Senior Commercial Finance Manager

The Very Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Very Group seeks a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to enhance business performance and profitability within their Financial Services division. This role involves providing financial insights, supporting non-finance stakeholders, and leading strategic discussions to achieve the company's goals. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong analytical and communication skills, ready to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years post-qualified experience.
• Self-starter with strong stakeholder relationship skills.
• Ability to simplify complex issues for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial insight to drive business growth and optimize costs.
• Lead discussions with the Financial Services Commercial Team.
• Prepare accurate budget and forecasting reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial modelling

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

SQL

Job description

About us.

We are The Very Group and we're here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That's why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on Very.co.uk to help them say yes to the things they love. We're just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and well-being.
About the role.

This Senior Commercial Finance Manager will be responsible for business partnering the Financial Services division and its senior management team to deliver in year performance and future/strategic ambitions.

The role is accountable for driving business performance and to improve profitability. A key part of the role will be to support and challenge non-finance stakeholders, providing financial insight and judgement that aids decision making, drives action and helps to improve performance to meet the strategic goals of the Group.

You must be comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment, pivoting across multiple priorities and making quick decisions, sometimes with ambiguous data.

You must role model high standards of integrity, displaying the ability to use your initiative and simplify complex issues into easily digestible information for non-finance stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver action focused financial insight and apply commercial acumen to drive business growth, optimise costs, and support strategic decision-making at the executive level.
• Lead trading discussions with the Financial Services (FS) Commercial Team and Directors, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Provide support and constructive challenge to the non-finance leadership team to enhance decision-making and drive performance.
• Proactively shape your agenda by analysing trading activity to assess its commercial impact on both FS and the wider group, as well as its implications for customers.
• Evaluate new offer testing, pricing strategies, and promotional initiatives to maximise business performance and profitability.
• Prepare accurate and timely budget and forecasting reports, ensuring financial plans are effectively delivered.
• Oversee the identification, management, and mitigation of risks, while capitalising on opportunities to drive success.
• Foster strong relationships across all levels of the organisation to promote open communication within the finance function and achieve collaborative team outcomes.

About you.

• Qualified accountant with minimum 3 years post-qualified experience.
• A self-starter with the confidence to provide opinion and with the ability to develop highly productive stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent presentational skills with the ability to prepare material that distils complex issues to the leadership team.
• Able to build strong relationships with key stakeholders and can influence senior stakeholders.
• Able to challenge upwards and cross-functionally.
• Able to galvanise cross functional teams to deliver a shared goal.
• Demonstrable analytical and financial modelling skills.
• SQL experience desirable.
• Possess an abundance of drive to learn and adapt to new ways of working.
• You will seek ways to contribute to wider finance team beyond role scope.
• A strong awareness of what drives end to end value; Trading performance in terms of credit usage; working capital (Cash); end to end profitability; risk/ops; competitors.

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next?

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you're successful so keep an eye on your emails! We'll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we're a good match, we'll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - An informal 30-45 minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

2nd stage - A one-hour formal competency based interview. This will be held in-person at our Speke, Liverpool office.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

Equal opportunities

We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.