Commercial Finance Manager

About the role

• The Commercial Finance Manager supports profitable growth by delivering high quality financial analysis, forecasting, commercial insight and decision support across the business. Working closely with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain, the role provides timely financial information that enables better pricing decisions, improved profitability and stronger commercial performance. The role will also support the Head of Commercial Finance & Business Performance in developing a best-in-class Commercial Finance function.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Performance

• Prepare weekly and monthly commercial performance reports.
• Analyse revenue, margins, customer profitability and product performance.
• Monitor business performance against budgets and forecasts.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support annual budgeting and rolling forecasts.
• Develop financial models and business cases.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis.

Pricing & Commercial Support

• Support pricing decisions through margin and profitability analysis.
• Evaluate promotional effectiveness and commercial trade investments.
• Assist with tender pricing and customer profitability reviews.

Business Partnering

• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
• Provide financial insight to improve commercial decision-making.

Working Capital

• Support customer credit management, receivables reporting and inventory analysis.
• Monitor working capital performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Continuous Improvement

• Improve reporting processes and financial dashboards.
• Support finance transformation initiatives and ERP enhancements.
• Any other duty assigned by the Head, Commercial Finance

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related discipline.
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification preferred.
• Minimum of 5 - 8 years' experience in commercial finance, FP&A or Business Finance.
• Experience within Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Healthcare or Manufacturing environment preferred
• Strong Excel, ERP (SAP) and financial modelling skills experience

Key Competence

• Commercial acumen
• Financial analysis
• Planning and forecasting
• Business partnering
• Communication
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Continuous improvement

Success Measures

• Forecast accuracy
• Reporting quality and timeliness
• Customer and product profitability insights
• Pricing support effectiveness
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Working capital reporting
• Contribution to commercial performance