Head of Commercial Finance managing finance business partnering with regional and global commercial teams. Involves strategic decision-making, performance insights, and support for various business initiatives.
Responsibilities
This role will provide end-to-end finance business partnering support to senior management across several functions both internally and externally with our clients in Americas.
The Head of Commercial Finance Americas is a key role in working alongside regional and global commercial teams influencing strategic and operational decision making and providing insights that drive better business performance and grow value for the company.
Will lead in engaging, partnering and building relationships with the Americas Commercial team (Commercial SVP, Market Directors, Business Development and Account Management)
Providing value-added financial insight and support, driving continuous improvement in business performance.
Provide constructive challenges back by financial models with varied sensitivity analyses towards business plans, client deals and forecasts, proactively identifying risks and opportunities, whilst supporting functional leads to find solutions.
Provide and present clear advice on financial management, due diligence and strategy to ensure informed decisions can be made.
Demonstrate leadership and influencing of senior management throughout.
Work with operational finance to deliver insight through continuous improvements in planning, reporting and detailed performance analysis.
Working with functional leads and Group FP&A to agree financials forecasts and plans and provide robust explanation to senior finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Collaborating with other finance business partners and finance teams across Collinson to build a finance community that delivers effective and value-added support to the business.
Providing effective challenge on spend and costs to ensure Collinson maximizes return on investment, creates value for money and eliminates waste.
Fully engaged in new client opportunities or existing client renewals to ensure best outcome for Collinson.
Lead role in supporting Americas requirements as we transition Collinson Finance systems and grow the Americas proposition particularly in Latin America.
Supporting various business initiatives and projects as required.
Providing ad-hoc analytical support to as required.
Requirements
Experience in a similar group level role, ideally at a complex multinational matrix corporation
Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation and influencing skills.
Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills up to C Suite Level stakeholders.
Ability to interpret data, analyze using appropriate tools, and present in a clear and concise form.
Excellent spread sheet, PowerPoint and modelling skills
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration with a minimum of 10 years PQE
MBA or qualified with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent would be a plus
Commercially aware, understanding the needs of operations, finance and management.
Understanding of risk, working with ambiguity and able to form and support opinions
Collaborative and persuasive manner.
Benefits
100% employer paid medical, dental, life & LTD insurance for employees
100% match to your 401k deferrals (limited) with 100% vesting at 6 months
Supplemental Insurance including STD, additional Life
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