Commercial Finance Manager (Horizon Water Infrastructure)
18 hours ago
Luton
Apply now Why choose us? Choosing to work for SMS means choosing to make a difference. We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone. Through our range of innovative energy solutions, we are delivering the future of smart energy – working closely with private and public sector partners we are playing a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK economy by 2050. What's in it for you? • 25 personal holiday days per year (with additional 8 public holidays) increasing to 30 personal days after 5 years of service (includes options to buy and sell)., • Hybrid working options., • Automatic enrolment onto our Employee Participation Scheme., • Enhanced Maternity leave. Paternity and Adoption leave., • 24/7 free and confidential employee assistance service., • Medicash health plan offers a wide variety of benefits from cashback on everyday healthcare treatments like optical, dental and physio treatments. Discounted gym memberships and free 24/7 online GP., • Life Insurance (4 x annual salary)., • Pension matching scheme (up to 5% of salary)., • Act as finance lead for key bids/tenders, including pricing, modelling, and support in negotiations with potential clients and supply chain., • Lead on financial aspects of impact assessments, including re-pricing and options appraisal, supporting negotiations and governance/approval., • Identify key commercial risks and design and recommend mitigations., • Work with legal and commercial teams to ensure viability., • Provide commercial and financial support to project managers, operational leaders, and senior stakeholders., • Lead monthly financial performance reviews. Prepare high-quality reports, board packs, and insight summaries highlighting trends, risks, and strategic considerations., • Track commercial risks and opportunities., • Drive regular insight through financial/commercial analysis, identify route causes, and recommending corrective actions., • Make margin/return improvement recommendations, and support with implementation and benefit tracking., • Lead on investment appraisal, conducting returns analysis (sensitivity and scenario analysis) and challenging assumptions., • Draft the relevant sections of approval papers and engage with Exec Board and shareholders as required., • Work with commercial and operational teams to track and manage key risks and opportunities., • Lead the business planning, budgeting and forecasting process for the business, liaising with Group Finance as required., • A fully qualified Accountant., • Significant experience in commercial finance roles., • Extensive experience in commercial analysis and financial modelling., • Strong corporate/project finance knowledge, in particular investment appraisal., • Experience in working on highly complex, high value bids/tenders., • Experience partnering with commercial, operational and project delivery teams., • Experience in water, utilities, construction, engineering, or infrastructure sectors.