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Overview

Our Client are a leading communications brand with an outstanding reputation for customer service and value commitment. An opportunity has now arisen for a Finance Manager to join the Enterprise team.

The Finance Manager will lead the financial planning, analysis and control of the Enterprise (business-to-business) portfolio across the Group. The role is critical in supporting commercial decision-making by providing high-quality financial analysis and insight across Enterprise revenue, margin and cost. You will be responsible for partnering with the Enterprise commercial, sales and product teams, analysing and safeguarding contract profitability, and delivering insightful commercial support across the full Enterprise P&L.

In this role you will also:

• Act as the finance lead for the Enterprise portfolio (connectivity, mobile, cloud, managed services and wholesale/carrier), partnering commercial and product leaders to grow revenue and protect margin; provide robust deal reviews and decision packs
• Own the Enterprise revenue, margin and cost budgets, forecasts and phasing; challenge assumptions, run scenario/sensitivity analysis, and recommend trade-offs
• Lead the financial evaluation of major Enterprise bids, tenders and renewals; build and pressure-test business cases (driver-based, risk-adjusted), ensuring clear pricing, margin and payback with named benefits owners
• Safeguard contract profitability: run through-life reviews of major deals, quantify margin against business case, and hold owners to account with recovery plans where needed
• Lead month-end Enterprise accounting (revenue recognition, deferred income, accruals and cost of sales), ensuring ledger integrity and a timely close
• Take ownership of designated Enterprise cost lines (e.g., third-party circuits, interconnect, IT and partner fees): deliver accurate month-end (accruals, prepayments, reclasses), budgets and rolling forecasts
• Run cross-functional spend and margin reviews; produce trend and cost analysis by product, customer and supplier to surface leakage, duplication and optimisation opportunities
• Partner with Procurement and Wholesale to prioritise key suppliers and carriers; support negotiations (volumes, indexation, SLAs, service credits), support RFPs/consolidation, and quantify savings with clear baselines
• Generate ad hoc reporting / dashboards for Enterprise revenue, margin, order intake, backlog and churn; enable "one source of truth"
• Maintain clear bridges & variance analysis (PY Budget Forecast Actuals) and run scenario / "what-if" analysis to inform prioritisation and risk management
• Act as a proactive finance business partner to Enterprise commercial, sales and operational leaders; challenge constructively, translate data into actions, enhance ways of working and influence senior stakeholders (incl. ExCo)
• Lead monthly performance reviews with action logs, owners and deadlines; track delivery of revenue growth, margin improvement and cost optimisations
• Deliver timely, accurate submissions to Group via Consolidation platform, with clear variance commentary and forward-looking insights
• Maintain strong financial governance across the Enterprise revenue and cost cycles (policies for revenue recognition, accruals and contract approval); ensure audit readiness and respond to external audit requirements
• Own the Enterprise pipeline, contract register and savings tracker with audit-ready documentation and evidence
• Various other duties, including project-based work, as assigned by the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

The ideal candidate for the role of Finance Manager will have:

• A professional accounting qualification and membership of a recognised professional accounting body or working towards an accounting qualification with significant hands-on accounting experience
• High level of Excel, systems and IT skills including some basic knowledge of AI tools
• Strong project/time management skills
• Be self-motivated and well organised
• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to analyse situations effectively and proactively provide solutions
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present financial information to non-financial persons and consider business implications
• Energy and enthusiasm with good leadership skills
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal

Desirable

• Experience working in telecoms or technology sector
• Exposure to VBA, SQL and a variety of accounting packages
• Experience of commercial finance business partnering in a B2B or Enterprise environment
• Knowledge of revenue recognition (IFRS 15) and contract accounting
• Understanding & application of AI in process improvement/efficiency