Commercial Finance Manager

Job summary

ABOUT HIV*** At HIV***, we’re steamrolling forward as one of Europe’s fastest growing startups, and our momentum shows no signs of slowing. Based in London, we are a climate and logistics start-up building the first sustainable parcel delivery network at scale, powered by a 100% electric fleet.

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Qualifications

• A tech company at heart, our talent and technology is laser-focused on delivering the best possible delivery experience for end-customers and meeting the needs of our retail partners.
• From our drivers to our data engineers, we are constantly working to improve this customer experience that makes us deliver better.
• 2-3 years of post-qualified experience within a finance function
• Fully qualified (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
• Experience gained within a start-up environment or relevant industry setting would be advantageous.
• Proficiency in financial software incl Xero and MS Excel/Google Sheets.
• Experience with other large-scale ERPs would be beneficial.
• Proficiency in use of leading AI

Responsibilities

• You'll be a trusted business partner to our Commercial and Operations teams, helping them make better, faster decisions with clear financial insight.
• This is not a back-office role: you'll be embedded in the business, building relationships with operational leads, challenging assumptions, and shaping how HIV*** thinks about profitability as we scale.
• Full ownership of analysis and reporting of HIV***’s core parcel delivery, collection & sortation costs (what we call “CM2” i.e .
• Gross Profit) including understanding the drivers within the cost bar and keeping on top of changes across the business that will have meaningful impact.
• A Business Partner for Commercial & Operations teams, building strong relationships with specialists & mid-level leadership in these functions.
• Work with the business to prepare business cases for new initiatives, and track performance against these business cases.
• FP&A: Own the budgeting and monthly forecasting process around unit economics including:
• Understanding how volume and parcel / shipper mix impacts our cost.
• Clearly laying out expectations of costs based on discussions with budget holders, business plans, and cost assumptions in a way that can be easily reviewed, reported and managed.
• Reporting budget variance on unit costs to the relevant budget holders, and the executive, including explanations on the drivers of the variance and how to make improvements going forward.
• Financial Modelling to support better decision-making for our Commercial and Operations teams, such as customer profitability, depot profitability and density effects.
• Be an AI & Automation champion in the Finance team, building

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