The Commercial Finance Business Partner is a strategic Finance professional who serves as the primary finance point of contact for the Security service line leadership team, providing expertise in commercial finance, profitability initiatives, and performance analysis.
The role partners with the Managing Partner and their leadership team to embed commercial discipline across pricing, margin management, working capital and investment decisions, translating financial insight into clear actions (not retrospective explanation). The role works closely with FP&A to ensure high-quality, consistent reporting and forecasting, while maintaining a strong value-add focus.
Role tasks and responsibilitiesLeadership and enablement:
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and One Firm behaviors
- Build trusted relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders; communicate succinct, decision-useful insight at all levels.
- Act as the primary commercial finance point of contact for the Security service line, building strong relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders and providing clear, decision-useful insight.
- Provide responsive, high-quality support to Security service line stakeholders, ensuring timely issue resolution and clear escalation where required.
- Champion adoption and effective use of Commercial Tools and standard reporting to support consistent decision making (reducing bespoke, manual analysis where possible).
- Shape and deliver a prioritized commercial agenda for Security (margin, pricing, portfolio mix, cash), balancing BAU partnering with targeted deep-dives and improvement initiatives.
Business Partner Support:
- Serve as the primary finance contact for the Security service line, coordinating effectively with FP&A, Financial Control and Operations to ensure clear ownership, consistent stakeholder coverage and timely follow-through on requests and actions.
- Lead analysis and insight on revenue quality, margin drivers, pricing effectiveness and discounting behavior, converting findings into clear actions for Security Leadership
- Partner with Security leadership to improve deal economics through activity mix, utilization, delivery approach, subcontractor strategy where appropriate.
- Provide senior management with regular and ad-hoc performance insight in appropriate forums (e.g., flash / trading updates, and leadership presentations).
- Support the design, delivery and governance of the Margin Improvement Plan Program, including delivery of deep dives, communication of findings, and preparing for review meetings.
- Drive pricing discipline across assigned service lines, supporting bid strategy and ensuring commercial terms are aligned to target margins and risk appetite.
- Use Commercial Tools to improve consistency and transparency of pricing decisions and to embed learning from wins/losses.
Reporting
- Act as the interface between assigned service lines and FP&A on reporting, translating results into actionable insight and shaping the forward-looking narrative.
Forecasting / Budgeting
- Ensure that Partners are thoroughly briefed on the planning process, empowering them to own their numbers and obtain sign off prior to formal submission
- Work alongside FP&A in delivery of the budget and quarterly forecasting cycles, supporting Security to build realistic, driver-based plans.
- Review / challenge business submissions and ensure that plans remain balanced between risks and opportunities
- Ownership of high quality and insightful Quarterly Business Review material
- Provide strategic and long-term financial planning support to senior management including capital allocation recommendations
Systems, Processes & Controls
- As a member of the Global Finance team, you are expected to identify and implement efficiency and value improvements, particularly around AI adoption
- Work with Financial Control and Operations to ensure the integrity of the financial data supplied is robust and accurate
Other / ad hoc
- Develop and roll out any Commercial training initiatives within assigned divisions
Requirements- CPA highly desirable
- 8+ years' experience as a Commercial Finance professional
- Exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, able to challenge and collaborate with diverse stakeholders at all levels
- Clear and concise communicator, adept at conveying financial concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strategic mindset with ability to understand business goals beyond the numbers and interpret broader organizational context
- Proven experience as a true business partner to an organization and aiding in decisions which have directly resulted in increased profitability/margins
- Proven ability to work independently as a trusted business partner, building strong stakeholder relationships and delivering a high-quality day-to-day service to internal stakeholders without direct line management responsibility.
- Demonstrated use of Microsoft Copilot or AI enabled tools to enhance working practices, insight, and efficiency, with a mindset focused on continuous improvement and productivity
- Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and meet deadlines while maintaining quality
- Comfortable operating in newly formed or evolving functions, where ways of working, governance, and success measures are still being shaped.
- Preferred: Professional Services experience
- Preferred: Microsoft D365 experience
- Preferred: Power BI experience
- Preferred: Tagetik experience
The base salary range for this position is $115,000-$130,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.Benefits- Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
- Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
- Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
- As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.
