Commercial Finance Manager

“Ready to elevate your impact in Commercial Finance?”

As a frontier partner, we grow through great people, smart tech, and teamwork between humans and AI.

As a Commercial Finance Manager, you will drive commercial insight and financial performance across the business by partnering with key stakeholders in sales, operations, and leadership. This role supports strategic decision-making through robust financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting, and plays a critical part in shaping the financial direction of the company. 

This role is ideal for someone with strong sales instincts, a passion for technology, and a drive to succeed. 

What You’ll Do:

Business Partnering:

• Act as a trusted advisor to sales, operations, and executive teams. 
• Provide commercial support for pricing decisions, margin analysis, and strategic initiatives. 
• Collaborate with department heads to align financial goals with operational plans.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A):

• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards for KPIs, margin reviews, and sales pipeline. 
• Lead monthly revenue and COGS analysis, including EBITDA impact and covenant compliance. 
• Forecast monthly revenue and COGS based on churn, growth, and new sales. 
• Prepare board packs and contribute to strategic financial planning. 

Sales Support:

• Calculate and report monthly sales commissions. 
• Maintain and update tools like the NCE calculator. 
• Support commercial decisions with data-driven insights. 

Professional Services Reporting:

• Manage WIP revenue recognition, backlog forecasting, and utilisation tracking. 
• Prepare monthly forecasts and board-level reporting. 

Audit Compliance:

• Support audit-related tasks including accrual samples and invoice and customer documentation. 
• Ensure GDPR and contractual compliance in financial operations. 

Strategic Projects:

• Contribute to high-impact initiatives such as refinance projects and process automation. 
• Build and implement financial controls to support ELT decision-making. 

Operational Support:

• Support the Billing Manager with the billing run and assist in managing customer queries. 

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong command of double-entry accounting principles. 
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills. 
• Experience with standard accounting software and financial modelling. 
• Excellent attention to detail and data validation. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills across UK and SA teams. 
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under pressure. 
• Demonstrated history of commercial insight and strategic influence. 
• Experience in FP&A, audit support, and business partnering. 
• Exposure to SaaS or managed services environments is advantageous. 
• Professional accounting qualification: CA (SA) or CGMA (completed or in progress). 

What We Offer:

• Responsible Time off (uncapped annual leave)
• Fitness Cash Contribution
• Pension Contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness, and Income Protection.
• Birthday lunches, a Fun Fund, and more.

At Cloud Direct, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to our success. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and strive to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We encourage candidates of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, and socioeconomic statuses to apply.