Senior Commercial Finance Manager at loveholidays overseeing financial frameworks and strategic insights. Acting as a Finance Business Partner to drive commercial outcomes and growth.
Responsibilities
Act as a trusted financial co-pilot to departmental leadership, providing insightful analysis and constructive challenge to drive optimal commercial outcomes.
Understand the relationship between trading performance and operational drivers, delivering insight and actionable recommendations to improve ROI and profitability.
Build influential relationships across your partner function, embedding yourself within the team to become the go-to expert for all financial matters.
Develop and own robust financial frameworks for commercial investments, from initial proposal to post-investment review, including leading on financial due diligence for new initiatives.
Partner with teams to structure deals or projects, evaluate risk, and present compelling business cases to the executive leadership team for approval.
Establish and manage tracking and reporting processes to monitor the performance of deployed capital against budget and the effectiveness of broader commercial strategies.
Support the month-end process by providing commercial insight and commentary, identifying risks and opportunities for the FP&A team.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support wider business initiatives and business-wide transformation projects.
Requirements
Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience (typically 4+ years).
Demonstrable track record of success in a commercial finance business partnering or FP&A role, ideally within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Analytical Rigor: Experience working with high volumes of data with the aptitude to translate complex information into simple, clear, and actionable insights.
Entrepreneurial Spirit: A genuine self-starter with a proactive mindset. You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive on the challenge of building new capabilities in a 'greenfield' setting.
Commercial Acumen: A clear understanding of the key levers that drive profitability and a "value-add" mindset.
Exceptional Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to influence, challenge, and support senior non-finance leaders through clear communication and collaboration.
Benefits
Company pension contributions at 5%
Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up
Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends
25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum
Ability to buy and sell annual leave
Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers
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