Senior Commercial Finance Manager - Catering
37.5 hours p/w (Mon-Fri)
Hybrid: 2 days in Toddington central support office
As the Senior Commercial Finance Manager for our Catering business you will business partner the Trading Director and leadership team, delivering commercial insight and challenge with your team to drive value into the business and ensure a well controlled environment across gross margin. This role is a senior member of the finance leadership team and leads a team of one professional.
What can I expect in return?
Potential on target bonus of 20%
Car allowance
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Life assurance
Up to 60% discount for you, your partner as well as your family and friends
Enhanced benefits, including maternity, paternity, pension, sick pay and life assurance
Fabulous training and development opportunities including funding qualifications
You will be responsible for
Partnering Trading Director for Catering and leadership team
Support the execution of business plan across the estate through commercial insight and challenge
Weekly insight and analysis into performance across each brand
Period end accounting, reporting and analysis delivering robust gross margin accounting, drivers analysis
Decision making support following weekly or monthly analysis
Ownership of Catering brands performance reviews
Ownership of Catering brands financial planning; budgets, forecast, and the management of risks and ops
Lead and develop high performing team of one
Ensure key financial controls and processes are well managed and controlled
Continuous Improvement of controls & processes to support new and existing initiatives both within Finance
Support in the broader leadership of the finance team
Ad hoc reporting, analysis & project work
What we're looking for:
ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
Strong commercial experience preferably within a multi site organisation (Catering/FMCG/Retail)
Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large, complex datasets
Commercial thinking with the ability to influence, communicate, create action and deliver results
Business partnering experience across all levels and effective stakeholder management skills
Solid understanding of all financial statements and the importance of financial integrity and control
Strong relationship‑builder who collaborates well across Finance, Commercial and operations.
High accuracy, strong organisational skills and a proactive, hands‑on approach.
Curious individual that can operate both within the detail but also at a top level/total business impact view
Moto is the UK's leading motorway service area operator, serving millions of customers every year. We're ambitious, fast-moving and constantly evolving. This is an opportunity to join a business where your commercial insight will directly influence performance and support strategic growth.
Ready to drive commercial performance and shape the future of Catering and Commercial Income at Moto? We'd love to hear from you.
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