Commercial Finance Manager

Please note:

Hybrid working (2 days in the HQ in Liverpool St. a week)

No Work Visa Sponsorship available

About Us:

At Kerv, we leverage the power of technology to help our customers stay ahead. We do this through our brilliant people who focus relentlessly on the customer and their needs, delivering world-class cloud solutions and digital transformation.  Launched in July 2020, Kerv is a next-generation ‘customer-first, cloud-first’ provider, created to help customers achieve successful business outcomes in a new digital era. 

The finance team is central to partnering with business leaders to provide accurate, timely and quality information to support their growth plans. 

About the Role:

To work closely with senior divisional management to drive and improve business performance, through providing constructive tension into decisions, delivering financial and commercial support, ensuring strong governance and compliance and giving insight into business performance.

The appointed candidate should work with key stakeholders in the business to shape and set direction in line with the organisations structure and goals whilst keeping in line with the finance structure and goals.

Your Role to Play:

Commercial Finance and Decision Support

• To be the finance support for the Division, covering all financial areas e.g., P&L, Balance Sheet and cashflow
• Provision of insightful and consistent support to inform and drive business decisions that demonstrably improve NPV’s, margins, cashflows and mitigate risk
• Develop best practice for corporate governance around business case approval, to include sales bids, capex requirements, supplier renegotiations
• Effective management of the legal and commercial aspects of any bid or tender, including bid pricing
• Proactively performance manage, challenge and influence senior management to maximise business performance
• Lead monthly review meetings to assess performance with the supported Division
• Be involved where appropriate in customer/ supplier negotiations and relationships
• Ensure that interlock is achieved between Sales and operations in respect of resourcing, including involvement in resourcing models and sign off of hiring requests.
• To drive procurement savings on in life business and new business.
• Advice on revenue recognition and WIP for complex projects

MI

• Preparation of monthly Divisional Business Review Pack
• Development and preparation of MI, KPI’s and dashboards – as far as possible based on automated PowerBi outputs
• Standardise reports and minimise ad hoc reporting

Analysis

• Based on an inquisitive mind-set analyse business performance and ask the “what if “questions e.g., should we continue with a product, are sales resources appropriately distributed etc. etc.
• Develop customer and project profitability for new and in life activity
• Review organisational structure and effectiveness
• Review and understand the sales pipeline, to ensure it is accurate, and identify themes e.g., win rates, reasons for losses etc. 

Forecasting

• Run the Divisions budgeting and forecasting (short to long term) process and related models
• development of sensitivity analysis

M&A

• To be involved as required in M&A activity 

Other

• Represent Finance and work on IT system implementations e.g. PowerBI reports, Sales CRM reports
• Currency effects and potential hedging requirements
• Identify areas for process and systems improvement

Background and Experience

• Proven track record with significant commercial and finance experience
• Qualified Accountant (ACA/CIMA)
• Track record in driving business performance
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Excellent influencing skills
• Good understanding of the IT market and competitors/suppliers

Skills and Aptitudes

• This is a complex role in respect of personal relationships and being the finance support for an area, whilst ensuring appropriate governance and control is in place.   It therefore requires a person who has strong interpersonal skills, but also has the ability to hold their ground when under pressure.  
• Being recognised as a valued and trusted source of support for the business.
• Prepare and present business, project and product performance reviews and updates to Leadership 
• excellent attention to detail
• ability to communicate effectively with the whole company in a consistent and positive manner
• ability to deliver practical solutions and drive genuine business improvements

You will live the Kerv values…

·       Think Customer First

·       Team is everything

·       Spread good vibes

·       Build future

·       Do the right thing

At Kerv, we’re building something special and we’re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. 

We recognise that great candidates may come with a range of experiences and skills that aren’t always captured in traditional job descriptions. 

We believe in fostering diversity of thought and background, and we welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, gender, identity, or background. 

Your unique perspective, skills, and experiences could make you a great fit, even if you don’t check every box.

If you’re excited about this opportunity and believe you have the skills to contribute, we’d love to hear from you.

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Last updated on Oct 26, 2024