Global Organisation seeks a CommercialFinance Manager to join their team for a temporary assignment. The CommercialFinance Manager would be a confident and commercially minded individual who will support the Advertising, Marketing, and innovation teams of the business. This role is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of the brand, shaping how the business invests in marketing, digital activity, and new initiatives. A solid background in commercial partnering is essential for this role. Along with strong financial modelling skills.

Duties of the Commercial Finance Manager include:

• Financial Modelling & Analysis: Developing, maintaining, and reviewing financial models to support sales/marketing forecasting, pricing strategies, promotions, and new product initiatives.
• Commercial Decision Support: Delivering insights for the Marketing and Sales teams to optimize spend, evaluating the profitability of promotional deals and marketing investments.
• Stakeholder Management: Providing clear financial reporting to the franchisee community and supporting senior management in trading decisions.
• Business partner with Innovation, Marketing and Digital Marketing teams, providing timely and reliable financial insight.
• Provide analysis to the marketing and sales teams to facilitate data-driven investment decisions.

• Producing clear and transparent financial reports for the franchisee community, building trust, and ensuring compliance.
• Analysing the Return on Investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns and identifying trends in marketing spend to optimize future investments.
• Assisting in the budgeting and forecasting processes for advertising expenditures and digital initiatives.
• Ad-hoc projects.

Requirements for the Commercial Finance Manager include:

• Fully qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA with a minimum of three years post qualification experience.
• Strong Financial modelling skills
• Solid commercial experience partnering with sales, marketing and innovation teams
• Experience in commercial finance and business partnering; bonus if you have supported Marketing or Innovation teams.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence presenting to senior leaders and influencing decision making.