Commercial Finance Manager (FTC Maternity cover until August 2026)

Innocent Drinks; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading drinks company is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner for a maternity cover role until August 2026. The position involves managing financial reporting, budgeting, and collaborating with various teams to drive accountability and effective management of trade investment. The ideal candidate will have strong financial controls and business partnering experience with a passion for growth and development.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Target bonus

Day off on your birthday

Free smoothies

Qualifications

• A solid understanding of customer P&Ls and experience managing balance sheets.
• Experience contributing to continuous improvement projects with measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Managing trade investment (TI) and end-to-end P&L ownership.
• Maintaining strong financial controls and compliance.
• Partnering with UK supply operations and marketing leads.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial controls

Continuous improvement

Job description

Commercial Finance Business Partner (Maternity cover until August 2026)

Here at innocent, we’re on a mission to make it easier for everyone to get more fruit and veg into their bodies. We started back in 1999 and since then we’ve gone from selling a few smoothies at a music festival to becoming one of Europe’s biggest drinks companies with around 1,000 people (and the B Corp seal of approval).

It’s nice to be able to say things like that but we’re not patting ourselves on the back just yet. We want to show everyone that it’s possible to be a successful business while looking after people and the planet too, so we’re trying to get better in pretty much every way. And that’s where this job comes in.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our UK & Ireland finance team on a fixed-term basis.

Along with the support of an Analyst, this role manages trade investment (TI) and has end-to-end ownership of P&L lines between revenue and operating profit, including DME, OPEX, and Local Logistics. You will play a critical role in maintaining strong financial controls and compliance, working closely with the Head of UK Marketing and Head of UK Operations to provide decision support and manage financial reporting, budgeting, and performance analysis.

This role will start with leading key projects such as transitioning to a new controls framework and refreshing our TI management process, then move to a maternity cover from September, including managing an analyst.

This is a great opportunity to develop your commercial finance and business partnering skills, with involvement in key change projects to drive accountability and effective management of TI spend.

You’ll be:

• The owner of smooth period-end delivery on TI, Logs, Marketing, ensuring financial controls and processes are upheld.
• Playing a key role in audit processes and the transition to a new controls framework.
• Owning our TI management, ensuring processes are audit-ready, and collaborating with UK commercial and finance teams to identify risks and opportunities.
• Partnering with our UK Supply Operations Lead and UK Marketing Lead.
• Managing end-to-end P&L lines between revenue and profit, including performance tracking, budgeting, and decision support.

You'll have

• A solid understanding of customer P&Ls and experience managing balance sheets.
• Business partnering experience and influencing non-finance functions.
• Experience contributing to continuous improvement projects with measurable results.
• A strong understanding of financial controls and compliance.

You'll get

More details at this link.

We aim to make innocent a great place to work, offering opportunities to grow and develop your career. Our rewards package includes a salary, private healthcare, a target bonus, a day off on your birthday, and free smoothies.

We value diversity and inclusion, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds. If this role sounds right for you, even if you don’t tick all the boxes, we encourage you to apply.

Apply soon, as applications may close early if we receive a high volume.