Head of Commercial Finance

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Commercial Finance to join a leading consumer business in a highly influential role, partnering with senior commercial stakeholders to drive business performance, profitability and strategic decision-making. This is a key leadership position at the heart of the business, responsible for strengthening the relationship between finance and the wider commercial function, developing a high-performing team and ensuring financial insight translates into meaningful business action. The Role

• Commercial Business Partnering: Act as a trusted adviser to Commercial Directors and senior leadership, providing financial insight, constructive challenge and recommendations to improve performance and support strategic decisions.
• Team Leadership: Lead, develop and retain a high-performing commercial finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and professional development.
• Revenue & Performance Management: Oversee volume and revenue reporting, performance reviews and monthly financial analysis, ensuring accurate and timely insight is delivered to senior stakeholders.
• Forecasting & Planning: Lead monthly and annual volume and revenue forecasting, coordinating bottom-up planning, challenging assumptions and developing scenario models to support business priorities.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Develop and enhance management information, reporting frameworks and analytical tools to improve visibility of performance, identify trends and enable faster, better-informed decisions.
• Profitability & Investment: Evaluate product, customer and pricing performance, assess investment returns and lead initiatives to optimise profitability, improve efficiencies and maximise commercial value.
• Financial Control & Governance: Ensure robust revenue recognition, sales cut-off, accruals, reconciliations and master data integrity, maintaining compliance with Group financial policies and audit requirements.
• Strategic Projects: Lead commercial finance initiatives covering pricing strategy, customer investment optimisation, process automation, systems improvements and reporting development.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong relationships across the UK business and Group finance teams, aligning financial strategy with wider business objectives and driving a consistent approach to performance management. About You
• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with significant experience across commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering.
• Proven experience leading and developing a commercial finance team within a fast-paced, commercially driven environment.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex financial data into actionable insight.
• Demonstrable experience across revenue and volume forecasting, budgeting, financial modelling and performance management.
• A strong understanding of revenue recognition, financial controls and reporting governance.
• Experience assessing pricing, customer profitability, product performance and commercial investment.
• A proactive, solutions-focused leader who can challenge constructively, drive change and build trusted relationships across a business. The Opportunity This is an excellent opportunity for an established commercial finance leader to take ownership of a high-profile function, shape commercial strategy and drive measurable improvements in business performance, while leading and developing a talented team. If you are looking for a role that combines strategic influence, commercial ownership and people leadership within a leading consumer business, we would be keen to hear from you.