Commercial Finance Controller: Multi-Site Partner (M-F)

WR Logistics; Coventry; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

WR Logistics is seeking a Commercial Finance Controller in Coventry to partner with operations, sales and commercial teams across multiple sites. The role focuses on analysing performance, forecasting, and turning financial insight into practical improvements to drive profitability.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will influence strategic decisions, build models, and challenge commercial assumptions while managing budgets and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial finance, financial analysis, management accounting or finance business partnering.
• Ideally studying towards, or newly qualified in, CIMA or ACCA.
• Strong Excel skills and a sound understanding of accounting.
• Confident presenting financial information to non-finance colleagues.
• Commercial awareness and ability to challenge constructively.
• Strong organisation and ability to prioritise competing tasks.
• Hands-on problem-solving and drive for process improvement.
• Willingness to travel between sites and hold a full, clean driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing actual results against budgets, forecasts and prior-year performance.
• Explaining sales and margin movements and recommending actions.
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting, including challenging commercial assumptions.
• Partnering with operations, sales and site managers to improve financial understanding.
• Building financial models and testing scenarios for new business opportunities.
• Reviewing commercial proposals and supporting bids and tenders.
• Identifying opportunities to reduce costs and improve margins.
• Developing KPI reporting and presenting insights to senior management.
• Monitoring commercial risks, opportunities and capital expenditure.
• Improving reporting and financial control processes.
• Working with shared service finance teams to ensure accurate, timely information.

Skills

Excel

Financial analysis

Management accounting

Finance business partnering

Education

CIMA or ACCA

Tools

SAP

Oracle EPM

Job description

WR Logistics is seeking a Commercial Finance Controller in Coventry to partner with operations, sales and commercial teams across multiple sites. The role focuses on analysing performance, forecasting, and turning financial insight into practical improvements to drive profitability.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will influence strategic decisions, build models, and challenge commercial assumptions while managing budgets and KPIs.