Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Loveholidays; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 65.000 - 105.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Pension 5%

Training budget

Discounted holidays

25 days annual leave + 8 public & 1st/

Leave buy/sell

EV salary sacrifice

Cycle to work

Season ticket loan

Eye care vouchers

Zusammenfassung

loveholidays is seeking a Commercial Finance professional to partner with senior leaders, providing insightful analysis and robust financial models. You will translate performance drivers, connect operations to trading outcomes, and influence strategic decisions across the business.

The role requires post-qualification accounting experience, strong communication with executives, and a proactive approach to building new processes in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifikationen

• Qualified Accountant with post-qualification experience in commercial finance or FP&A.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Able to distil complex data into clear insights for stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building new processes.

Aufgaben

• Act as a trusted financial co-pilot to leadership teams, providing insightful analysis and commercial evaluation.
• Translate performance drivers by linking operational metrics to trading performance.
• Build influential relationships across functions to become the go-to finance expert.
• Develop and own robust financial frameworks for major investment initiatives from due diligence to post‑investment review.
• Evaluate risk and construct business cases with cross-functional input and executive buy‑in.
• Establish tracking and reporting to measure capital deployment against budget and strategy.

Kenntnisse

Qualified Accountant

Commercial FP&A

Data analysis

Ambiguity tolerance

Profitability levers

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

Why loveholidays?

We’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway.

Our trailblaze together culture is what drives our success, powered by our people and the way they work. Using progressive technology, we drive cutting-edge innovation and improve how our customers discover, book and experience their holidays. You’ll have the opportunity to accelerate your growth through meaningful challenges, new experiences and the freedom to shape your own path. You’ll create impact for our future by taking ownership, contributing to shared goals and helping shape what comes next, all as part of our enhanced international community of talented, collaborative and passionate teams.

The difference you’ll make

You’ll sit in the Commercial Finance team, reporting to the VP Commercial Finance. You’ll work closely with senior operational and commercial leaders across the organisation as a dedicated financial co-pilot to evaluate growth opportunities, manage capital deployment, and guide strategic decision-making. Together, the team will design financial frameworks, process analytics, and robust commercial models that directly drive our competitive advantage and long-term performance.

Commercial Finance sits within our Enablement function, providing the expertise, structure and challenge that help loveholidays operate at its best. Through clear frameworks, trusted partnerships and practical guidance, we support better decisions, manage risk and create strong foundations for sustainable growth.

Your day-to-day:

• Act as a trusted financial co-pilot to leadership teams, providing insightful analysis, commercial evaluation, and constructive challenge to drive optimal business outcomes.

• Understand and translate performance drivers, connecting operational metrics with trading performance to deliver actionable insights and commercial recommendations.

• Build influential relationships across business functions, embedding yourself to become the go-to expert for financial matters, deal structuring, and strategic negotiations.

• Develop and own robust financial frameworks for major investment initiatives, managing the process from initial financial due diligence and business case preparation through to post-investment review.

• Evaluate risk and build business cases, collaborating with cross-functional teams to structure commercial arrangements and present recommendations to executive leadership.

• Establish tracking and performance reporting to monitor capital deployment against budget, evaluate deal performance, and measure overall strategy effectiveness.

Your skillset:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience in commercial finance or FP&A.

• Demonstrable success in a commercial finance business partnering or FP&A role, ideally within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Experience working with high volumes of complex data with the aptitude to distil granular detail and convey simple, clear insights to stakeholders.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and thrives on the challenge of building out new processes and capabilities in a 'greenfield' setting.

• Clear understanding of key profitability levers, commercial deal structures, and financial governance.

• Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to influence, support, and constructively challenge senior non-finance leaders.

The interview journey:

1. Intro with a member of the Talent Acquisition team - 30 mins

2. 1st stage with Hiring Manager - 45 mins

3. Final stage with key stakeholder/s including a task to present, in office - 1 hour

Perks of joining us:

• Company pension contributions at 5%

• Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up

• Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends

• 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum

• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

• Access to our electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

• Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers

Our commitment to inclusion

At loveholidays, we focus on creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute, grow and succeed. We value the different perspectives, experiences and ideas each person brings, because they help us work better together, challenge our thinking and make stronger decisions.

As we continue to grow and evolve, we want everyone to feel supported and able to do their best work. We’re also committed to making our hiring process accessible, so please let our Talent Acquisition team know if you need any adjustments at any stage.