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Commercial Finance Lead IT

United Kingdom, Newbury · Job Posted July 13, 2026
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Job Responsibility

  • Own financial oversight across multiple IT areas, ensuring alignment between technology spend, delivery, and commercial outcomes
  • Partner with senior IT leaders to drive financial performance, challenge decisions, and support strategic planning
  • Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for IT and Digital functions
  • Drive cost efficiency and optimisation, identifying opportunities to reduce spend while maintaining delivery quality
  • Provide clear financial analysis and insight, including variance analysis and proactive identification of risks and opportunities
  • Ensure strong governance and financial control frameworks, including reporting, accountability, and alignment with Finance and Procurement
  • Translate financial performance into clear, meaningful insight to support senior decision-making
  • Lead improvements in forecasting, reporting, and financial processes to enhance transparency and data quality
  • Act as a subject matter expert on finance systems (e.g. Oracle), supporting month-end and broader finance processes
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Technology, Finance, and Procurement teams to ensure consistency and accuracy of financial information

Requirements

  • A commercially focused finance professional with experience partnering with technology or digital functions
  • Strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting, and managing complex cost bases
  • Able to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, driving accountability and improved performance
  • Highly analytical, with the ability to turn complex financial data into clear, actionable insights
  • Experienced in working within fast-paced, evolving environments with multiple priorities
  • Strong attention to detail combined with a strategic mindset and big-picture thinking
  • Proven ability to improve processes, reporting, and financial governance frameworks
  • Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills across multiple levels
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally in matrix organisations
  • Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) or equivalent experience with a strong technical foundation

What we offer

  • Excellent basic salary
  • bonus
  • Vodafone benefits
  • up to 28 days off plus bank holidays
  • paid time for charity work
  • discounts
  • vouchers
  • pension plan
  • learning tools
  • top-notch parental leave policies

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