Senior Finance Manager Location: Hatfield (hybrid working)Package: Up to £95,000 base + strong bonus + executive-level benefits The role This is a senior commercial leadership opportunity within a high-velocity, multi-billion-pound consumer organisation operating at national scale. The business is complex, operationally intense and constantly evolving - and finance plays a central role in shaping how it grows, invests and performs.As Senior Finance Manager, you will sit at the core of strategic and operational decision-making, acting as a critical advisor to senior leaders. This is not a traditional reporting role - it's about driving forward commercial outcomes, challenging thinking, and ensuring financial insight is embedded into how the business is run. You'll operate across a broad, multi-site footprint, balancing short-term performance with long-term value creation, while leading and developing a high-performing finance team.Key accountabilities
Acting as lead finance partner to senior operational and commercial leaders, influencing decisions with material financial impact
Owning complex end-to-end financial planning for a large operational estate, encompassing forecasting, budgeting and scenario modelling
Providing clear, forward-looking insight on revenue, margins, cost drivers, labour and productivity
Driving financial rigour into strategic initiatives, investments, pricing decisions and operational change programmes
Leading and evolving reporting and insight capabilities to support faster, better quality decision-making
Playing a hands-on role in major commercial negotiations, ensuring outcomes align with wider business objectives
Developing and setting direction for a team of finance professionals, raising commercial capability and standards across the function
Acting as a senior voice within the wider finance leadership community, contributing to broader finance transformation and strategy
About you
Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience
Strong track record in senior commercial finance roles within large, complex, customer-driven organisations
Deep experience operating in multi-site or high-volume environments where pace and scale matter
A proven business partner at senior level - comfortable influencing, challenging and shaping decisions
Commercially astute, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities
Experienced people leader with a genuine interest in building high-performing teams
Confident communicator who can distil complex financial narratives into clear, actionable messages
Why this role stands out
Senior-level influence in a high-profile, commercially ambitious business
Exposure to complex decision-making at scale
Opportunity to shape strategy, performance and capability - not just report on them
Competitive package with base salary up to £95k plus bonus