Commercial Finance Manager, Foundry
2-3 days a week in office (Soho, London)
Advancing the art and technology of visual experience
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Advancing the art and technology of visual experience
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
2-3 days a week in office (Soho, London)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To advance the art and technology of visual experience in partnership with creative leaders around the globe.
Role
Who you are
- High intellectual capacity to quickly get up to speed with the business and add value
- Excellent attention to detail, but also able to take a step back to understand the big picture and present complicated financial information / scenarios in a simplified, digestible format, tailored to the audience
- Comfortable working with large datasets and presenting back impactful analysis, leveraging business systems as appropriate. Experience of using Salesforce and data visualisation & business intelligence tools such as PowerBI will be an advantage
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships both within the finance function and with broader stakeholders across the business (i.e. Exec / Sales / Marketing / Product / Engineering / IT)
- Gravitas to earn trust from senior stakeholders (for the right candidate, opportunity exists for significant C-Suite exposure)
- Inquisitive and proactive, with the ability to anticipate future risks / opportunities, participate in strategic discussions and work autonomously on key projects / analysis
- Exceptional modelling (Excel) and reporting (PowerPoint) capabilities
- Passionate about their work, open to new ideas and focused on delivering consistently high quality results that enrich our business
- Positive attitude, with good sense of humour. Hard-working but balances this successfully with interests outside of work
- Committed to working in the office more often than not (Company policy is minimum 2 days per week, but Finance leadership team are in 3 days per week)
- The successful candidate is likely to be a qualified accountant, having trained with one of the “Big 4” firms (a Transaction Services / Corporate Finance background is desirable), with 2-4 years PQE either in practice or in a Commercial Finance / FP&A focused role in industry
- Strong academic credentials and a clear track record of progression are essential
- Experience and/or interest in software, tech and recurring revenue business models would be beneficial
What the job involves
- This is an opportunity for a bright and ambitious individual to play a major role in supporting the business through its next phase of growth
- The Commercial Finance Manager is a direct report to the Head of Commercial Finance, and as befits the role, a high-profile member of the finance team in the eyes of the broader organisation
- As a member of the Commercial Finance team you will provide financial guidance, challenge and insight to the wider business through sound and informed financial projections and commercially robust business plans
- You will take ownership of detailed financial models and lead the production of clear and informed reporting of progress against these plans to drive high levels of commercial awareness across the business
- This is a fast-paced, demanding environment, particular to a business which has seen three rounds of Private Equity investment and which retains an aspiration for rapid growth
- Broad commercial finance role covering forecasting, reporting, commercial analytics, business partnering and strategic projects
- Lead and manage the production of monthly reports to Foundry’s Executive team and the Board of Roper
- Partner with budget owners and key stakeholders across the business, as well as the broader finance team, in order to provide key insights / analysis in relation to performance against budget, and support future investment decisions
- Manage and continuously improve detailed financial models (profit and loss / balance sheet / cash flow). Ownership of financial modelling for monthly reforecasts, annual budget and strategic plans (three year and five year financial models)
- Own and develop key dashboards that focus the business on critical leading indicators and KPIs that appraise new customer acquisition, retention and ongoing customer management; whilst implementing low-effort / highly-repeatable processes to ensure they are accurately measured and monitored
- Business partnering with sales, product and operations to build value add, insights and drive operational improvements
- Recent examples of strategic projects include: transition to a subscription based revenue model, develop best-in-class automated ARR reporting, bolt on M&A appraisal, pricing analysis, launch of new products, corporate reorganisation, sales targeting
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Foundry's products help tackle complex visualisation challenges in the creative industry, for example to create amazing digital effects or sequences for feature films. As technology advances, the scope of amazing things that can be done with video increases but so does the complexity.
Clients include industry leaders like Pixar, Walt Disney, Google and Mercedes, so their product is clearly up to scratch. The challenge will continuing to advance their product to keep up with new technologies to stay ahead of the competition.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company benefits
- Pension scheme & life assurance
- Health cash plan & medical insurance,
- Season ticket loan
- Company’s social events
- Anniversary day off
- Passion Days
- Flexible working
- Learning & development plans
- Annual Personal Development Time
Company values
- Customer obsessed
- Action oriented
- Innovative and excellent
- Resilient and committed
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Leadership
Simon Robinson
(Chief Scientist)Began their career at IBM Research in New York. Studied Computer Science at Cambridge. They are the Advisor for the Executive Team at ZeroLight.
Jody Madden
(CEO, not founder)Held COO, CCO and CPO roles at Foundry before becoming the CEO. Previously a senior manager at Lucasfilm and COO at Digital Domain (visual effects).
People progressing
Joined as a QA Engineer. Promoted to Lead QA Engineer after 2 years. Then promoted again to Product Designer after 3 years. They are currently the Principal Product Designer.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Foundry
- We know that creating an inclusive environment that values and encourages different perspectives is critical for our success, and the success of our people. We are learning, listening and taking action to be better and foster trust in our community. Our goal is to ensure every person working at Foundry feels safe and free to be themselves, to share their ideas or concerns and that there is equal access to opportunities for all
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