Job Description

Are you ready to take your finance career to the next level with a role that impacts the public of Greater Manchester and offers continuous growth opportunities? Join our dynamic Commercial Services team at TfGM, where you will influence high-value contracts and gain experience across multiple disciplines.

This senior role will play a key part in advising TfGM’s Leadership Teams on a broad range of commercial transactions, providing key business support across the commercial deal cycle.

Your Role

This senior and critical role will play a key part in advising TfGM’s Senior Leadership Teams on a broad range of commercial matters. You will provide key business support across the commercial deal cycle including creating financial models; advising on options for commercial structures and associated financial and commercial risks for each option; specifying and advising on procurement requirements; reviewing and evaluating major procurements; negotiating with suppliers to get the best outcome for TfGM; and being involved in commercial and contractual disputes throughout the life of the contract.

For more information, see the Job Profile below.

Who are we?

Corporate Finance is part of the TfGM Commercial Services team. For most projects, you will be a member of a broad team of professionals that includes expertise in commercial, legal, finance, and procurement disciplines to help the business shape its requirements and deliver excellence in our contracts.

You will have the opportunity to gain a wide experience across a number of commercial services disciplines, which can be supported with on-the-job training and supplemented by relevant courses.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviors and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviors bring to life our values of Deliver, Care, and Adapt.

The ideal candidate will have experience across financial modeling; commercial deal structures, including complex procurements; negotiation with external suppliers; and an ability to identify, analyze, and summarize complex financial data.

Proven leadership in challenging commercial environments and strong interpersonal skills are essential.

Desirable Experience

Desirable experience includes creating financial models in line with best practices, understanding legal contract implications from a financial and commercial perspective, and having some experience in the procurement process. A degree-level education and professional qualifications (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, MCIPS) are essential, along with ongoing professional development.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of £70,906 - £79,805, where you will gain experience across multiple commercial disciplines supporting a number of varied projects and operational teams across TfGM.

As part of the Commercial Services function, we are committed to continuous personnel development and will support you in the area you require, be it via a relevant course or giving you a breadth of different experiences to further your career.

At TfGM, we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to support colleagues in maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events.

Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organization for a minimum specified period of time.

Discover more benefits, including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support, and more on our website.