Commercial Finance Director

About us SMG is an award-winning network of specialist commerce agencies - Threefold, Capture and our tech led agency, Plan-Apps.At SMG, our people are at the heart of everything we do and we areproud to provide opportunities for career growth, recognising and rewarding great work, and doing this within an inclusive, highly flexible, and innovative environment. We are dedicated to support our employees to be the best version of themselves both inside and outside of work. We have an extraordinary culture built by exceptional people and it's because of this that we've been recognised by Best Companies within the top 5 best Marketing & Media agencies to work for, with a World Class and Outstanding accreditation across the past 2 years. Across the group, we have a shared mission to lead connected commerce marketing. Read a summary of what each of our agencies do here ! The role As Commercial Finance Director you will be responsible for running our commercial finance function ensuring that, at all levels, our client teams are receiving the appropriate business partnering to effectively service our clients' requirements and deliver on both revenue and profitability targets. You will collaborate closely with our client and operational teams to ensure that existing and emerging revenue streams (including media trading and software contracts) are appropriately commercialised and that we remain both profitable and competitive. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the tools, processes, and analyses used to measure our performance across the group is effective, insightful, and that client teams are held accountable to performance against targets. What you'll be doing We pride ourselves on creating challenging and exciting opportunities, meaning that no two days are the same. However, here's an idea of what your responsibilities will look like: Cross-team collaboration and communication: Your team will work alongside several others in the business. It will be your responsibility to ensure that you work collaboratively with your counterparts in other business areas, ensuring effective communication and that the team operates smoothly as one unit. Commercialisation of our proposition: You will be a key contributor to the commercial strategy of the business, collaborating closely with client and operational teams to identify, design, and appraise models for how these opportunities can be commercialised. Commercial reporting and measurement: You will be responsible for making sure that the tools and processes put in place by the finance team to track our commercial performance (particularly forecasting) is effective. You will then work with that data to ensure the appropriate KPIs & strategy are set and measured across the business. Business Partnering: You will oversee a team providing dedicated and bespoke financial support and insight to our various client teams. You will be responsible for ensuring the service provided by this finance function appropriately empowers and enables the client team. Team management: You will lead a talented team who range in level from Associate to Senior Manager. This will be all-encompassing, from creating and managing their workplans, through to performance reviews and delivering on the job coaching. Business leadership: You will pro-actively be seeking out ways to build our capabilities and profitability and driving those opportunities into reality. This will require collaboration and influence with Directors across the whole business. What you'll need to have / be Chartered accountant from ACA, CIMA or equivalent (preferred). Strong experience in developing and appraising commercial models & opportunities. The ability to think creatively and without relying on established models or principles. Experience in setting and monitoring business performance against KPIs and holding teams accountable to performance. Possess strong influencing and interpersonal skills. Coaching and development experience within a high performing team including significant line management experience. Experience working within commercial finance function of a media agency or tech business (preferred). P.s. we try really hard to make sure that we list only essential criteria here, BUT if you think you can do an amazing job, yet don't have every single thing on this list, we'd still love to hear from you. The best bits Here at SMG we are dedicated to continuously reviewing and improving our benefits package to offer the best that we can for our people. We have a whole page dedicated to our benefits here , but here's some of our favourites... Generous discretionary bonus scheme £1,800 yearly wellbeing fund (on top of your salary!) towards your personal wellbeing and passions 4 additional Wellbeing Days - one to be taken each quarter, dedicated to focusing on your wellbeing £500 yearly "Uni Fund" towards learning and development Free headspace subscription 4pm Friday finishes all year round Two fully paid conferences a year at Summer & Winter, as well as a dedicated team that put on activities and celebrations throughout the year The process We will invite you to a first interview which we try to keep relatively informal, so it gives you the opportunity to share your authentic self. The hiring team will be looking to understand more about your experience and why you're interested in working with us. There will be a second interview which will last a little longer, and involve some form of task to showcase your ability to do the role. We then invite you to a meet & greet which is an opportunity for you to meet the team you'll be joining and ask them questions about the role and wider business. Helping you shine We are committed to helping you shine and show your full potential by making any changes you might need throughout your application. If you need an alternative way of applying for this role, support with understanding the role and its requirements, changes to be made to the way we hold our interviews, or anything else, then please reach out to us. You can either let us know on your application form or contact the people team to discuss how we can help on #####. 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