, to ensure you can thrive both personally and professionally in a supportive and rewarding environment.
We’re committed to creating an environment that enables employees to balance their responsibilities inside and outside of work and encourage and support a range of flexible working patterns for all colleagues. If you need flexibility, apply and discuss your needs with us.
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