Commercial Finance Manager Finance London

FitFlop; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail firm based in the UK is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager on a fixed-term contract until October 2026. The role involves preparing budgets, conducting variance analysis, and business partnering to support decision-making processes. Candidates should have experience in commercial finance within a retail context. This position offers significant responsibility in a dynamic environment focused on strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial finance function for a retail business preferred.
• Ability to work with BI on reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets and forecasts while challenging submissions.
• Conduct variance analysis and communicate risks.
• Embedded business partnering to aid decision making.
• Manage reporting tools and financial reports.
• Assist in the implementation of NetSuite.
• Lead month-end processes and produce report packs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Job description

CommercialFinance Manager - Fixed Term Contract until 30th October 2026

We're a fast-moving, ambitious and growing organisation with over 250 employees based across the world. Our Global Finance team is based in the UK with financial planning a key business priority, our Commercial Finance team focuses on delivering a forward looking and commercial pro active plan to manage our business including EBITDA triggers, value drivers, margin and modelling - leading commercial thinking in everything we do.

We're looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to support the financial planning and decision making in our business. You'll understand, analyse, and interpret business requirements and needs, liaising with key stakeholders to ensure that deliverables meet the needs of both internal departments and end users.

You'll be analytical (of course) and proactive, able to think outside the box, to support the business in delivering its strategic objectives. You'll have fantastic communication and influencing skills with the ability to work in a rapidly changing environment as we grow, scale and optimise for success.

Responsibilities

• Preparing robust budgets and forecasts, working closely with the business to support and challenge their submissions to finance across all OPEX areas (Marketing, People (HR), Property, Product, Digital, Technology, Professional Fees, T&E).
• Variance analysis of actuals vs forecasts, including investigating why variances have occurred and communicating risks & opportunities.
• Business partnering - we want you to be embedded in the business and at the right hand of your stakeholders, supporting them to make the right decisions from a commercial & financial standpoint every time.
• Manage weekly and monthly reporting and standardised tools that work for stakeholders across the business.
• You’ll work with BI on our reporting tool, to develop automated insight reports to help the business track, understand and drive performance.
• We are lucky enough to have a finance team that is all in one place. We want our commercial finance time to be the bridge between the business and our management accounts team, who keep our accounting ship shape. You’ll develop strong relationships across finance and keep channels of communication open, so that we are reporting accurately and avoiding 'surprises'.
• Assist in implementation of NetSuite.
• Management and development of a Commercial Finance analyst.
• Leading month end process accruals, posting payroll, reconciliations and producing monthly report packs for stakeholders.
• Produce bi monthly cashflow inputs for Financial model.

Person

• Experience of working in a commercial finance function for a retail business. A working of different business models (wholesale, distributor, B2C) would be a benefit but not essential.
• You’ll be super