Commercial Finance Director

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Salary: £60,000  – £65000, per annum  

Location: London , England, United Kingdom

Type: Permanent

The Consultancy Group have partnered with a Global Media Agency who are looking to recruit a Commercial Finance Director to lead their UK Finance Business Partnering and Analyst team. Reporting to the CFO, this role will operate as a trusted advisor to the Managing Director and will drive commercial decision-making, client profitability financial insight.

Six Figure Base

Duties include:

  • Ownership of client portfolio accounts, ensuring robust financial management, governance, and oversight
  • Ensure accuracy and integrity of financials across revenue recognition, costs, margins, and working capital
  • Provide insight on revenue forecasting, growth strategies, portfolio profitability and acting as a senior advisor to MDs across the business
  • Partnering with new business to ensure a clear and robust pipeline
  • Lead and develop the finance business partnering and analysis team and upskilling to deliver proactive financial support
  • Proactively identify risks and opportunities within portfolios and drive corrective actions.
  • Ensure consistent understanding of profitability drivers across the business.
  • Lead budgeting and reforecasting processes, delivering clear and timely insights to the CFO and CEO.
  • Build strong, trusted relationships with Managing Directors and senior stakeholders across the agency.

The successful candidate must come with significant post-qualified finance leadership experience gained within a Media Agency environment (this is a pre-requisite) and have the proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams. They will possess excellent commercial acumen with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and be able to translate complex financial information into actionable insight.

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Phil co-founded The Consultancy Group in 2015. He provides expertise in placing senior finance professionals into FTSE Listed businesses through to fast-growth SMEs. Typical roles include CFO, Finance Director, Group / Divisional Financial Controllers, Head of Finance, FP&A Director and Commercial Finance leaders.

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