Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Why loveholidays?

At loveholidays - we trailblaze together. 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 team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert - the smart way to get away.

We’re using progressive tech to drive cutting-edge innovation and open the world to everyone. Within our Commercial and Support teams, you'll find a place to accelerate your growth by actively seeking learning opportunities and carving your own path. You'll create impact for our future by owning projects and shaping the business strategy to reach shared goals, all within our enhanced international community of collaborative and passionate teams.

About the team

Our Commercial Finance team plays a crucial role in driving the success of the business by managing budgets, forecasting performance, and providing strategic insights. We ensure financial stability and support our business partners in decision-making.

The impact you’ll have:

Supporting loveholidays’ mission to open the world to everyone, this is a high-profile, newly created role acting as a dedicated Finance Business Partner to one of our core commercial functions.

The creation of this role is driven by our commitment to data-led decision-making and strategic investment. At a pivotal moment in our growth journey, you will provide the financial stewardship and strategic guidance for significant capital deployment and commercial initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to build out a role from scratch, designing and implementing the financial frameworks, processes, and analytics that will directly influence our competitive advantage.

It’s a fast-paced role and requires a structured thinker and strong problem solver who can integrate themselves within a business department and take the lead on strategic decision-making.

Your day-to-day:

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

• Understand the relationship between trading performance and operational drivers, delivering insight and actionable recommendations to improve ROI and profitability.

• Build influential relationships across your partner function, embedding yourself within the team to become the go-to expert for all financial matters.

• Develop and own robust financial frameworks for commercial investments, from initial proposal to post-investment review, including leading on financial due diligence for new initiatives.

• Partner with teams to structure deals or projects, evaluate risk, and present compelling business cases to the executive leadership team for approval.

• Establish and manage tracking and reporting processes to monitor the performance of deployed capital against budget and the effectiveness of broader commercial strategies.

• Support the month-end process by providing commercial insight and commentary, identifying risks and opportunities for the FP&A team.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support wider business initiatives and business-wide transformation projects.

Your skillset:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience (typically 4+ years).

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

• Analytical Rigor: Experience working with high volumes of data with the aptitude to translate complex information into simple, clear, and actionable insights.

• Entrepreneurial Spirit: A genuine self-starter with a proactive mindset. You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive on the challenge of building new capabilities in a 'greenfield' setting.

• Commercial Acumen: A clear understanding of the key levers that drive profitability and a "value-add" mindset.

• Exceptional Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to influence, challenge, and support senior non-finance leaders through clear communication and collaboration.

Perks:

• 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

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

At loveholidays, we focus on developing an inclusive culture and environment that encourages personal growth and collective success. Each individual offers unique perspectives and ideas that increase the diversity and effectiveness of our teams. And we value the insight and potential you could bring on our continued journey.

The interview journey:

• Intro to loveholidays with the Talent team - 30 mins

• 1st Stage with VP of Commercial (45mins)

• 2nd Stage case study presentation with Commercial Finance Stakeholders (1.5hr)

• 3rd Stage with VP Reporting (45 mins)