Interim Commercial Finance Manager

Heyland Recruitment are working with a rapidly expanding Engineering business on the outskirts of the Warrington area as they look to appoint a Senior Business Partner.  As our client enters another period of significant business change, they are looking to recruit an experienced Commercial Finance Manager / Business Partner for a period of 6-12 months to provide support on a transformation project. 

Reporting into the Commercial Finance Director, the Commercial Finance Manager / Business Partner will be a key member of Senior Management Team and be directly involved in the strategic planning and commercial decision making within the business.  You will provide in-depth, insightful financial reports to drive performance and develop existing processes and internal controls.

Key responsibilities;

• Influence and involvement in business unit strategy, implementation and communication in line with key business strategy and objectives.
• Analyse financial performance; prepare variance analysis and commentary which interprets performance information for non-financial managers.
• Involvement in key commercial decision making and key contract and client negotiations.
• Become a trusted advisor and facilitator of productive business unit decisions, supporting Operational and Commercial management.
• Actively involved in identifying and assessing key business unit risks and opportunities, conducting analysis and effective change management.
• Provide timely, accurate financial analysis and management information to monitor performance and support decision making in the business area
• Provide support to the business management team to identify, monitor and manage financial, legal and commercial risks and opportunities in the business.
• Shared accountability with Commercial and Operational leads for the overall budgeting and forecasting process for the business unit, from project reviews to consolidated business unit presentation to the executive leadership team.
• Support the business area in the preparation, review and presentation of business cases to support capital investment and bid tenders.
• Understand and minimise the working capital requirements of the business area by co-ordinating project cash flow forecasts and carrying out monthly debt and WIP reviews and influencing payment terms in contracts/bids.
• Ensure compliance regulations with finance policies and procedure within the business
• Supporting ad hoc projects and transformation initiatives as required.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified Commercial Finance Manager / Senior Business Partner who can identify risk and drive change within a project driven environment.  You will ideally have significant change management experience within a similar role and provide a reliable/informative interface between finance and operations.  Although relevant sector experience is not a pre- requisite, candidates from an engineering or construction background will be of particular interest.