Commercial Finance Manager *12 Month Fixed Contract* in Chester House, Epsom Ave, Handforth, Cheadle, Greater Manchester, SK9 3DF

Are you a finance professional that wants to make a significant impact in a dynamic and collaborative environment?

We’re looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract as maternity cover, and we can offer hybrid working from our Support Office in Handforth (Cheshire)

About the Role

As Commercial Finance Manager, you’ll report into the Head of Consumer Finance and hold responsibility for business partnering with the Marketing function, offering financial support to key stakeholders that include the; Marketing Director, Head of Loyalty & CRM, Head of Digital Marketing, Head of Marketing Communications and Head of Pet Care Centre Marketing. You’ll drive action and ensure that decision making within the team is facilitated and influenced through financial analysis.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team that plays a key role in driving business performance and customer behaviour. You’ll be able to really add value and have your voice heard. You’ll be empowered and trusted to enhance decision making across the Marketing function with a focus on maximising efficiency of spend.

Key responsibilities will include;

• Collating, sharing and reporting on performance of Marketing initiatives on a timely basis to understand and drive overall sales and profitability
• Defining and agreeing financial and non-financial measures of success for key Marketing investment, and drive accountability and ownership across the Marketing team to better facilitate decision making through robust post campaign evaluation against the pre specified objectives
• Identifying, estimating and modelling key cost levers for future initiatives, with a view to optimising future spend and maximising return in line with growth and scale
• Leading the budgeting process across the Marketing teams to produce a robust plan
• Ensuring we are on track to achieve this plan through the periodic R&O’s process to facilitate better cost management
• Supporting the Head of CRM and Proposition leads in reviewing revenue investment proposals, estimating returns and then reviewing, scrutinising and shaping post analysis work to maximise profit potential of campaigns
• Providing timely tracking of discount spend and proposals to ensure alignment and commerciality across the Marketing, Trading and Multichannel teams
• Ad hoc project support as required to provide key decision making support and financial expertise

About you

You’ll be a CIMA qualified accountant with experience in role post qualification.

It is essential to have strong analytic skills and a proven track record of influencing decisions through the conclusions and/or recommendations you have made as a result of your analysis. You’ll have experience of commercial analysis, gained in either your current or previous roles.

Further key experience/attributes include;

• Excellent communication skills which enable you to build strong internal relationships
• The ability to influence and challenge key senior stakeholders across the Business. You’ll have past experience of being in a role where you have regularly had to influence senior management
• Advanced Excel skills are essential, with the ability to use formulas, V look up’s and pivot tables
• Ideally the successful candidate will have experience of working in or with the retail industry
• Being a self-starter with experience of working in a dynamic environment

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!

About our purpose

Far more than a retailer, Pets at Home is the UK’s leading pet care specialist, fulfilling every possible pet and owner need, from food and accessories to grooming and vet services. Since 1991, we’ve been building a business around pets and their owners and we’ve set our sights on becoming the best pet care business in the world. Join us now and you can be part of that journey, developing your future as we develop ours. This is a place where you can take pride and passion in your work within an inspiring, professional team that’s focused on supporting pets and their owners to live happier lives together.

We’re driven by the wellbeing of pets and we make sure we look after our people too. We depend on your commitment and innovation, and reward it with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Together we’ll create the future of pet care.