Commercial Manager

Role: Commercial Manager

Salary: £50k plus benefits

Job Status: Full Time/ Permanent

Location: London - The role requires five days in the office (changing to four days after probation).

Vacancy Reference: VR/05442

Role Description:

We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a well-established facilities management organisation, for a Commercial Manager to join their London team.

Although this is a Commercial Manager position, the role is predominantly analytical and closely aligned to a finance-style function. The majority of the work involves detailed numerical analysis, working extensively with spreadsheets, cost information, forecasting, and budgeting activities. Accuracy, structure, and strong control of financial data are central to the role.

This is a hands-on position suited to someone who enjoys working in detail, interpreting large sets of financial information, and ensuring the quality and reliability of commercial reporting. A key part of the role is maintaining robust cost data, reviewing margins, and identifying inconsistencies or anomalies within financial outputs.

In addition, the role includes responsibility for overseeing a small team of Commercial Assistants and Coordinators, ensuring work is delivered accurately, efficiently, and to a consistently high standard.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of detailed cost information and financial models
• Review, maintain, and improve the accuracy of spreadsheets and commercial data sets
• Analyse financial data to support budgeting, forecasting, and margin tracking
• Identify inconsistencies or errors in data and investigate root causes
• Ensure high standards of data quality and consistency across all reporting
• Lead and support a small team of Commercial Assistants and Coordinators
• Carry out regular one-to-ones and support ongoing development
• Allocate and manage workloads within the team to maintain efficiency
• Maintain consistent processes and improve ways of working where possible
• Support improvements in reporting tools, templates, and data structures
• Provide clear and concise updates to senior stakeholders
• Assist with onboarding and training of new team members where required

Requirements:

• Experience in a Commercial, Finance Analyst, Cost Analyst, or similar data-heavy role
• Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills, including managing complex datasets
• Solid understanding of cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis
• Strong numerical ability and a detail-focused mindset
• Experience working with large volumes of structured financial data
• Proven ability to supervise or manage a small team
• Confident reviewing data critically and challenging inaccuracies
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Clear communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders at all levels

What's on Offer:

• Opportunity to take full ownership of detailed financial and cost data
• A highly analytical position with strong emphasis on accuracy and control
• Chance to lead and develop a small team
• Long-term career potential within a stable and established organisation
• 20 days of holiday
• NEST Pension and Death in Service benefits.

If you are highly analytical, enjoy working in detail with financial and cost information, and take pride in accuracy and structure, we would be interested in hearing from you.