Commercial Finance Director

Lead the evolution of Commercial Finance at Europe's largest holiday rentals business — driving performance, value creation and the future of finance.

The Opportunity

As Commercial Finance Director, you will lead Commercial Finance across Awaze and play a key role in shaping how the business creates value.

You will sit at the heart of the business, influencing both the day-to-day trading decisions that drive short-term performance and the strategic choices that shape long-term value creation. Reporting to the CFO and serving as a member of the Finance Leadership Team, you will partner closely with leaders across Commercial, Marketing, Supply, Product, Technology and Operations to improve decision quality, accelerate performance and strengthen long-term shareholder value.

You will help redefine the role of finance through greater use of automation, AI and data-led insight, moving the function from retrospective reporting towards predictive analytics, value creation and strategic influence.

We are looking for a leader who is as interested in understanding the economics of our customers, homeowners, products and distribution channels as they are in understanding the numbers themselves.

A role with transformation at its core

Finance is undergoing significant change. Advances in automation, AI and data are creating opportunities to rethink how finance supports the business.

This role will play a leading part in that journey, helping build a Commercial Finance function that spends less time producing reports and more time generating insight, challenging decisions and creating value.

What you'll be doing

• Lead Commercial Finance across Awaze, shaping business performance through insight, challenge and decision support that drives profitable growth, cash generation and long-term value creation.

• Play a central role in day-to-day trading decisions, partnering with Commercial, Marketing and Supply leaders to optimise pricing, promotional activity, marketing investment, demand, revenue, profitability and cash generation

• Partner with senior leaders across Commercial, Marketing, Supply, Product, Technology and Operations to improve decision quality, prioritisation and resource allocation.

• Shape the commercial agenda by bringing greater visibility to the drivers of revenue, profitability, cash generation and shareholder value.

• Develop a deeper understanding of customer, homeowner, destination and channel economics, helping the business make smarter growth and investment decisions.

• Lead forecasting, budgeting, trading outlooks and scenario planning, ensuring the business has a clear view of risks, opportunities and performance drivers

• Evaluate strategic initiatives, investments and growth opportunities, providing robust financial challenge and commercial insight.

• Build and develop a high-performing Commercial Finance team recognised for commercial insight, business partnership and continuous improvement.

• Modernise Commercial Finance through the application of automation, AI and advanced analytics, accelerating the shift from reporting to predictive insight.

• Play a key role in shaping the future finance operating model, improving how Finance supports decision-making across Awaze.

You'll thrive in this role if you:

• Think about value creation rather than simply reporting results.

• Are curious about customer behaviour, economics and profitability.

• Challenge conventional thinking and simplifies complexity.

• Balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.

• Use data and insight to influence decision-making.

• Are excited by the opportunity to modernise finance through technology, automation and AI.

We're looking for someone who brings:

• Significant leadership experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, Strategic Finance or Finance Business Partnering.

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial insight into meaningful business decisions.

• A deep understanding of customer, pricing, channel and unit economics.

• Experience supporting trading, investment and commercial growth initiatives.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the credibility to influence senior leaders across multiple functions.

• A proven track record of leading, developing and inspiring high-performing teams.

• Strong analytical thinking, commercial judgement and problem-solving capability.

• A collaborative leadership style with a passion for improving how finance creates value.

Ideally you will have:

• Experience within a consumer, travel, online platform, marketplace or subscription-based business.

• Experience in a private equity-backed organisation.

• Led finance transformation, automation or AI-enabled initiatives.

• Worked within an international, multi-brand or multi-site environment.

• Built customer profitability, pricing or lifetime value frameworks.

• Experience presenting to Executive Teams, Boards, investors or lenders.

What success looks like after 12–18 months

Within your first 12–18 months you will have:

• Shifted commercial discussions beyond volume and revenue towards customer value, profitability and long-term value creation.

• Built stronger insight into customer, homeowner, destination and channel economics.

• Increased the use of automation, data and AI within Commercial Finance.

• Established yourself as a trusted adviser to senior business leaders.

• Developed a high-performing team focused on insight, influence and decision support.

• Played a key role in shaping the future finance operating model.

Why you'll want to work at Awaze

We offer a versatile position in a strong professional and social environment - one you'll have the opportunity to influence and help shape. You'll be part of an international company that invests in the future, and join a dynamic, fast-paced department with skilled and committed colleagues who support each other.

We're a people-first business - and we know that our success starts with our teams.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll enjoy:

• Generous discounts on holidays across our brands

• Flexible hybrid working – with the autonomy to work how you work best

• Real opportunities to grow, learn and shape your role as well as careers progression vertically or horizontally, cross countries and responsibilities.

About Awaze

Our mission is clear - to create amazing holidays with Europe’s widest choice of holiday homes.

With more than 110,000 properties across Europe, we are the largest managed vacation rentals business in the region. Our ambition is not only to be the biggest, but the best provider of holiday homes in Europe.

As travel continues to evolve, we are focused on what comes next. We will keep strengthening our relationships with guests and homeowners, continuously improving the way we work, and delivering strong performance. By making things simpler and smarter, we are building a business that is ready for what’s next - powered by proud, passionate and inclusive people.

Worth knowing

We offer the best of both worlds: the energy of the office and the freedom of home, with hybrid working that lets you have a mix of office and remote work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

What's next?

If this sounds like the right next step for you, hit "Apply" and follow the instructions to submit your application. We tailor our recruitment process to each role to give both you and our hiring teams the best possible chance to assess whether this could be the start of a successful collaboration. You'll hear from us shortly after we've reviewed your application.

We're committed to running an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, and if you have any specific requirements or adjustments needed for the interview, just let us know when you accept your invitation - we're happy to accommodate.