Senior Commercial Finance Manager (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

What you'll do as a Senior Commercial Finance Manager

• Drive commercial insight across key functional initiatives, ensuring business decisions are supported by robust financial analysis and clear recommendations.
• Lead the financial evaluation and governance of new commercial opportunities, partner renewals and investment decisions, balancing growth with sustainable profitability.
• Partner with senior business leaders to influence strategic and operational decisions that maximise profitability and support CarTrawler's long-term growth.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Champion a return-on-investment mindset by developing frameworks that help prioritise initiatives delivering the greatest business value.
• Represent Finance across cross-functional forums and strategic projects, building strong stakeholder relationships and ensuring financial considerations shape key business decisions.

What you'll bring to the team

• A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) together with a degree in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline.
• Significant post-qualified experience in commercial finance, including experience leading and developing high-performing finance teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on value creation and the ability to translate financial analysis into compelling recommendations that influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience partnering with cross-functional leadership teams, building trusted relationships and delivering commercially focused outcomes.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, think beyond the immediate issue and translate complex information into practical recommendations that add real business value.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using business intelligence and data visualisation tools such as ThoughtSpot or Tableau.
• Strong interest in applying AI and emerging technologies to improve Finance processes and automate manual activities. Practical experience would be advantageous.