Our client is Facilities Services Provider is now looking for Commercial Finance Manager who will be an essential business partner to the Finance Director in the Facilities Services business.

The successful candidate will support the central.
Facilities Services working with the FM businesses across UK on projects, planning and innovation.

Responsibilities include planning, analysis & bringing to life new product developments as well as managing the P&L levers to ensure strong sustainable category growth.

In addition, the finance manager will support the team and head of marketing operation in accelerating the innovation pipeline into the marketplace. This involves working closely with both the marketing teams and regional finance teams to build a sustained launch plan for the new products and new business opportunities.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to step a foot into category finance & to gain exposure to real strategic, operational & business challenges. The successful candidate will have to demonstrate strong track record of ownership and the ability to influence/challenge senior stakeholders.

Key Components of the role

To provide leadership to the Facilities Services Commercial / Financial team.

To provide accurate financial information on a timely basis as required by the

To be a champion for the proactive management of risk within the Division.

To drive improvements in the management of cash within the business.

To develop and monitor business controls to highlight deviations from expected operational performance, and to work with the operations director to correct.

To ensure that contracts are properly administered throughout their operation.

Key Responsibilities and Accountability
Leadership.
Ensure that the operational teams are supported by appropriately qualified commercial or financial staff.

Take an active role in the development of all commercial, financial and administrative staff within the division, and within the wider community.
Be seen by the business as a partner to the operations Director.

Perform an active role in the development of the commercial and financial function across.

Financial Information.
Ensure that all necessary inputs are made to the finance systems to allow the production of accurate and timely monthly management accounts for.

Review the divisional management accounts to ensure that they present an accurate view of the divisional business performance.
Ensure full compliance across the division with all of the
commercial and financial processes.

Ensure that accurate forecasting is performed and independently reviewed and minuted for each project every month.

Ensure that accurate divisional forecasts are prepared each month, with special attention given to the Livre Bleu re-forecasting and budgeting exercises.

To cover:

Order Intake

Invoicing

Production

Gross Margin

Overheads

EBIT

Cash Receipts.
Balance Sheet items, with particular focus on Customer Financing.

Risk Management.
Work with the legal team to highlight and manage contractual risks at the pre and post tender stages.
Work with the operational teams to ensure best practice is followed in respect of the management of risks and opportunities.
Ensure that risks and opportunities are properly reflected in end life cost and value forecasting for projects, and where appropriate, communicated to the team.

Cash Management
Work with the Operations Director pre-contract to drive the most cash positive profile for any projects undertaken.
Ensure that any applications for payments or invoices are submitted as early as the contract allows.
Always seek to drive cash collection to an advance payment position, maximising interim applications where possible.
Be the first point of escalation for the divisional commercial team where difficulties are experienced in respect of client certification of our applications or invoices.
Ensure that the UK legal team is made fully aware of any payment difficulties as they arise.
Manage any contractual escalation under the direction of the Legal Director.
Manage any final account negotiations with the client as necessary.

Business Controls
Work with the Operations Director to develop controls for the monitoring of project and contract performance.
Highlight deviations from expected operational performance.
Work with the MD to correct operational under performance.

Monitor the divisional overhead and cost base, recommending any corrective action as necessary.

Contract Administration
Work with the legal team to ensure that operational staff are fully briefed in respect of their responsibilities in respect of the performance of all contracts.
Ensure that any contractual administration is performed in accordance with the requirements of the contract.

Procurement
Work with the Procurement team to ensure process compliance across the division.
Engage with the supply chain as required and directed by the Procurement team.

Lead analysis for Facilities Services and act as the finance lead on this category – provide judgement and challenge the teams to drive better results from a P&L perspective

Develop analytical tools and analysis on a UK level that will help explain performance drivers (internal and external) to simplify the brand plan and the agenda

Support as when on big scale strategic projects including new business opportunities

We are looking for ambitious, energetic and dedicated individuals with a passion for driving business performance. You will have high levels of academic achievement, high learning agility and a proven ability of achieving and surpassing targets and objectives. An understanding of financial concepts and the ability to use them to drive commercial performance is also crucial

MUST be CIMA qualified.