Head of Commercial Finance
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Salary: Up to £95,000 (depending on experience)
Company: EG On The Move
About the role:
We’re looking for an influential and insight‑led Head of Commercial Finance to lead our commercial finance strategy across all countries and trading operations at EG On the Move. You will head up our Finance Business Partnering community across the UK and EU, ensuring consistent, high‑quality commercial insight, strong financial challenge, and robust performance management. You’ll work closely with the Head of FP&A to ensure country‑level performance, risks, and opportunities are clearly understood and accurately reflected in consolidated forecasts, reporting, and executive packs. This is a fundamental leadership role focused on shifting Finance from pure reporting to true value creation, embedding a commercial mindset, elevating decision support, and enhancing the impact of business partnering across the business.
What you’ll do:
Lead the commercial finance agenda across all countries, providing clear insight on revenue, margin, costs and profitability, turning performance data into actionable recommendations and influencing strategic and trading decisions.
Support pricing, investments, strategic initiatives and operational changes through robust analysis and modelling.
Lead and develop Finance Business Partners across the UK & EU, driving high‑quality, insight‑led business partnering, coaching the team to improve commercial acumen, storytelling and stakeholder impact, and ensuring consistency across markets.
Oversee country performance reviews, ensuring strong understanding of variances, KPIs and key drivers, while providing forward‑looking insight, scenario modelling and decision support to senior leaders.
Drive continuous improvements in forecasting accuracy and relevance.
Work closely with the Head of FP&A to align country insight with group reporting, ensuring forecasts, risks and opportunities are accurately reflected in consolidated plans and executive packs, and contributing commercial narratives for board, executive and investor reporting.
Lead country budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring outputs are robust, realistic and aligned to strategic priorities, challenging assumptions and ensuring consistency across submissions.
Act as a senior partner to country and functional leaders, providing constructive challenge and supporting delivery of commercial objectives, representing Commercial Finance in senior forums with clarity and influence.
Improve commercial reporting, analysis and data quality in partnership with FP&A and BI teams, enhancing tools, automation and processes while embedding best practice across regions.
What’s in it for you?
Whether you’re looking to build a long‑term career as we expand across the UK or seeking a job with top benefits, we’ve got you covered:
Bonus Incentive
Flexible hours — start anytime between 8–10 AM and work your 8‑hour day your way
15% Food to Go Discounts – Greggs, Starbucks, Subway, Popeyes, Chaiiwala & Sbarro
Free on‑Site Parking
On site Prayer and Ablution Facilities
Employee Assistance program
Support for mental and financial wellbeing
Life Insurance
Legal Assistance
Retail Discounts
Salary Sacrifice Pension
What we are looking for:
Extensive leadership experience in commercial finance or finance business partnering within a multi‑site and/or multi‑country environment. Exposure to the forecourt sector is advantageous.
Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar; professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA) desirable with exposure to BI tools, data automation and dashboards, ideally Power BI.
Proactive, detail‑driven leader with a track record of developing high‑performing finance teams and working effectively both independently and collaboratively
Strong commercial mindset, able to translate financial data into clear strategic insight with excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with credibility at senior leadership level.
Strong Excel and modelling skills, excellent communication, and a proactive, detail‑driven approach to prioritising work in a fast‑growing environment
Be a part of it:
As EG On the Move grows, we’re excited to welcome talented individuals to our team. We are about building a workplace where expertise and growth come together. Here, your skills matter, and you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact. Join us and be part of something meaningful!
Please note that this role requires a successful DBS check, which will be fully funded by EG On The Move
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- Location:
- Blackburn
- Job Type:
- FullTime
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