What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager - Commercial Finance position at Creative Financial Staffing (CFS)?
Finance Manager – Commercial Strategy & Forecasting
Work-Model: Hybrid – Minimum 3 Days Onsite per Week
Compensation: $120,000 – $145,000 base salary
Why This Role Stands Out
This is a standout opportunity for an experienced Senior, Lead, or Principal Financial Analyst who’s ready to step into a Finance Manager role with greater ownership, visibility, and strategic impact. As a high-level individual contributor, you’ll be trusted with guiding revenue planning and financial decision-making for a key business unit within a global organization. This position offers broad exposure across commercial, operations, and corporate finance functions—ideal for someone who enjoys working cross-functionally and wants to influence key business outcomes.
Role Overview
In this role, you will serve as a financial thought partner across the business, with a focus on commercial support, revenue forecasting, and strategic investment analysis. You’ll collaborate closely with sales and business development leaders to shape short- and long-range revenue plans, support customer negotiations with clear financial insights, and communicate business performance to leadership. This is a great fit for someone who thrives on variety, takes initiative, and is comfortable distilling complex information into actionable recommendations.
Key Stakeholder Relationships
LI-Hybrid
Work-Model: Hybrid – Minimum 3 Days Onsite per Week
Compensation: $120,000 – $145,000 base salary
Why This Role Stands Out
This is a standout opportunity for an experienced Senior, Lead, or Principal Financial Analyst who’s ready to step into a Finance Manager role with greater ownership, visibility, and strategic impact. As a high-level individual contributor, you’ll be trusted with guiding revenue planning and financial decision-making for a key business unit within a global organization. This position offers broad exposure across commercial, operations, and corporate finance functions—ideal for someone who enjoys working cross-functionally and wants to influence key business outcomes.
Role Overview
In this role, you will serve as a financial thought partner across the business, with a focus on commercial support, revenue forecasting, and strategic investment analysis. You’ll collaborate closely with sales and business development leaders to shape short- and long-range revenue plans, support customer negotiations with clear financial insights, and communicate business performance to leadership. This is a great fit for someone who thrives on variety, takes initiative, and is comfortable distilling complex information into actionable recommendations.
Key Stakeholder Relationships
- Business Unit Leadership
- Sales & Account Management Teams
- Sales Operations
- Corporate FP&A
- Global Cost & Pricing Teams
- Own the Revenue Forecasting Process Lead the development of revenue and demand forecasts, partnering closely with commercial teams. Create tools and processes that clarify the financial impact of volume shifts and pricing strategies.
- Support High-Value Business Decisions Develop financial models that guide investment decisions, customer proposals, and strategic initiatives. Help identify key risks and opportunities, and contribute to pricing strategies, contract terms, and business case reviews.
- Deliver Reporting & Business Insights Provide recurring and ad-hoc financial reporting that connects key initiatives to business performance. Track progress of strategic priorities and communicate results to stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
- Build Financial Understanding Across the Business Act as a resource for non-finance partners by helping build business acumen and reinforcing financial best practices. Use your skills to promote a culture of informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
- 5 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or related roles
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; advanced Excel required
- Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally, particularly with commercial and sales teams
- Excellent communication skills with comfort presenting data-driven insights to leadership
- Critical thinking skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
- Experience with SAP or other major ERP systems
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines
- Comfort working in a dynamic environment with shifting business needs
LI-Hybrid
Salary : $120,000 - $145,000