Company: Checkatrade
Location: London
Posted: April 18th, 2026
As our next Commercial Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the financial performance and strategic scalability of the UK’s go-to home improvement marketplace. From managing the P&L that fuels our growth to partnering with senior leadership to optimize capital allocation, your work will ensure our commercial engine is lean, profitable, and primed for expansion.
Driving Commercial Performance: Owning the budgeting and forecasting cycles for our Consumer division, ensuring all growth initiatives align with our long‑term financial targets and EBITDA goals.
Optimizing Spend & ROI: Building rigorous financial frameworks to evaluate marketing spend, product investment, and unit economics, ensuring every pound deployed delivers maximum shareholder value.
Strategic Financial Business Partnering: Collaborating with the VP of Consumer and Finance heads to provide the data‑backed narratives needed for board‑level reporting and investment decision‑making.
Revenue & Pricing Strategy: Identifying margin‑expansion opportunities and refining our commercial models to ensure we remain the most efficient marketplace for homeowners and tradespeople alike.
Commercial or Financial Expertise: Experience in commercial management, FP&A, or strategic finance, ideally within a high‑growth marketplace, SaaS, or digital platform.
Data‑Driven Rigor: A mastery of growth economics and financial modelling. You don't just see numbers; you see the story they tell about our business health and trajectory.
High‑Stakes Communication: The ability to translate complex financial variances and forecasts into clear, actionable insights for non‑finance stakeholders.
A Pragmatic Mindset: Confidence navigating ambiguous fiscal environments and the ability to pivot strategies based on real‑time performance data.
Competitive salary + annual bonus
Employee Share Program
Health, well‑being and learning support
Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
Birthday/Special day leave
Buy & sell holiday scheme
1 week’s paid charity leave and much more!
Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
1st stage interview with the Commercial Director
2nd Stage interviews with our VP of Consumer & COO
Final stage interview includes a commercial case study and modelling exercise
If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box.
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