Job Description
We are the UK network service provider making digital infrastructure simple.
Whether indoors or outdoors, we make sure our customers can always connect their customers. We bring together mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers to work together in new ways using: Collaborative commercial models, combined real-estate and telecoms know-how, and global best practice.
We have 6000+ mast site locations, have connected 2000+ buildings and support 200+ outdoor networks. And our managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including railway stations, Canary Wharf, City of London and events like the London Olympics.
We are hiring a Commercial Finance Manager to join our team (based in our Farringdon office two days a week)! This is a commercial role within a high growth business, with the opportunity to materially and sustainably improve value and performance. The role will provide commercial and financial support to drive profitable growth through sales, through working closely with the Sales and Technical teams, ensuring that deals are consistently and appropriately priced, analysing performance and providing insight to drive improvements..
Key Responsibilities
- Support Sales team with project pricing, deal structuring, and in-life commercial queries, working to maximise profitability whilst doing the right thing for our customers
- Deliver robust pricing models to support bids / customer proposals, collaborating across the business to scope project requirements, technical solution, cost inputs and risks
- Translate complex technical solutions into financial models / business cases, identifying and understanding cost drivers, and providing recommendations on how to optimise solutions and improve competitiveness
- Produce finance outputs / key metrics to support governance
- Produce lessons learnt analysis on projects, including areas for commercial / financial improvements and insight on project performance
- Present analysis, insight and recommendations at relevant leadership team forums
- Educate colleagues on key parameters of an acceptable commercial deal and contribute to improving commercial and financial awareness across the business
- Support on ad hoc business requirements providing commercial and financial analytical support
Education and qualifications
- University degree
- Financial or Accounting professional qualification (CA, ACCA, CIMA, etc.)
Experience
- Highly commercial, analytical and numerate
- Expert Excel skills and financial modelling experience
- Thoroughness and attention to detail, alongside an appreciation for the big picture
- Steadiness under pressure and ability to manage within tight deadlines
- Ability to prioritise effectively, manage expectations and respond flexibly to changing circumstances
- Demonstrable track record of collaboration and effective working within a team
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, and experience building strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders in a variety of roles
- Self-motivated with minimal need for direction or supervision
Benefits:
- Group Personal Pension
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection Insurance
- Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
- Free Eye Tests
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
Our Values
Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it’s needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals – think of them as what’s important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.
The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:
- Engineering excellence:we’re engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
- Do the right thing:we’re neutral in our position, doing what’s best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
- Set the pace:we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards
Sustainability and CSR:
We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:
- Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we’ll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
- A thriving workforce:We’re nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we’re putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
- Embracing Net Zero:This year we’ve baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:
Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.