Commercial Finance Manager

Job Description

The position: Commercial Finance Manager

Life at Elvie; Meaningful Work, Exceptional People

We're Elvie. We create smart technology products, new solutions for women’s health issues, and a fair few taboo-busting conversations while we’re at it. Founded by Tania Boler in 2013, we develop extraordinary innovations with a mission to empower women through radical female-first technology.

You’ll be surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them. People who are driven to solve problems and challenge assumptions to get to something new and extraordinary - which will improve the health and wellbeing of women.

We nurture a culture that is as progressive as our mission. We live by four Elvie Tenets which encourage people to show up in the right way, every day.

• We bust the norms: we always start with ‘why’. We are problem solvers and unbridled thinkers.
• We’re straight up: we communicate honestly, clearly and directly. We are transparent with ourselves and others, even when it’s not easy.
• We’re relentlessly curious: we're not just open-minded towards each other, but also to new ideas. We value building broad, diverse and inclusive teams.
• We’re united by purpose: just like an Elvie product, we are greater than the sum of our parts. We share one mission and help each other to achieve it.

Find out more about life at Elvie here.

Did you know?

In some regions our amazing products are considered to be medical devices. This means we maintain our Medical Device quality management system in compliance with ISO 13485:2016, to support the development of our groundbreaking products

About the role:

Okay, we’ve waffled long enough. So let’s get to the good bit: You.

As the Commercial Finance Manager, your role sits within the Commercial Finance Team and reports into the Head of Commercial Finance. You will take on a broad commercially orientated role, covering all aspects of the regional business trading & profitability. You will work closely with the Commercial Director to develop strategies for existing and new products, with overview of the full P&L.

Location: Hybrid working; a mix of working from our Bristol office & working remotely

Employment type: Permanent (please note, you must have the right to work in the UK)

Requirements

What you’ll be doing at Elvie:

• Business partner the regional teams to achieve budget and 5YP growth targets
• Participation in the annual planning process for the group, including budget, forecasts, and three-year plan, including the co-ordination of inputs from all departments
• Develop business cases for key in-market decisions, such as new product launches or expansion into new channels and markets
• Lead/input into commercial contract negotiations
• Develop a full understanding of the regional marketing spend, challenge and make recommendations
• Monitor and report on project budgets and business partner team to aid building the budget
• Build a detailed understanding the full P&L and make recommendations on how to improve profitability including margin analysis
• Prepare insightful commentary and analysis on business performance
• Assist with wider and ongoing analysis and projects/business cases as directed by the Head of Commercial Finance and CFO
• Continuous improvement of processes and efficiencies within the Commercial Finance Team

What we are looking for:

• Ideally 1-3 years minimum experience in a Finance focused role, and a proven track record of business partnering with senior stakeholders
• A natural leader with ability to bring the best out in others
• Loves the idea of working in a fast-paced environment where you can shape the future of Elvie from the ground upwards
• A “can do” attitude and be proactive in seeking solutions and implementing change
• Genuine love of working with data and transforming it to create insights
• Advanced Excel skills and/or other data analysis tools such as Alteryx and Tableau and an interest in improving on these

Desirable:

• Part qualified or newly qualified/finalist or ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Retail, FMCG or e-commerce environment experience
• Experience of sales channel strategies across Direct, Retail, Amazon or Healthcare

Benefits

The benefits you’ll get:

We're on an exceptional journey. And we can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility. In addition, we'll give you:

• 9-day fortnight working pattern: for our full time employees we work 9 days every fortnight with every other Friday as a non-working day for you to spend as you wish!
• Lots of flexibility: whether it’s working from home, doing the school run, or life admin. We believe trust and flexibility allows everyone to show up as their best selves.
• Share options: we want everyone to have a stake in our success
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Life leave days; getting married, moving house, menopause or just things that you can’t put a label on that matter to you
• 5=10 leave: 10 days’ additional leave on your 5th and 10th years of service!
• £100 contribution to your home working set up to spend as you see fit
• An annual personal development allowance of £200 and unlimited access to our learning and development platform, Learnerbly
• Generous parental leave policies; maternity & adoption (16 weeks at full pay, then 8 weeks paid at 75% followed by 15 weeks at SMP rate), paternity/partner (6 weeks at full pay to take at any point during the first year of your child’s life), shared parental leave
• Healthcare plans, life insurance, and an employee assistance program for you and your family
• A tax-efficient group pension scheme
• Group income protection; protect your salary if you get sick
• A free Elvie Trainer for you to keep or give away when you join
• Generous employee and friends & family discounts on Elvie products
• Wellbeing support from YuLife and access to SmartHealth app with unlimited GP appointments for you and your family
• Lovely offices in great locations, with drinks and snacks provided, along with fun social events

What you can expect after you’ve applied:

A member of our recruitment team will reach out to you after they have reviewed your application. You must ensure your application is completed correctly, and we encourage you to answer any additional or optional questions on the application form. This is to help us learn more about you and why you might be a good fit for Elvie!

We do often receive a large number of applications for our roles, please don’t let visibility of this deter you from applying. We review and aim to respond to every application.

We would like to get to know you through your background, attitude, experience and understand your motivation to work with us. Our interview process varies depending on the position, but it typically looks like this:

• 30-minute video call with one of our recruiters
• 30-45 minute video call with the hiring manager
• 45-60 minute video interview with the team (some positions may require you to complete a task/presentation)
• For some positions, there may be an additional interview with one of our senior leadership team

This is an exciting time to join Elvie. You’ll have a voice, make an impact, and have the opportunity to mould your role. So be ready to learn, have fun, and be inspired by our passionate, talented team - having a sense of humour helps too 😉

Belonging at Elvie

At Elvie, we value building broad, diverse and inclusive teams - because we believe everyone being able to show up authentically at work is key to our success. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and we don't discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability or age.

If you would like more information about the role (including salary) or need any support with your application please feel free to get in touch with our Talent Team by email recruitment@elvie.com or call us on (+44) 020 3920 0584.

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