Commercial Finance Manager (Product)

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This is a fantastic opportunity to join comparethemarket.com (CTM) as a Commercial Finance Manager (Product). Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that the Product and Commercial stakeholders responsible for these verticals proactively receive detailed, actionable insight around trading and commercial performance together with effective planning and forecasting and value adding decision support. The role will actively engage business partners to contribute, challenge and support the ongoing trading activities of the business.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:
* Ensure that the business has a clear understanding of product trading performance, the best possible insight on "the why" as well implications for the future combined with the active promotion of actions required to optimise performance going forward.
* A proactive business partner, challenging and supporting the development and profit performance of products and providing support in development of proposition roadmaps as well as business cases and PIR’s
* Ensure you have an effective understanding of market dynamics and competitor performance, liaising with colleagues both within and outside of Commercial Finance (e.g. Data Insights and other members of the Commercial Finance team)
* Curious, inquisitive and proactive - this role requires a relentless drive to seek out insight and answers
* Facilitate planning processes and ensure timely submission of plans
* Third party contracts and deal structures are understood and documented and aligned with reporting
* New initiatives are supported by accurate analysis and reporting

What will it take?
* Qualified Accountant
* Demonstrable experience of working with non-financial stakeholders
* Strong influencing skills to ensure that best decisions are taken
* Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to share complex models with non-financial stakeholders
* Excellent business partnering skills given there are multiple stakeholders across the business

We are committed to offering equal chances to you throughout the application process, so if you require any special adjustments to be made please let us know. We will work with you to make any appropriate arrangements

Why choose us?
You might already know us - we’re the ones with the Meerkats! Compare the Market has helped revolutionise the insurance market and we have been growing rapidly since starting in 2006.

We are on a mission to transform the comparison industry, moving beyond endless forms and generic search results, to a highly personalised, service-led experience. In order to do so, we recognise that we need to consistently deliver seamless, personalised customer experiences through a connected data and technology ecosystem.

About BGL
Founded in 1992, the BGL Group has grown significantly in size and capability. From 30 to 3,000 people globally we are a leading digital distributor of insurance and household financial services.

We’re growing and we are home to such brands as; Les Furets, Beagle Street, Junction, Budget Insurance and Dial Direct. We are trusted by more than 10million customers in the UK alone, with this foundational success we continually grow and invest in our people and their ideas.

We enjoy what we do and we have fun doing it!

Diversity and Inclusion
We’re a diverse community of dedicated, innovative and talented professionals. With an inclusive and open workplace, we encourage our people to create and share ideas - supporting their growth and celebrating their uniqueness.

Flexible working
We understand the importance of achieving a healthy lifestyle balance, whether it’s working remotely or flexibly we have an environment where people are empowered to embrace flexible working in a way that works for them and for the business.