Group Commercial Finance Director (FTC) - FP&A Leader

PA Media; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% completion bonus

25 days holiday

Wellbeing Day

Volunteer time

Pension

Life assurance

Learning opportunities

Modern workplace

Job summary

PA Media seeks an experienced, commercially focused finance leader to run the Commercial Finance team on a 15‑month fixed-term contract for parental leave cover. You will strengthen proactive FP&A, partner with senior leaders and drive better commercial decisions to support growth.

Regular UK travel is expected, including monthly trips to London. The role is based at West Village, Leeds, with a focus on delivering insightful reporting, budgeting, and performance improvement across the group.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA with senior finance/FP&A experience.
• Track record building or transforming finance teams.
• Strong commercial judgement for executive level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A activity, budget and quarterly forecasts to a high standard.
• Use monthly reporting to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Proactive, solutions-focused business partner to senior leaders.
• Partner with CFO, CRO, Exec Team and MDs to improve decisions.
• Drive profitable growth via pricing, contracts, margins and costs.
• Improve product/client profitability reporting and sales analysis.
• Develop SAP Analytics Cloud for planning and insight.
• Lead and develop a geographically dispersed team.

Skills

Commercial Finance

FP&A leadership

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Multi-entity experience

Analytical skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Analytics Cloud

Job description

PA Media seeks an experienced, commercially focused finance leader to run the Commercial Finance team on a 15‑month fixed-term contract for parental leave cover. You will strengthen proactive FP&A, partner with senior leaders and drive better commercial decisions to support growth.

Regular UK travel is expected, including monthly trips to London. The role is based at West Village, Leeds, with a focus on delivering insightful reporting, budgeting, and performance improvement across the group.