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 newly created, high-profile role, acting as the dedicated finance business partner to our vital Supply Team—the function responsible for all our relationships with hotels, airlines, and ancillary service providers. The creation of this role is driven by a key strategic initiative to deliver our customers the best choice of holiday packages at the best price. At a pivotal moment in our growth journey, we continue to increase our multi-million pound upfront investment with hotels and airlines and this role will lead on providing the financial stewardship and strategic guidance for this fund.

This is a great opportunity to build out a role, designing and implementing the financial frameworks, processes, and analytics that will directly influence our commercial success and competitive advantage. It’s a fast-paced role and requires a structured thinker and strong problem solver that can integrate themselves within this area of the business and take the lead on strategic decision-making.

The role is based in Hammersmith, London and will report to the Head of Finance Business Partnering, with close ties to FP&A, the VP of Commercial Finance, CFO and senior leaders in the Supply Organisation.
Your day-to-day:

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

• Understand the relationship between trading performance and supply, delivering insight and actionable recommendations.

• Build influential relationships across the Supply function, embedding yourself within the team to become the go-to expert for all financial matters and supporting them in strategic negotiations and decision-making.

• Develop and own the robust financial framework for the multi-million pound supply investment fund, from initial proposal to post-investment review, including leading on financial due diligence on all proposed upfront investments.

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

• Establish and manage a tracking and reporting process to monitor the performance of deployed capital against budget, performance of commercial deals and effectiveness of Supply strategy.

• Support the month end process by providing commercial insight and commentary, and assessing risks and opportunities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives and projects

Your skillset:

• Qualified Accountant (minimum 4+ years post qual)

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

• Experience working with high volumes of data with the aptitude to understand vast and complex information, and convey in a simple, clear and concise manner

• 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.

• Strong commercial acumen and a clear understanding of the key levers that drive profitability.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence, challenge, and support senior non-finance leaders.

Perks of joining us:

• 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:

1. Introduction to loveholidays with Talent - Virtual (30 mins)

2. 1st Stage with Head of Finance Business Partnering - Virtual (45mins)

3. 2nd Stage Case Study Presentation with Head of Finance Business Partnering and Supply team representative - Onsite - (60 mins)

4. 3rd Stage with VP Commercial Finance (30mins)