Commercial Finance Manager

• Commercial Finance Manager
  
• Salary range of £60,000 to £65,000 dependant on experience
• 40 Hours per week
• Shifts are 5 days over 7
• This is a Hybrid role with visits to our Colchester and Ipswich hospital sites

Join our dynamic team as a key financial partner supporting the Business and Regional Directors across Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals. This hybrid role offers a unique opportunity to influence commercial decision making, drive financial performance, and lead site based financial management. If you’re passionate about delivering impactful financial insights and fostering growth in a collaborative healthcare environment, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

• Support operational leads in managing contract complexities and client expectations to achieve optimal outcomes
• Provide expert financial and commercial advice to drive performance and support decision making
• Prepare and deliver timely management accounts and financial reports in line with company deadlines
• Ensure billing mechanisms are correctly applied and facilitate the timely collection of debt
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, identifying opportunities and managing risks within contracts
• Supervise and develop site based finance teams, ensuring high engagement and clear communication
• Support process improvements, compliance, and audit activities to enhance financial controls.
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high quality finance support

What You Bring:

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with post qualification experience
• Proven commercial acumen and negotiation skills gained through experience in dealing with complex contracts
• Strong communicator with the confidence to challenge, influence and support at all levels
• Demonstrable experience in continuous improvement and driving financial performance. The ability to keep focus on day to day performance whilst simultaneously pursuing longer term opportunities
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload
• Proficiency in conveying and questioning financial information with non specialists
• Be a key contributor to a strong and motivated finance operational team
• A keen attention to detail
• Experienced Microsoft Office user with a particular strength in excel modelling
• Proven Healthcare industry experience
• Contract stabilisation

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of Onsite Food and FM Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents and Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

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