Commercial Finance Manager

4 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Project People Full time

Senior Commercial Finance Manager (Energy)

Contract – 12- 18 month FTC

Reading\Hybrid working


MBNL is jointly owned by EE and Three, two of the UK’s leading and most innovative mobile operators. Established in 2007 as the industry’s first network-sharing joint venture, MBNL’s mission is to provide best-in-class mobile infrastructure services to EE and Three for serving their tens of millions of customers in the UK. Working at MBNL means being part of a team where you feel connected, valued, and supported.


Working as part of the Commercial Finance Team, this role will be required to lead on and be accountable for a number of initiatives including the Implementation of accounting and financial processes relating to Energy Purchasing Policies for two shareholders: supporting the Commercial Team during RFPs/Procurement activities as Finance Lead and successfully transitioning outsourced Finance and accounting processes from current Energy Provider(s) to the new Supplier(s).


Responsibilities of the Senior Commercial Finance Manager include:

  • Act as Finance Lead, Business Partner, and accountable owner for following Main Areas on behalf of Head of Commercial Finance and Finance Director:
  • Finance Lead on RFPs/Procurement activities for Energy Management Contracts
  • Transition of outsourced Finance and accounting processes successfully from current Energy Provider(s) to the new Supplier(s) in line with underlying commercial arrangements and internal processes
  • Influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders including outsourced partners and shareholders to get the best outcome
  • Keep all stakeholders abreast of the impacts on the budgets and forecasts through robust financial modelling and business cases
  • Identify and articulate the impacts on existing processes and put solutions in place
  • Leading on Budget conversations to ensure appropriate funding is in place
  • Robustly challenging business activities to ensure best value for money
  • Enforcing appropriate governance, controls and financial management of all processes
  • Support the Site Running Financial and Operational teams to ensure costs are correctly apportioned to each Shareholder in line with their Power Purchasing Strategies
  • Drive MBNL outsourced suppliers to deliver the services required to manage individual Shareholder Power Purchasing Strategies
  • Forecast future shareholder specific consumption requirements and provide impact assessments.
  • Quantify risks to MBNL budget and Shareholder Power Purchasing Strategies from changes in energy profiles and price movement and provide recommendations.


The successful Senior Commercial Finance Manager will have:

  • Professional qualification: CIMA/ACA/ACCA
  • Demonstrable Financial Management, Planning & Analysis experience
  • Excellent understanding of the energy market including energy management and power strategies.
  • Proven record of Commercial and Procurement activities
  • High degree of Commercial Acumen
  • Process Improvements
  • Financial/Data Modelling & Business Cases
  • A proven track record of bringing the outside in to your organisation and using this to drive improvements.


To apply for the Senior Commercial Finance Manager, please send your CV to balla@projectpeople.com



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