Senior Commercial Finance Manager

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Job Description

Role: Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Location: London, we offer a mixture of office & hybrid working (office days 1 - 2 a week)

Employment Type: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract starting in March / April 2025

Here at Gousto we have an exciting Fixed Term Opportunity in the form of a Senior Commercial Finance Manager. Reporting into the Commercial Finance Director, you will play a key role as the Commercial Finance Lead of our Activate Tribe.

As the Senior Commercial Finance Manager, you will be responsible for partnering with our VP of Acquisition & Retention, Heads of Acquisition, Growth, and Data to name a few! Our Activate Tribe is integral to the early stages of our Customer Journey; therefore, any experience partnering Digital / Performance Marketing Teams would be hugely beneficial! You will also manage a small but mighty team of commercial finance analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate, and actionable financial insights to drive commercial success.
• Analyze performance against budgets and OKRs, identifying risks and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Partner with teams to develop reliable short- and medium-term forecasts and budgets.
• Create P&L models based on marketing strategy scenarios, recommending the best course of action.
• Collaborate on long-term plans for sign-ups, retention, orders, and marketing spend.
• Ensure transparent integration of non-financial data into financial reporting by working closely with the Data function.
• Build and evaluate business cases for investments in acquisition channels, retention strategies, technology, or propositions.
• Assess and optimize ROI for both technological and non-technological resource allocation.
• Drive actionable insights from OKRs to support data-driven decision-making.
• Identify long-term value opportunities and trade-offs.
• Support personal development plans for your 3 direct reports, fostering growth and engagement.

What we're looking for:

• Qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with experience of managing a Finance Analyst.
• Significant Commercial Finance experience, preferably partnering with Digital / Performance / Digital Marketing Teams (would be hugely beneficial).
• Experience partnering with Senior Stakeholders up to Head of & Director Level.
• Proven track record in developing and managing direct reports.
• Confident presenting to and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker who can balance the bigger picture with attention to detail.
• Highly organized, with strong prioritization skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunities
Here at Gousto, we are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation. At all levels, we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

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