Commercial Finance Manager

Job Introduction

It's a really exciting time to join Sodexo's Government Segment, we have recently merged our Justice Services and Government & Agencies business and are starting to bring to life synergies and focus, benefiting our teams and clients. Together we are a powerful combination of more than 11,000 employees and 600 sites serving 35 very high profile public sector clients.

This role will be working with our Commercial Finance team, managing Ministry of Justice contracts. The ideal post holder should have experience across estate management or contract management, with a good understanding of contract life cycles. 

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Role Responsibility

• Maintain full financial control and stability of the contract, ensuring budgets and forecasts are prepared accurately
• Deliver a strong management review and control process with senior stakeholders, engaging functional specialists as required. 
• Undertake assessments of risks within financial performance and work with key stakeholders to implement mitigation strategies to address in P&L performance and/or cash management
• Apply commercial knowledge of contract to flag and account for any opportunities to increase profitability
• Define and progress contract amendments in response to Business/client/environmental changes
• Ensure robust financial controls across the contracts.
• Analyse and identify financial or commercial trends and provide insight in order to improve performance. Appropriate reporting and communication to key stakeholders within the contract, gaining their commitment to deliver agreed action plans.
• Provide commercial and financial modeling support to assist commercial bid teams and or clients
• Represent and champion Sodexo’s interests proactively by managing the contract and working effectively with the client.
• Respond to internal and external requests and deadlines for financial information and reporting
• Identify trends and review financial performance outputs to influence contract strategy
• Prepare financial data for Sodexo reports and financial review meetings 
• Operate as a key member of the management team, sharing information and participating in meetings, gaining experience through application and sharing of knowledge
• Gain operational buy-in and compliance to drive performance improvement
• Work closely with other Commercial Finance Managers to ensure issues are dealt with systematically and to share and develop best practice.
• Lead or support a cross-contract commercial finance project.

The Ideal Candidate

• Qualified accountant.
• Outstanding track record in influencing decision making within a business and improving performance with substantial profit impact.
• Committed and dedicated financial professional who is prepared to work hard to deliver contract targets
• Previous experience gained in a commercial role, preferably within a similar environment/organisation.
• Demonstrates commercial acumen with a proven ability to innovate and implement continuous improvement
• Strong and engaging communication skills, written and verbal, with a proven ability to convey complex financial information or models in simple terms to managers and colleagues of different capability levels.
• Proven track record developing financial and commercial models which are used for strategic decision making
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience of SAP, Hyperion Enterprise and Hyperion Essbase
• Can demonstrate improvements in performance through utilisation of measurement tools and reports
• Creative and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Preferably experience of mobilising a contract with tight budgetary constraints and ability to support the delivery of the contract transition plan 

Package Description

Up to £55,000 plus bonus, benefits and car allowance 

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more. 

This role is remote and flexible hours will be considered 

All offers are subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to being employed 

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our business. We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process