Commercial Business Partner in Manchester

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PARTNER / MANCHESTER/ PERMANENT / HYBRID /£70,000-£75,000 PLUS BENEFITS

About the Team / Role

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company looking to forge the way in a rapidly changing environment, with a goal to simplify the business of doing business for our customers, freeing them to spend more time, with less worry, on the things they love. We are on a journey to build consistent world class user experience across our products and services and leverage customer driven innovation across all of our strategic initiatives.

As a Commercial Business Partner, you will act as the financial co-pilot to our Sales and Commercial leadership teams. You won’t just report the numbers; you will influence them. Your focus will be on driving customer profitability, building the financial architecture for our 5-year strategy, and ensuring the Board has a crystal-clear view of our commercial performance.

What’s on offer?

• Highly competitive salary between £70,000-£75,000 (dependant on experience)

• Annual company bonus

• 40 hour week – Monday to Friday

• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in rather our London or Manchester offices)

• Industry leading pension scheme

• Private Medical

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays

• Life assurance

• Income protection

• Gym Flex membership

• Discounts & perks platform

• Employee wellbeing

How you’ll make an impact

• Consultative Solution Design- Partner with Sales and Relationship teams during the customer journey to understand business requirements and design tailored WEX payment solutions that unlock commercial value.

• Technical Advisory -Act as a trusted technical advisor to customer stakeholders across development, finance, and operational teams, translating complex requirements into practical and scalable solutions.

• Technical Delivery & Configuration -Build and configure customer solutions with strong attention to detail, ensuring implementations are delivered accurately and efficiently.

• Integration & Troubleshooting -Support customer integration activity across APIs, web services, and virtual card platforms. Diagnose technical issues, troubleshoot integration challenges, and ensure seamless connectivity with customer systems.

• Project Leadership – Own and manage end-to-end technical implementation projects, coordinating internal and external stakeholders while managing timelines, risks, scope changes, and delivery milestones.

• Product Demonstrations & Customer Enablement -Deliver engaging technical demonstrations and support customer education around system functionality, reconciliation processes, and ongoing platform maintenance.

• Voice of the Customer – Provide valuable customer feedback and technical insight to internal Product and Engineering teams, helping shape future enhancements and product innovation.

• Board-Level Updates: Synthesize complex data into high-impact quarterly board decks. You will tell the “story” behind the numbers, highlighting risks and opportunities.

• KPI Management: Define and track leading indicators of commercial success (e.g., Customer Acquisition Cost, Lifetime Value, Churn Impact).

Experience you’ll bring

• Education: Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or MBA with a strong quantitative background.

• Technical Prowess: Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills are non-negotiable (VBA, Power Query, or SQL is a significant plus).

• Commercial Track Record: Proven experience in a commercial finance or FP&A role, ideally within a fast-paced B2B, SaaS, or FMCG environment.

• The “Challenger” Mindset: You are comfortable pushing back on Sales Directors and challenging assumptions with data-backed evidence.

• Clarity of Communication: You can explain results to a non-financial audience without losing them in the weeds.

• Strategic Vision: You look beyond the current quarter to understand how today’s deals impact the business in Year 5.

What’s next?

If you feel that you have the necessary skills to be our new Commercial Business Partner please APPLY TODAY for immediate consideration.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/ belief, sexual orientation, or age

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately it is not possible to respond to each one individually, applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted within one week of applications.

We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received by WEX will be treated as a gift and will not be eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by the Talent Acquisition team.