Commercial Finance Director, UK & RoI - Inspiring Vet Care in Bristol

About IVC Evidensia

At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 42,000 employees.

We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting in the region of 25,000 animals every single day across our international network.

IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long‑term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.

Position Overview

The Commercial Finance Director is a key finance leadership role in the company.

Partnering with the UK & ROI CFO and CEO and the senior exec to deliver the strategic and operational financial management and risk management of Inspiring Vet Care, one of the largest subsidiaries of IVC Evidensia.

The role is focused on business partnering and insights with a key focus on investment strategies and plans to optimise commercial performance through effective financial insight.

The Director leads the Commercial Finance team for Inspiring Vet Care, owning business partnering, insight and delivery of financial performance, and acts as a key advisor to operations, translating financial data into clear actions that drive revenue, margin, and cost outcomes.

• Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
• Performance & Business Partnering
• Partner to UK COO & Key member of Ops senior leadership team
• Lead Finance Business Partners aligned to operational areas
• Partner with senior exec and operational leaders to drive financial performance and accountability
• Own delivery of revenue, margin and cost targets
• Establish and lead the performance rhythm, including KPIs, performance reviews and clear action tracking to drive delivery and mitigate risk
• Lead the management of overheads to drive effective cost management, identifying and delivering regional cost efficiencies
• Insight & Analysis
• Lead the Insights team capability to deliver actionable performance analysis
• Identify risks, opportunities and value drivers, including pricing, volume and cost through deep trend and data analyses
• Translate data into clear, decision‑focused recommendations
• Ensure insight drives prioritised, measurable actions rather than standalone analysis
• Lead the transformation of insights through AI and technology usage on big data
• Planning & Forecasting
• Partner with regional FP&A on budget, forecast and target setting, owning the delivery of the Inspiring Vet Care target framework build
• Ensure forecasts are commercially robust, with clear assumptions and actions
• Provide clear articulation of risks and opportunities within forecasts to support senior decision‑making and Group narratives
• Link assumptions from regional level to individual clinic level targets
• Investment & Value Creation
• Lead financial evaluation of capex and strategic initiatives
• Drive identification and delivery of value creation opportunities
• Support prioritisation of initiatives to optimise commercial returns and resource allocation
• Leadership
• Lead and develop a team of 9 Finance Business Partners and analysts, building a high‑performing team in a fast moving high pressure environment
• Set clear accountability across business partnering and insights activities
• Foster a culture of challenge, ownership and delivery in own team and across the business unit through visible financial leadership
• Stakeholder Management
• Act as the financial lead in all operational forums ensuring clarity of financial targets, strategy and outlook is paired with delivery
• Influence senior stakeholders with data‑led insight
• Partner closely with the regional CFO and regional Exec on strategic and operational decisions

Experience / Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant with extensive commercial finance experience and understanding of financial accounting gained in operational roles
• Experience in a medium/large international business with different cultures and a collaborative, matrix environment
• Experience influencing Senior Leadership, managing multiple complex relationships and overcoming conflicts and dependencies
• Strong people management skills, ability to attract top talent and create an inclusive workplace
• Extensive experience in business partnering roles that add value to business decision‑making, investment valuation and large financial analysis projects
• Extensive insights and analytical experience, able to assess complex data and quickly identify key issues and drivers; preference for those with proven experience in AI usage for big data insight generation
• Experience in strategic planning, budget and forecasting processes
• Strong understanding of control environment, business processes and systems
• Pragmatic, energetic, driven, confident
• Emotionally and intellectually intelligent with strong stakeholder management skills
• A hands‑on operator, driven to get into detail and work closely with the UK, Ireland and group network
• A team‑player with high expectations and drive to establish impeccable foundations
• A partnership mentality, supporting and challenging leaders across the business
• An innovator with a strong orientation towards transformational change and a motivated, accountable culture

Benefits

In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from

• Work‑life balance
• 26 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Pension
• Discretionary Bonus
• Discounted staff pet care
• Dog Friendly office
• Free parking available at Head Office

EEO Statement

We are a BAME, LGBTQ+ and Disability Confident inclusive employer and we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups.

We may use artificial intelligence tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.

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