Commercial Finance Manager; FTC

Join us at Pets at Home and play a key role in shaping the financial success of our Marketing function. We’re looking for a confident, commercially minded finance professional to join as maternity cover for 12 months, partnering with our Marketing Director and wider team, bringing insight, rigour and challenge to help drive sales, optimise spend and maximise return on our investments.

As Commercial Finance Manager
, you’ll be our key finance contact for Marketing, providing analysis, modelling and decision‑making support that helps us deliver strong commercial outcomes. You’ll take the lead on evaluating marketing initiatives, building robust budgets, tracking performance and ensuring we make data‑driven decisions that support growth.

The role offers a 12‑month fixed term contract and hybrid working (two office days per week) from our Support Office in Handforth, Cheshire.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Reporting on the performance of Marketing initiatives to understand and drive sales and profitability
• Defining and agreeing KPIs for key investment and ensuring robust post‑campaign evaluation
• Modelling costs and forecasting returns to optimise future spend
• Leading the budgeting process across Marketing and ensuring delivery through periodic R&O’s
• Supporting CRM and Proposition leads with investment proposals and post‑analysis
• Tracking discount spend and proposals to ensure alignment across Marketing, Trading and Multichannel
• Providing ad‑hoc financial insight to support key projects and commercial decisions

We’re looking for someone who brings strong commercial acumen, confidence in partnering with senior stakeholders and the ability to thrive in a fast‑changing environment.

You will be:

• A fully qualified accountant (CIMA or equivalent) with at least 2+ years PQE
• Experienced in Commercial Finance, ideally within retail
• Skilled in team management, with a collaborative, people‑focused approach
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Detail‑driven, adaptable and able to work at pace
• A strong communicator who builds effective cross‑functional relationships

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities.

Even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!