Commercial Finance Manager

This is a 12 month fixed term contract

Hybrid – 3 days in office 

Opportunity
Want to learn about biometric verification and work with the latest generation smart phone technologies? Interested in learning new platforms and new technology? This is the job for you!

Daon provides innovative, award-winning identity management products and services to global businesses and public sector organizations. Our team of engineers and scientists has patented and brought to market more biometric identity verification systems and technologies than any team, anywhere. A privately held company with major offices in Europe, Australia, and North America, Daon has been providing fraud prevention solutions to organizations across six continents for over two decades.

The Part You will Play – Role Summary:

There is a need for a new, commercially minded role within the Finance department due to continued growth and expansion. A key function of the team is to support the global sales departments in winning new business, ensuring accurate revenue recognition and reporting the overall performance of the company. A sales-focused mind-set together with strong accounting knowledge is a pre-requisite for this role.

The person will either take a leading or supporting role in ensuring the commercial and client-facing departments have everything they need from a shared service perspective to best serve our customers. This is an exciting role with a very rewarding level of responsibility.

Essential Functions & Role Responsibilities:

• Take the lead in maintaining price lists, tracking competitor information, managing the pricing committee.
• Commercial support for finance input into tender responses, help with pricing questions/quotations, preparing and reviewing commercial contract terms and assisting to price deals.
• Review internal accounting reporting and ensure proper application of our revenue recognition policies.
• Take an active role in managing key supplier relationships and reporting.
• Work with the broader team on aspects of the monthly reporting.
• Assist in the implementation of a Certinia ERP system (previously FinancialForce and built on the SalesForce platform).
• Manage the global insurance policies and renewals required by our contracts.
• Support ongoing complex corporate planning and tax strategy initiatives.
• Participating, as required, in Finance process, system and other projects, working closely with the Director of Finance & Analytics and the Senior Finance Manager.

Critical Success Factors - Knowledge & Experience:

• An excellent understanding of commercial sales contracts and how they relate to revenue recognition.

• Software pricing methodologies and how they impact on revenue and financial performance.

• Broad accounting skills and knowledge from across a busy finance function.

• A good grounding in the overall finance function for a company with global operations, as the role touches on different areas: monthly reporting (FRS102 and IFRS), company secretarial and tax planning.

• Understanding and managing global group structure.

Critical Success Factors – Personal Traits & Characteristics:

• Good interpersonal skills, strong communicator. Comfortable working with external advisors and other departments as needed. Ability to foster good working relationships with other departments and team leaders.

• Ability to work on own initiative and possess good organizational and time management skills.

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Resourceful and works constructively with a team.

Education, Training & Experience Required:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA) with 5-10 years PQE.

• Senior position within a global accounting team with significant experience supporting sales teams is essential. Familiarity with managing and supporting entities in several geographies is an advantage.

• Comfortable using an ERP (MS NAV, FinancialForce preferably).

• A high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

• Exposure to CRM systems (HubSpot preferably) to source contract and revenue data.

• Data visualization and building dashboards experience (Tableau) would be useful but not essential.

We Offer:

• An opportunity to work in the growing world of biometric and identity management technologies.
• Competitive compensation & benefits
• Flexible working environment to create a very balanced work/life schedule for you and your family.

Come join the team that is changing the way biometrics and identity authentication operate globally!