Commercial & Finance Director

Our Client

This client company is an engineering design, manufacturing and supply business that is looking to grow significantly over the next 5 years. The business works across a broad range of sectors with blue chip and well-known customers and has a solid pipeline for the foreseeable future.

The Requirement

Due to growth plans, success and the business strategy, the company is looking to recruit a full-time Commercial & Finance Director.

Core Role & Responsibilities

The key role and responsibilities for this person will include:

• Strategic leadership of all commercial and finance matters
• Ensuring strong commercial awareness of all projects and contracts
• Being really proactive, updating fellow Board members on key commercial and financial performances across the company’s operations, contracts and projects
• Production of management accounts, cashflows and forecasts
• Providing advice and recommendations on administering, strengthening and de-risking contracts, helping with the drafting of these and mitigating risks in general, ensuring people are doing this so as to enhance the overall commercialism of the company Involvement with procurement matters
• Keeping the business up to date with certificates and chasing these to ensure high levels of compliance and professionalism
• Promoting continuous commercial improvement, learning and best practice across the whole of the company

Experience & Fit

Suitable candidates will have the following backgrounds:

• Finance or Commercial Manager/Director leadership experience to date ideally within the construction, manufacturing and/or engineering services markets – really understand contracting companies
• Strong commercial acumen and experience with enhancing contracts A track record of enhancing a company’s commercialism, finance operations and contracts
• Ideally a recognised Finance qualification, ACA, ACCA or CMA but this is not a pre-requisite for the right person
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Hands on, driven, energetic, professional and a team player
• Strategic, gravitas, confident and aspirational when it comes to leadership opportunities within growing companies

The Opportunity

• A Board level appointment
• Excellent progression opportunities longer term towards leadership of the business
• A stable and financially strong business with high levels of repeat business
• A growing business that has key growth ambitions
• A company that provides a supportive environment