Commercial Finance Manager - Reading, United Kingdom - Project People

Description

Senior Commercial Finance Manager (Energy)

Contract – month FTC

Reading\Hybrid working

MBNL is jointly owned by EE and Three, two of the UK's leading and most innovative mobile operators. Established in 2007 as the industry's first network-sharing joint venture, MBNL's mission is to provide best-in-class mobile infrastructure services to EE and Three for serving their tens of millions of customers in the UK. Working at MBNL means being part of a team where you feel connected, valued, and supported.

Working as part of the Commercial Finance Team, this role will be required to lead on and be accountable for a number of initiatives including the Implementation of accounting and financial processes relating to Energy Purchasing Policies for two shareholders: supporting the Commercial Team during RFPs/Procurement activities as Finance Lead and successfully transitioning outsourced Finance and accounting processes from current Energy Provider(s) to the new Supplier(s).

Responsibilities of the Senior Commercial Finance Manager include:

• Act as Finance Lead, Business Partner, and accountable owner for following Main Areas on behalf of Head of Commercial Finance and Finance Director:
• Finance Lead on RFPs/Procurement activities for Energy Management Contracts
• Transition of outsourced Finance and accounting processes successfully from current Energy Provider(s) to the new Supplier(s) in line with underlying commercial arrangements and internal processes
• Influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders including outsourced partners and shareholders to get the best outcome
• Keep all stakeholders abreast of the impacts on the budgets and forecasts through robust financial modelling and business cases
• Identify and articulate the impacts on existing processes and put solutions in place
• Leading on Budget conversations to ensure appropriate funding is in place
• Robustly challenging business activities to ensure best value for money
• Enforcing appropriate governance, controls and financial management of all processes
• Support the Site Running Financial and Operational teams to ensure costs are correctly apportioned to each Shareholder in line with their Power Purchasing Strategies
• Drive MBNL outsourced suppliers to deliver the services required to manage individual Shareholder Power Purchasing Strategies
• Forecast future shareholder specific consumption requirements and provide impact assessments.
• Quantify risks to MBNL budget and Shareholder Power Purchasing Strategies from changes in energy profiles and price movement and provide recommendations.

The successful Senior Commercial Finance Manager will have:

• Professional qualification: CIMA/ACA/ACCA
• Demonstrable Financial Management, Planning & Analysis experience
• Excellent understanding of the energy market including energy management and power strategies.
• Proven record of Commercial and Procurement activities
• High degree of Commercial Acumen
• Process Improvements
• Financial/Data Modelling & Business Cases
• A proven track record of bringing the outside in to your organisation and using this to drive improvements.

To apply for the Senior Commercial Finance Manager, please send your CV to