Commercial Controller

Overview

In this Senior Commercial Controller role, you will own key areas of the UK P&L and lead forecasting and budgeting within Graylings Commercial Finance team. You’ll translate financial data into practical commercial insight for senior leaders, shaping investment, resourcing and performance decisions. You’ll build trusted partnerships across the business and challenge assumptions to improve performance. The position offers exposure to strategic financial planning in a lively UK agency environment with a clear impact on growth and profitability.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• 25 days holiday (30 with service)
• birthday leave
• monthly cash allowance for benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life assurance

Responsibilities

• Own key areas of the UK P&L and provide performance insights
• Lead UK forecasting and planning with senior stakeholders to develop robust assumptions
• Oversee annual budgeting process and ensure accurate delivery to Oracle EPM
• Provide commercial analysis on P&L, client profitability, staff utilisation and overheads
• Partner with senior leaders on forecasts, business cases and resourcing decisions
• Support commercial and client contract decisions with Legal and financial risk management
• Assist cash flow management and month-end reporting with Group Finance
• Make financial information accessible to non-finance colleagues to drive performance
• Build strong, trusted relationships across Grayling as a commercial finance advisor

Key requirements

• Strong experience across commercial finance, FP&A and business partnering
• Strong commercial and analytical skills with understanding of P&L drivers
• Experience leading forecasting and budgeting processes and challenging assumptions
• Credibility to partner with senior stakeholders and influence decisions
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights for non-finance colleagues
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong Excel modelling and PowerPoint capabilities
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail; able to manage competing priorities
• Collaborative approach and ability to build cross-team relationships across seniority
• collaborative
• influential communicator
• problem-solver
• FP&A
• P&L drivers
• forecasting and budgeting

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