Senior Commercial Finance & FP&A Leader – Hybrid

ZEISS Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution (10% employer)

Bonus scheme

Private healthcare

Free ZEISS lenses

Lenses discount for family

Job summary

ZEISS Vision Care UK in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Commercial Finance and FP&A Manager to lead the Commercial Finance Business Partnering team. You’ll drive budgeting, forecasting and performance management, while guiding data, reporting, and AI-enabled transformation across the finance function.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to influence strategic decisions, oversee customer financing initiatives and deliver robust governance and financial controls.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience in commercial finance and FP&A.
• Experience leading and developing finance teams, with coaching capability.
• Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Finance Business Partnering team and drive transformation.
• Oversee budgeting, rolling forecasts and medium-term planning.
• Develop integrated financial models and KPI frameworks.
• Provide financial insight across customer, product and channel performance.
• Lead customer financing activities and governance for related projects.
• Champion data quality, automated reporting and AI-enabled insights.

Skills

Leadership

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Data analytics

AI-enabled finance

Process improvement

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

BI tools

Data visualization

Finance planning software

Job description

ZEISS Vision Care UK in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Commercial Finance and FP&A Manager to lead the Commercial Finance Business Partnering team. You’ll drive budgeting, forecasting and performance management, while guiding data, reporting, and AI-enabled transformation across the finance function.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to influence strategic decisions, oversee customer financing initiatives and deliver robust governance and financial controls.