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About the Role

This role plays a critical position within the UK finance function, partnering closely with consulting leadership and the UK CFO to drive financial governance, engagement performance, revenue control, forecasting accuracy, and operational decision-making across the business. It is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone comfortable operating both strategically and operationally within a fast-paced growth environment.

Responsibilities

Lead UK commercial financial planning and forecasting processes
Drive revenue forecasting, backlog tracking, and pipeline visibility across consulting engagements
Partner with leadership teams to improve commercial performance and financial decision-making
Deliver accurate financial reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis to senior stakeholders
Support budgeting, monthly forecasting cycles, and long-range planning activity
Oversee financial governance across client engagements and consulting projects
Monitor engagement profitability, utilisation, recovery rates, revenue recognition, and margin performance
Ensure robust controls around project financial management and revenue tracking
Work closely with consulting leadership to challenge financial assumptions and improve commercial outcomes
Identify financial risks, leakage, and operational inefficiencies across the portfolio
Support the UK CFO in driving operational finance initiatives across the UK business
Improve finance processes, reporting capability, and commercial insight across the organisation
Drive consistency and governance across engagement financial management
Support resource planning and workforce forecasting activity from a commercial finance perspective
Contribute to finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives
Act as a trusted finance business partner to Partners, Directors, and operational leadership teams
Build strong relationships across consulting and operational functions
Present financial insights and commercial recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders
Support leadership teams with data-driven commercial decision-making

Requirements

Strong commercial finance experience within consulting, professional services, or project-based environments
Experience managing engagement financial performance, revenue forecasting, and operational finance processes
Strong understanding of project accounting, utilisation metrics, margin analysis, and consulting economics
Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering capability
Highly analytical mindset with strong commercial acumen
Comfortable operating in both strategic and hands-on operational environments
Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability
Experience working within fast-paced and growth-oriented businesses
Previous experience within consulting or transformation-led organisations
Exposure to resource planning and consulting delivery environments

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis
Revenue Forecasting
Backlog Tracking
Pipeline Visibility
Financial Reporting
Variance Analysis
Budgeting
Forecasting
Long-range Planning
Engagement Financial Control
Profitability Monitoring
Utilisation Monitoring
Recovery Rate Monitoring
Revenue Recognition
Margin Performance Analysis
Project Financial Management
Risk Identification
Operational Inefficiency Identification
Operational Finance Leadership
Process Improvement
Reporting Capability Improvement
Commercial Insight
Resource Planning
Workforce Forecasting
Finance Transformation
Continuous Improvement
Stakeholder Management
Business Partnering
Financial Modelling
Excel

Location

London, United Kingdom

Work Type

Permanent

Experience Level

Senior Manager
Head of Commercial Financial Planning & Control

Education Level

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified

Salary/Compensations

£70,000–£90,000 dependent on experience

Benefits

Opportunity to play a key role within a rapidly growing consulting business
High visibility across UK leadership
Significant exposure to strategic and commercial decision-making
Ability to shape financial governance and operational performance across the UK business
Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and growth-focused environment

About the Company

BIP Group is a leading international consultancy focused on transforming businesses through strategy, innovation, technology, and people.
Across the UK business, we support clients through complex transformation programmes spanning financial services, public sector, energy, sustainability, and digital transformation.
As part of our continued growth and operational evolution within the UK, we are seeking a highly capable and hands-on Finance Manager to support the day-to-day financial operations of the business.