Senior Finance Manager

Via Match Limited; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 25%

Pension scheme

Hybrid working

Job summary

Via Match Limited is partnering with a leading UK retailer to recruit a Senior Finance Manager in Leicester. The role provides financial leadership across major transformation programmes and will oversee investment governance, challenge business cases and ensure initiatives deliver measurable commercial value.

You will lead financial governance across transformation programmes, develop models, and present insights to executive leadership while partnering with Finance, FP&A and senior

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or transformation finance.
• Qualified accountant or equivalent senior-level finance experience.
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting skills.
• Experience developing and challenging investment business cases.
• Understanding of financial governance, risk and benefits tracking.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial governance across transformation programmes.
• Review investment proposals, business cases and financial assumptions.
• Manage financial stage gates and investment approval processes.
• Track programme costs, forecasts, risks and benefits realisation.
• Develop financial models and performance reporting.
• Partner with Finance, FP&A and senior transformation stakeholders.
• Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership.

Skills

Senior finance experience

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial modelling

Investment governance

Stakeholder influence

Education

Chartered accountant

Job description

Location: Leicester

Working arrangement: Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week in the office

About the opportunity

Via is partnering with a leading UK retailer looking for a Senior Finance Manager to provide financial leadership across major business transformation programmes.

You’ll oversee investment governance, challenge business cases and ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable commercial value.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead financial governance across transformation programmes
• Review and challenge investment proposals, business cases and financial assumptions
• Manage financial stage gates and investment approval processes
• Track programme costs, forecasts, risks and benefits realisation
• Develop financial models and performance reporting
• Partner with Finance, FP&A and senior transformation stakeholders
• Present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years' experience in commercial finance, FP&A, finance business partnering or transformation finance
• Qualified accountant or equivalent senior-level finance experience
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting skills
• Experience developing and challenging investment business cases
• Understanding of financial governance, risk and benefits tracking
• Confidence influencing and challenging senior stakeholders

Experience with transformation portfolios, investment stage gates and post-investment reviews would be advantageous.

Why apply?

• Bonus of up to 25%
• Hybrid working
• Pension scheme
• Opportunity to influence major business transformation and investment decisions