Head of Commercial Finance
Sonova Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Conwy • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Lead
About the role
- Partner with business leaders to shape commercial decisions, pricing strategy, promotional effectiveness and investment priorities.
- Own our financial forecasting and planning framework, ensuring it is accurate, forward-looking and trusted across the organisation.
- Lead the development of financial models to evaluate store performance, new openings, relocations and World of Hearing expansion.
- Provide clear, concise insight on trading performance, customer trends and sales drivers.
- Manage the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting cycle for Sales and related costs, working closely with the wider Finance team.
- Lead, mentor and develop the Finance team (with the Finance Controller) to build capability, confidence and commercial understanding.
- Drive continuous improvement in how we report and interpret performance- simplifying where possible and automating where beneficial.
- Influence key operational decisions, ensuring financial consequences are understood and balanced with customer and colleague impact.
Requirements
- Is a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
- Has commercial finance / business partnering experience, ideally in a multi-site, retail, healthcare or consumer environment.
- Is highly accomplished in financial modelling and Excel, with the ability to create clarity from complexity.
- Communicates clearly, confidently and credibly- including to non-finance stakeholders.
- Can challenge respectfully, influence decisions and build strong collaborative relationships.
- Enjoys leading through others- coaching, developing and motivating teams.
- Has a continuous improvement mindset- not just reporting what happened but helping shape what happens next.
Benefits
- Hybrid working: A mix of office and home-based working
- Boots Discount Card : Receive exclusive discounts on a wide range of products at Boots stores.
- Free hearing aids if you need them as an employee!
- Free Flu Vaccine : Stay healthy with free flu vaccines available at Boots Pharmacies & Discounted for family members
- Pension Scheme : Secure your future with our comprehensive pension scheme.
- Flexible Benefit Box : Access our flexible benefit box to tailor benefits to suit your individual needs.
- Life Assurance Cover : Gain peace of mind with life assurance cover.
- Long Service Awards : Be recognised for your dedication with long service awards.
- Generous Annual Leave : Start with 25 days of annual leave, increasing with length of service to a maximum of 30 days, plus bank holidays.
- Telus : Access Telus, a confidential support network offering help and advice on matters both in and outside of work.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial forecastingfinancial planningfinancial modelingbudgetingmonth-end reportingExcel
Soft skills
communicationinfluencingcollaborationcoachingmentoringcontinuous improvement
Certifications
ACAACCACIMA