Commercial Planning Manager

Role Overview

• Own the five-year plan end to end: calendar, inputs, topline and cost assumptions, scenario logic, country and channel outputs, and the materials that drive leadership decisions.
• Own the annual budget from kickoff to sign-off: governance, assumptions, review cycles, and alignment between topline targets, cost plans and strategic priorities, in close partnership with FP&A.
• Run the quarterly target-setting process: translating the annual plan into targets across countries and channels, calibrating with country leaders and channel owners so targets are realistic, economically grounded and operationally deliverable.
• Hold the planning rhythm together: define the cadence, templates, decision points and ownership; track dependencies; surface trade-offs early; improve planning quality, transparency and speed over time.
• Turn ambiguity into structured answers: frame open business questions as planning problems, run the scenario and sensitivity work behind decisions, and produce executive-ready materials that are clear about the recommendation, not just the analysis.

Requirements

• 3–6 years in strategy consulting, investment banking, strategic finance, business operations at a high-performing company.
• Exceptional structured problem-solving; you can take an ambiguous question, frame it, and break it down into something the business can act on.
• Strong analytical and modelling skills. Advanced spreadsheet fluency essential; comfort interrogating financial models and planning logic.
• Process and project management instinct; you build operating rhythms naturally and follow through relentlessly across teams you don't own.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; credible with executives, country leaders and senior cross-functional stakeholders.
• High ownership and calm under pressure; able to hold a complex system together without losing the thread.

Benefits

• Physical and mental health support through our partnership with GymPass giving free access to over 1,500 gyms in the UK, 1-1 therapy, meditation sessions, digital fitness and nutrition apps.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme.
• Health and Life Insurance.
• Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays).
• Possibility to travel to different offices around Europe.
• Office snacks every day.
• Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment in Central London.
• Flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team.