Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Harrison.ai

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Commercial Finance Manager is the primary commercial finance business partner across Harrison.ai. This role owns FP&A, Reporting automation, Commercial deal desk, as well as providing financial insight and rigour that underpins strategic decision-making across the business. The company is at an exciting stage of growth — scaling its business internationally and investing in the people, processes, and systems. Reporting to the CFO, this is a senior individual contributor role with high visibility across the executive team, including the CEO and COO. The successful candidate will also play a key role in driving finance automation and data warehouse initiatives. We're looking for a builder, not a caretaker — someone who turns blank pages and broken processes into scalable systems, pairing strong commercial finance rigour with the initiative to automate and improve rather than just report.

Requirements

CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent professional accounting qualification).
7+ years of progressive experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or finance business partnering roles.
Strong experience in SaaS or technology businesses, ideally with recurring revenue models (ARR/CARR).
Demonstrated experience owning budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting end-to-end.
Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and financial reporting tools.
Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with Power BI or similar BI tools highly regarded.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills — able to translate complex financial data for non-finance audiences.
Commercially astute with a track record of driving business performance through financial insight and analysis.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a scale-up or high-growth technology or healthcare company.
Exposure to deal desk, pricing strategy, or sales operations functions.
Experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system.
Familiarity with AI tools and automation in a finance or business operations context.

Responsibilities

Lead monthly management financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and actionable insight.
Prepare quarterly departmental and board reporting packages covering financial performance and critical business KPIs.
Own the budgeting and forecasting cycles end-to-end, partnering with business unit leaders.
Provide ad hoc financial analysis and modelling to support strategic and operational decisions.
Have input into commercial financial reporting, including CARR (Contracted Annual Recurring Revenue) reporting and associated metrics.
Implement and operate the Deal Desk, including development of a cost-to-serve calculator and customer profitability analysis.
Design and execute the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) framework, including quarterly outcome calculations and commission reconciliations.
Act as the primary interface between commercial teams and the finance operational team, ensuring alignment and accuracy.
Ensure billing accuracy — translating distribution volumes and contract terms into accurate customer invoicing.
Support revenue recognition accounting and definitions, including treatment of recurring vs. non-recurring revenue, pilots, and grants.
Simplify and maintain SIP commission framework definitions to ensure clarity and auditability.
Partnering cross-functionally across product, technology, sales and operations to influence commercial decisions and embed efficiency
Help drive the data warehouse program across the business, with a focus on finance reporting automation.
Partner with the data and engineering teams to migrate reporting from Excel-based models to automated systems (Power BI or similar).
Leverage AI tools to identify and automate repetitive finance tasks, improving team efficiency and data quality.
Act as a bridge between Commercial, Finance, and Operations teams — translating business needs into financial frameworks and vice versa.