Commercial Finance Partner

As the **Commercial Finance Partner**, you will be a key player within the Commercial support team. You (along with the other Commercial Finance Partners) will lead all budget and project management software training and day to day technical support to ensure the staff are fully supported on an ongoing basis and uphold the quality of the data that flows from these systems.

You will be trained and supported on how to analyse the company financial and time utilisation data, enabling you to build the commercial acumen necessary to support wider business decisions. You will also work closely with all of the project teams right across the business to help give insight into the data through the use of a number of custom dashboards and the budgeting and project management tools themselves.

**This role will be based in our Manchester office, but frequently communicate with other UK and US teams. We also provide the opportunity to work flexibility between the office and from home.**

**A bit about the role**:
You will:

- be a key player in the team and will learn the mechanics of the project side of the business, becoming expert in our project budgeting and management software
- build the relationships to work alongside project teams within the business, helping to give insight into the successful delivery of good financial performance
- be trained and supported on how to analyse the company financial and time utilization data, enabling you to help build commercial acumen, supporting business decisions
- be taught how to interpret and report critical management information to multiple decision makers from project managers to heads of departments and client service directors, ensuring the integrity and quality of data
- develop the routines to place timely and vital data at the heart of the business
- monitor and report the effects of our work on the continual improvement of the economics of the business

**What will you be doing**:

- Learning how the agency operates its projects, staffing, procurement, budgeting, schedules, profits, systems (budget management software Procim, project management Smartsheet)
- Daily / weekly / monthly preparation of management information data in an accurate, reliable and timely fashion
- Daily technical and user support for the software systems
- One to one and group training for the software - you will become one of the go-to people for all queries and questions
- Routine project budget review meetings with the project managers
- Commercial support to the agency - understanding their targets and data for our clients

**What do you need to have**:

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent preferred
- A hunger to learn and develop with the intellect to quickly grasp and understand business mechanics and systems
- Confidence to build relationships and influence good decisions across the business
- Tenacity with positive good humour and a genuine fondness for people and communicating
- Ideally have experience working with business information in a fast-paced environment
- Highly numerate, logical & methodical with strong Excel and analytical skill required
- Excellent attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Demonstrably high degree of initiative and taking ownership of tasks

**About The Creative Engagement Group**

The Creative Engagement Group is made up of a flexible ecosystem of specialists across highly integrated divisions, partnering with clients to provide employee engagement, learning & training solutions, scientific engagement, capability building, live & virtual experiences, film, digital, and immersive content all underpinned by applied behavioural science.

TCEG is an **equal opportunity employer** - committed to encouraging Diversity, Equity and Inclusion among our people and eliminating unlawful discrimination. As an agency, we want to be truly representative of all sections of society and for all our people to feel respected and able to give their best. Our aim is to create a culture where equality, fairness and respect for all our people happens autonomously.