Commercial Finance Director

JSS; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JSS is seeking a Commercial Finance Director to lead our commercial finance capability. You will work directly with senior stakeholders, translating data into actionable insights and shaping investment, pricing, and resource decisions to drive growth.

You will influence leadership with robust business cases, balance strategic thinking with hands-on analysis, and travel across Europe to build trusted relationships. A strong commercial mindset and finance background are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in Commercial Finance, Strategy, Consulting, Sales Operations or a similarly commercial and analytical environment.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and shape business decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen with a genuine interest in understanding business performance and growth drivers.
• Comfortable moving between strategic thinking and hands‑on analysis.
• Experience partnering with senior operational or commercial leaders.
• Confidence to challenge assumptions and provide an independent viewpoint.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior commercial sparring partner to leadership teams.
• Turn financial and operational data into clear insights that drive action.
• Identify key drivers behind performance and challenge assumptions.
• Build robust business cases and highlight risks and opportunities before they emerge in results.
• Create accountability around performance and influence decisions across the organisation.

Skills

Commercial Finance

Strategy

Consulting

Sales Operations

Stakeholder influence

Analytical mindset

Education

Finance/accounting qualifications

Job description

We are partnering exclusively with our client as they build out their new Commercial Finance capability to support the next phase of growth. This is highly commercial leadership role, embedded within the business and partnering directly with senior operational and commercial stakeholders - rather than sitting within a traditional reporting function, you'll operate at the heart of decision-making, helping leadership teams navigate growth, complexity and change while shaping how commercial performance is understood and managed across the organisation.

As Commercial Finance Director, you will act as the senior commercial sparring partner to your leadership team, turning financial and operational data into clear insights that drive action. You'll identify the key drivers behind performance, challenge assumptions, evaluate strategic opportunities and ensure investment, pricing and resource decisions are grounded in sound commercial thinking. Working closely with business leaders, you'll build robust business cases, highlight risks and opportunities before they emerge in reported results, and create greater accountability around performance. Success in the role will come from your ability to influence senior stakeholders, balance commercial judgement with analytical rigour, and provide the constructive challenge needed to improve outcomes.

About You

• Experience in Commercial Finance, Strategy, Consulting, Sales Operations or a similarly commercial and analytical environment ideally within the Technology/SaaS industry.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and shape business decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen with a genuine interest in understanding business performance and growth drivers.
• Comfortable moving between strategic thinking and hands‑on analysis.
• Experience partnering with senior operational or commercial leaders.
• Confidence to challenge assumptions, push back where necessary and provide an independent viewpoint.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex issues clearly and concisely.
• Experience in technology, software, recurring revenue, subscription or other data‑led business models would be advantageous.
• Finance or accounting qualifications are welcomed but not essential.
• A naturally curious, proactive and commercially minded approach.

Travel across our clients network within Europe will be required as a part of this role, as will circa 2-3 days onsite in their Amsterdam office. This is not a fully remote role given the absolute need to build strong, valuable and trusted relationships across the business.