Commercial Finance Manager in Basildon

Job Description

This is an opportunity for an accomplished finance leader who excels at leading experienced teams, maintaining high standards, and ensuring quality across a broad finance function. Managing a team of senior finance professionals, you will be responsible for providing direction, challenge and oversight, ensuring work is delivered accurately, consistently and on time. This role requires someone who can balance leadership with involvement, taking ownership of key outputs, reviewing complex analysis and supporting the team through competing priorities and changing business demands.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of experienced finance professionals.
• Providing oversight and challenge across reporting, forecasting, commercial analysis and financial models.
• Acting as the escalation point for complex financial and commercial matters.
• Ensuring financial information is robust, reliable and suitable for senior decision-making.
• Driving accountability, consistency and continuous improvement across the team.
• Working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to provide guidance, challenge and financial oversight.
• Managing multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional standards of delivery.

About you
You will be a qualified accountant with a proven track record of leading established finance teams within a complex environment. You'll bring strong technical credibility, sound judgement and the confidence to challenge constructively when required. Most importantly, you'll be a people-focused leader who enjoys developing others, raising standards and creating a culture of ownership and accountability.

The opportunity
This role will suit a finance leader who enjoys being the person that brings everything together, ensuring the team is performing effectively, the detail is right, and stakeholders have confidence in the information and support they receive. It offers the chance to make a visible impact through leadership, quality and operational excellence, whilst working alongside a capable and experienced team.