Commercial Finance Manager

Join to apply for the Commercial Finance Manager role at Kerv About Us At Kerv, we leverage the power of technology to help our customers stay ahead. We focus relentlessly on the customer, 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. About the Role The finance team partners with business leaders to provide accurate, timely, and quality information that supports growth plans. As the Commercial Finance Manager, you will work closely with senior divisional management to drive and improve business performance, delivering financial and commercial support, ensuring strong governance and compliance, and giving insight into business performance. Commercial Finance and Decision Support Finance partner for supported divisions, covering all financial areas (P&L, Balance Sheet, cash flow). Provision of insightful and consistent support to inform and drive business decisions that improve NPV, margins, cash flows and mitigate risk. Develop best practice for corporate governance around business case approval, including sales bids, CAPEX requirements, supplier renegotiations. Support 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 interlock between Sales and operations in respect of resourcing, including resourcing models and sign off of hiring requests. Drive procurement savings on in life business and new business. Advice to the business regarding revenue recognition and WIP effects of complex projects. Management Information (MI) Preparation of monthly Divisional Business Review Pack. Development and preparation of MI, KPI’s and dashboards – based on automated PowerBI outputs. Standardise reports and minimise ad hoc reporting. Analysis Analyse business performance and ask “what if” questions – e.g., should we continue with a product, are sales resources appropriately distributed, etc. Develop customer and project profitability forecasts for new and in life activity. Review organisational structure and effectiveness. Review and understand the sales pipeline to ensure accuracy and identify themes – win rates, reasons for losses, etc. Forecasting Run the Division’s budgeting and forecasting (short to long term) process and related models. Development of sensitivity analysis. M&A 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. All About You 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 Strong interpersonal skills; ability to hold ground under pressure. 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 team. Excellent attention to detail. Ability to communicate effectively across the company. Ability to deliver practical solutions and drive genuine business improvements. 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 believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together. #J-18808-Ljbffr