Commercial Finance Director

We're looking for a candidate to this position in an exciting company.

Expected to provide strong business partnering and lead a finance ways of working agenda that is high support and high challenge and offer in depth commercial support to the Operating Board and own analysis of performance and recommendations to the business. Own the annual budget and three-year strategic plan, identifying areas for growth and efficiency. Lead, develop and grow a team of skillful Finance professionals, ensuring they have the right balance of technical skills and commercial savviness. Responsible for providing financial advice and insights to Leadership Team on all commercial related matters including revenue, marketing investment and new business opportunities to improve business performance and support decision-making. Work closely with marketing teams to ensure consistency between long-term forecasts, annual planning and forecasting and weekly flash of revenue and marketing investment. Establish credibility by being a trusted business partner. Ability to translate financial and non-financial revenue and marketing metrics into actionable operating plans to support key stakeholders in driving the business forward Own the delivery of financial assessment of key business activities and new business opportunities including industry trends, competitors to find opportunities whilst mitigating risks CIMA, ACA or ACCA qualified or international equivalent with Finance related degree or equivalent experience Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills Demonstrable ability to challenge effectively and drive a business for performance Experience of working in a commercial finance function of a company of scale Strong business partnering experience, plus ability to deliver and handle change in a fast paced media/entertainment/tech company would be beneficial. Able to lead and inspire high performing teams, ensuring clear goals and objectives are set and organising work effectively to get the most out of the group Comfortable working with big data sets and translating results into meaningful analysis and incorporating into forecasts Advanced excel skill and experience and initiative in building robust financial models Excellent Software skills