Commercial Finance Manager

APEM Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to enhance financial insight and support decision-making within the Marine Science & Development team. The role involves budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis, requiring strong analytical skills and communication ability. Qualified accountants with commercial finance experience and knowledge of Power BI are encouraged to apply. This is a hybrid role, with one day per week in the South Manchester office and some travel as needed.

Qualifications

• At least three years PQE with commercial finance experience, including P&L ownership.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders with insight and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Partner with MSD leadership team to strengthen forecasting and improve financial understanding.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
• Help shape KPIs that reflect the business operations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel capability

Budgeting and forecasting

KPI development

Communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

About the Role

Are you a commercially focused finance professional who enjoys turning numbers into insight? Are you comfortable working closely with senior leaders, asking why performance looks the way it does and helping shape better decisions? Are you looking for a role where you can influence growth, resilience and long-term performance in a values-led consultancy?

APEM Group is a fast-growing environmental consultancy working across marine science, water, ecology and environmental assessment. Our Marine Science & Development (MSD) business is one of the largest marine consultancies in the UK and is entering an exciting phase of growth, investment and integration as part of Applus+.

We’re looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to partner with the MSD leadership team. This role goes beyond reporting, you’ll play a key role in strengthening forecasting, improving financial understanding, and ensuring leaders have the insight they need to make confident, informed decisions. You’ll support budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis, while helping shape KPIs that genuinely reflect how the business operates and grows.

Over time you will become a trusted commercial advisor to senior stakeholders. Your input will improve financial discipline, support sustainable growth, and help the business navigate change as it scales and integrates new activity. The role is hybrid, with an expectation of one day per week in our South Manchester office, plus ad hoc travel as required.

Essential

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• At least three years PQE, with commercial finance experience, including P&L ownership
• Experience supporting and challenging senior stakeholders with insight and analysis
• Proven capability in budgeting, forecasting and KPI development
• Excellent analytical skills and advanced Excel capability
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance audiences

Desirable

• Experience in consultancy, professional services or project-based environments
• Exposure to growth, transformation or acquisitive businesses
• Experience working with Power BI or similar reporting tools

Next steps

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, then we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area – we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

If you think you have what it takes to join our fast-growing business, then please apply immediately on our website. All we need some basic information and your CV, we will review all applications quickly and will respond to all applications.

About Us

The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy, we work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally. Our successful pioneering work has enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working toward the protection of the environment across the globe.