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Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Onsite
Why loveholidays?
We’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway.
Our trailblaze together culture is what drives our success, powered by our people and the way they work. Using progressive technology, we drive cutting-edge innovation and improve how our customers discover, book and experience their holidays. You’ll have the opportunity to accelerate your growth through meaningful challenges, new experiences and the freedom to shape your own path. You’ll create impact for our future by taking ownership, contributing to shared goals and helping shape what comes next, all as part of our enhanced international community of talented, collaborative and passionate teams.
The difference you’ll make
You’ll sit in the Commercial Finance team, reporting to the VP Commercial Finance. You’ll work closely with senior operational and commercial leaders across the organisation as a dedicated financial co-pilot to evaluate growth opportunities, manage capital deployment, and guide strategic decision-making. Together, the team will design financial frameworks, process analytics, and robust commercial models that directly drive our competitive advantage and long-term performance.
Commercial Finance sits within our Enablement function, providing the expertise, structure and challenge that help loveholidays operate at its best. Through clear frameworks, trusted partnerships and practical guidance, we support better decisions, manage risk and create strong foundations for sustainable growth.
Your day-to-day:
Act as a trusted financial co-pilot to leadership teams, providing insightful analysis, commercial evaluation, and constructive challenge to drive optimal business outcomes.
Understand and translate performance drivers, connecting operational metrics with trading performance to deliver actionable insights and commercial recommendations.
Build influential relationships across business functions, embedding yourself to become the go-to expert for financial matters, deal structuring, and strategic negotiations.
Develop and own robust financial frameworks for major investment initiatives, managing the process from initial financial due diligence and business case preparation through to post-investment review.
Evaluate risk and build business cases, collaborating with cross-functional teams to structure commercial arrangements and present recommendations to executive leadership.
Establish tracking and performance reporting to monitor capital deployment against budget, evaluate deal performance, and measure overall strategy effectiveness.
Your skillset:
Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience in commercial finance or FP&A.
Demonstrable success in a commercial finance business partnering or FP&A role, ideally within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Experience working with high volumes of complex data with the aptitude to distil granular detail and convey simple, clear insights to stakeholders.
Comfortable with ambiguity and thrives on the challenge of building out new processes and capabilities in a 'greenfield' setting.
Clear understanding of key profitability levers, commercial deal structures, and financial governance.
Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to influence, support, and constructively challenge senior non-finance leaders.
The interview journey:
Intro with a member of the Talent Acquisition team - 30 mins
1st stage with Hiring Manager - 45 mins
Final stage with key stakeholder/s including a task to present, in office - 1 hour
Perks of joining us:
Company pension contributions at 5%
Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up
Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends
25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum
Ability to buy and sell annual leave
Access to our electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers
Our commitment to inclusion
At loveholidays, we focus on creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute, grow and succeed. We value the different perspectives, experiences and ideas each person brings, because they help us work better together, challenge our thinking and make stronger decisions.
As we continue to grow and evolve, we want everyone to feel supported and able to do their best work. We’re also committed to making our hiring process accessible, so please let our Talent Acquisition team know if you need any adjustments at any stage.