Head of Commercial Financial Planning & Control

Head of Commercial Financial Planning & Control

• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Reporting to: UK CFO 
• Salary: Competitive (£70,000–£90,000 dependent on experience)

About BIP

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.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly commercial and operational finance professional to join BIP UK as Head of Commercial Financial Planning & Control.

This role will play 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.

The successful candidate will bring strong experience operating within consulting, professional services, or project-based environments where utilisation, revenue forecasting, margin management, and engagement financial control are central to business performance.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone comfortable operating both strategically and operationally within a fast-paced growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Financial Planning & Analysis

• 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

Engagement Financial Control

• 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

Operational Finance Leadership

• 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

Stakeholder Management

• 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

Candidate Profile

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

• 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
• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
• Previous experience within consulting or transformation-led organisations
• Exposure to resource planning and consulting delivery environments

Why Join BIP?

• 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