Commercial Finance Manager

COMMERCIAL FINANCE MANAGER – COUNTY LOUTH – €85,000 – €95,000

Why Apply for this

• Salary up to €90,000
• 10% Bonus
• Hybrid 2 days in the office
• Pension
• Healthcare
• Onsite parking

Main areas of responsibility:

Commercial and Strategic Leadership:

• Provide direct support to the General Manager, Head of Finance, and Senior Management Teams, leading key initiatives, projects, process enhancements, and positive organizational changes.
• Propel the P&L reviews and performance modelling, identifying avenues for growth, cost efficiency, and commercial gains while fostering business acumen.
• Proactively analyze, investigate, escalate, and elucidate significant trends and shifts, offering valuable insights and process refinements.
• Ensure transparent visibility into financial and commercial consequences of decisions, aiding in achieving sales, margin, and pricing targets.
• Prepare analyses of competitors, industries, and economic landscapes.

Financial Planning and Analysis:

• Contribute to Financial Planning and Analysis processes for the company.
• Foster leadership that centres on value analysis and margin enhancement.
• Handle budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Manage long-term planning, preparing 3- and 5-year projections, collaborating with management, and crafting strategic review materials for parent company presentations.
• Develop business cases supporting new investments, strategic directions, and other critical decisions.
• Employ business intelligence tools for insightful performance evaluations.
• Support Business Heads by creating monthly financial forecasts, comprehensive reporting packages, and insightful commentary, analysis, and actionable recommendations.

Business Partnering:

• Act as a true business partner to non-finance teams including Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Support Functions, identifying critical concerns and fostering collaboration.
• Construct financial and business models for projects.
• Instill a culture of accountability to attain high-quality organizational outcomes.
• Build and oversee a departmental team to execute functional tasks and process enhancements.

ERP Implementation:

• Collaborate closely with finance and technical teams to assess the impact of system changes on workflows, data, and reporting.

Key Skills Required for the Role:

• Demonstrate leadership, networking, and influencing skills, nurturing relationships within your team and with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Exhibit strong problem-solving and analytical prowess, efficiently collecting, organizing, and interpreting substantial data.
• Embrace a data-driven mindset with a technological inclination, proficient in Excel and potentially other financial analysis tools and reporting platforms.
• Effectively communicate complex, technical subjects to audiences of varying backgrounds, crafting presentations that convey financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
• Possess strong business insight to contribute value to the organization.
• Showcase personal accountability, taking ownership of challenges and approaching them with solution-oriented thinking.
• Multitask effectively, managing multiple priorities concurrently and adhering to tight deadlines.
• Excel in communication, adept at building rapport and relationships.
• Embrace a proactive, resilient attitude, driven for success even amidst challenges, open to novel ideas and approaches to benefit the team.

Experience/Education:

• Certified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Minimum of 3 years relevant analytical experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Power BI (desirable but not obligatory).
• Profound analytical skills, including expertise in BI and reporting tools.
• Finance experience involving ERP system implementation is advantageous though not compulsory.

If this position looks of interest or you would like to discuss your career in more detail feel free to get in touch with one of our consultants on @ HIREIQ Finance Recruitment. All conversations remain highly confidential.