Commercial Finance Manager in Richmond

We are looking for a qualified Accountant to join our BBU Finance team as Commercial Finance Manager, with responsibility for Eastern Europe and Nordics region. This is a high-impact, multifaceted role, partnering closely with Commercial, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to drive performance across the region, while maintaining robust governance and compliance standards. The role operates across a complex, diverse geographic footprint and requires regular engagement with internal stakeholders, distributor partners, and external service providers. It offers broad exposure to commercial and operational challenges, requiring strong judgement and the ability to navigate complexity effectively.

Main Responsibility

• Lead financial management, reporting, planning, and analysis of commercial performance across a diverse, multi-market region.
• Providing clear, timely and insightful financial reporting and analysis to support business performance and decision-making.
• Partner cross-functionally to support delivery of business objectives and performance targets.
• Leading the planning cycles, including Budget, Full Year Estimate and 5-Year Plan, ensuring alignment to the Finance calendar and stakeholder expectations.
• Monitoring and challenging performance to identify trends, risks and opportunities, and recommending actions to improve delivery against budget and forecast.
• Leading monthly business reviews, consolidating risks and opportunities, and providing clear insight to support performance management.
• Supporting strategic planning by ensuring alignment of commercial and financial objectives across the EENO markets.
• Providing ad hoc analysis and financial modelling to support key business initiatives and projects.
• Driving continuous improvement in finance processes, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Managing overhead costs, including travel and entertainment, ensuring strong cost control and visibility.
• Deputising for the Head of Finance (UK) where required and supporting wider Finance priorities.
• Ensure strong governance and compliance across the region, working closely with the Compliance & Controls Manager.
• Oversee monthly management and corporate accounting for regional marketing entities.
• Coordinate with in-market teams and external accountants to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial reporting.
• Maintain full ownership of financial controls, corporate governance, and statutory and tax reporting processes.

Our Ideal Candidate

You'll be a qualified Accountant (ACCA or CIMA), commercially minded, with strong experience in financial planning, reporting and business partnering within a fast-paced environment. You're confident working with senior stakeholders and able to challenge constructively while providing clear, actionable insight. You bring a balance of strong technical capability with advanced Excel skills, commercial awareness and a proactive mindset, with a focus on driving performance and continuous improvement. Proven ability to operate effectively in a complex, international environment and work collaboratively with remote teams is essential to success in this role.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees' financial wellbeing.
• Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to 'buy' or 'sell' some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan.
• Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS. William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive. We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions. At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to "Have your best work day every day". Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams. We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.