Senior Finance Manager - FP&A & Commercial

Scottish Leather Group; Paisley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life assurance

Enhanced annual leave

Health & wellbeing programme

Employee Assistance Programme with GP

Cycle to work

EV schemes

Free on-site parking

Retail discounts

Job summary

Scottish Leather Group seeks a Senior Finance Manager - FP&A & Commercial to shape the Group’s financial outlook and align performance with commercial strategy.

You’ll lead planning, forecasting, and reporting, partner with Sales leadership, and drive automation while developing a high-performing FP&A team. A comprehensive rewards package and strategic impact await.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification FP&A or commercial finance experience.
• Strong finance partner to sales and commercial teams.
• Proven ability to lead planning, forecasting, and management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budget, five-year plan, and forecasts across the group.
• Develop integrated financial outlook with scenario modelling.
• Own sales and gross margin analysis with variance commentary.
• Deliver concise management reporting integrating finance and operations.
• Coach and develop FP&A and Commercial Finance teams.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Financial planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Commercial finance

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

Great finance teams don’t simply report the numbers – they turn financial data into the insight, challenge, and direction that drive better business decisions. By combining strong financial planning, commercial understanding, and a commitment to continuous improvement, they help businesses understand performance, identify opportunities, manage risk, and make confident, well-informed decisions that support sustainable growth.

As our Senior Finance Manager - FP&A & Commercial, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the Group’s financial outlook and strengthening the connection between financial performance and commercial strategy. Working closely with the Head of Finance, CFO, and wider Finance, Operations, and Commercial teams, you’ll lead financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, and commercial finance activities, translating complex financial information into clear, actionable insight. With a strong focus on sales performance, customer profitability, gross margin, and cash impact, you’ll help the business understand what is driving results and where opportunities exist to improve them. You’ll also champion the simplification and automation of reporting and forecasting processes, while leading and developing a capable FP&A and Commercial Finance team to deliver meaningful business support.

In this role you will:

• Lead the Group’s annual budget, five-year plan, and periodic forecasting processes, ensuring financial plans reflect commercial priorities, operational performance, and strategic ambitions.
• Develop an integrated financial outlook, using scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis, and robust assumptions to identify emerging risks and opportunities and support effective decision-making.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to Commercial and Sales leadership, providing insight and constructive challenge on pricing, customer profitability, sales performance, and gross margin.
• Own sales and gross margin analysis, developing meaningful variance analysis and commentary that explains the drivers behind performance, including volume, pricing, customer, and product mix.
• Lead the delivery of clear, concise, and decision-focused management reporting, bringing together financial, operational, and commercial information to tell a consistent performance story.
• Partner with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, and Commercial teams to translate financial results into practical recommendations, support business cases and investment decisions, and identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Drive the simplification, standardisation, and automation of forecasting and reporting processes, improving data quality, consistency, accessibility, and efficiency while reducing reliance on manual analysis.
• Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A and Commercial Finance team, setting high standards for financial analysis, business partnering, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with the Head of Finance, CFO, and wider Finance leadership team to support executive and Board reporting, deliver Finance priorities, and strengthen collaboration across the function.

You’re someone who looks beyond the numbers to understand business performance and drive improvement. Commercially minded, analytical, and proactive, you bring strong financial expertise, challenge assumptions, and build trusted relationships across the business. You turn complex information into clear, actionable insight, taking ownership and helping the business make better-informed decisions.

You will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent), with solid post-qualification experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or a similar senior finance role.
• Bring strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting experience, with the confidence to own the monthly reporting cycle and forecasting process end to end.
• Demonstrate excellent commercial acumen, with the ability to analyse sales performance, pricing, customer profitability, gross margin, and cash implications to support better business decisions.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial and operational information, identify key trends, and develop clear, actionable recommendations.
• Be an effective business partner and influencer, able to constructively challenge senior stakeholders, build credibility with non-Finance leaders, and engage early in important commercial decisions.
• Communicate financial insight clearly and confidently, including presenting meaningful analysis, recommendations, and performance commentary to the CFO, senior leadership team, and Board-level audiences.
• Have experience leading, coaching, and developing a small team, building capability, encouraging ownership, and supporting individuals to progress into more senior roles.
• Demonstrate experience improving financial processes through simplification, standardisation, and automation, with a focus on strengthening reporting quality, forecasting accuracy, efficiency, and decision support.
• Take a proactive, hands‑on approach, getting involved across the business to identify opportunities, challenge performance, anticipate risks, and focus attention on activities that can make a meaningful difference.
• Be collaborative, resilient, and results‑oriented, with the ability to manage competing priorities, navigate a fast‑paced and evolving environment, and contribute positively to the wider Finance leadership team.

The impact you will have

As our Senior Finance Manager - FP&A & Commercial, you’ll play a vital role in turning financial information into a clearer understanding of business performance and a stronger foundation for strategic and commercial decisions. Through robust forecasting, insightful management reporting, and a deeper understanding of sales, pricing, customer profitability, and gross margin, you’ll help the Group anticipate challenges, recognise opportunities, and focus on the actions that will deliver the greatest financial impact.

Your ability to challenge assumptions, connect financial results with operational and commercial drivers, and build strong relationships across the business will help embed Finance as a proactive partner in decision‑making. By simplifying and automating reporting processes, you’ll improve the quality and accessibility of financial insight, enabling leaders to spend less time interpreting data and more time acting on it. Through your leadership and development of the FP&A and Commercial Finance team, you’ll also strengthen the capability, consistency, and effectiveness of the wider Finance function.

What’s in it for you:

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and career development. This includes a company pension, life assurance, company sick pay, enhanced annual leave that increases with service, and access to a health and wellbeing programme alongside an Employee Assistance Programme with private GP services. You’ll also have opportunities to grow through coaching, training, and development support, plus practical perks such as cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes, free on‑site parking, and access to a range of retail discounts.

We believe our strength comes from our people. We value diversity, encourage development, and create an environment where everyone can thrive.

Ready to be part of the story?

If you’re a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys looking beyond the numbers, challenging the status quo, and helping businesses make better decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

Whether you’re ready to take the next step in your finance leadership career or looking to broaden your influence across financial planning and commercial strategy, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference. Join us and help shape the Group’s financial future, develop a high‑performing team, and turn financial insight into better decisions, stronger commercial performance, and sustainable business growth.