Commercial Finance Director

New Yesterday

CLC, part of Axis CLC, is a national maintenance and refurbishment provider with over 1,000 employees and 13 UK offices. We support clients across the healthcare, defence, leisure, heritage, commercial and education sectors, delivering essential building services. As part of the Axis CLC group, backed by over 110 years of combined experience across the organisation, we offer responsive repairs, planned maintenance, compliance, decarbonisation and refurbishment solutions nationwide.

The Role

We are recruiting a CLC Commercial Finance Director to provide strategic and commercial financial leadership across CLC’s divisions.

Reporting to the Group CFO, this senior role will drive commercial insight, operational performance and financial control across a multi-site service business.

A key priority will be leading CLC’s transition to Dynamics 365 F&O, strengthening systems, reporting and scalability.

You will partner closely with divisional MDs to improve forecasting discipline, margin performance and working capital control.

What You’ll Do

You will:

Lead the finance transition to Dynamics 365 F&O

Partner divisional MDs to drive commercial performance and decision-making

Lead margin analysis, contract profitability and commercial modelling

Oversee budgeting, reforecasting and forward order book discipline

Strengthen reporting accuracy, controls and month-end processes

Deliver actionable insight on divisional profitability and labour utilisation

Drive working capital performance (accrued income, debt, retentions, cash collection)

Support Group cash flow forecasting and financial planning

Provide financial leadership on M&A due diligence and integration

Lead and develop a high-performing commercial finance team

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will require:

Essential

Significant experience as a Commercial Finance Director, Head of Commercial Finance or equivalent senior finance leadership role

Strong commercial finance and management accounting expertise

Deep knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS 102 and revenue recognition in long-term and reactive works environments

Proven experience in working capital management (accrued income, aged debt, retentions)

Demonstrable experience supporting operational and commercial teams in a multi-site, service-led business

Strong experience in budgeting, reforecasting, financial modelling and business case development

Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with senior non-finance leaders

Sector experience within property services, construction, maintenance or housing

Desirable

Experience leading finance teams through system implementation or transformation

Exposure to Dynamics 365 F&O

Experience supporting M&A due diligence and integration

Experience strengthening financial controls and reporting automation

What We Offer

An executive level salary package with a performance-related bonus

Car allowance

Pension, medical scheme options and life assurance

25 days’ holiday + bank holidays

Perkbox (discounts, perks & wellbeing offers)

1 paid volunteer day

£2000 refer-a-friend bonus after the referee passes probation

Opportunities for development and progression across Axis CLC

Why Axis CLC

Joining Axis CLC means being part of a national team delivering essential services across housing, education, healthcare, defence and commercial property. We value reliability, quality and social impact, and offer meaningful work with real opportunities to grow.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Many faces, one Axis CLC. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. If you need any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know
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Location:
Southampton
Salary:
£100,000 - £120,000 /annum Hybrid Working
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Construction

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