Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. Predominantly through the provision of travel related benefits within a market leading digital travel ecosystem. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle Benefits and Insurance.

The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.

We have more than 25 years’ experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 colleagues globally.

What does the Head of Commercial Finance, Americas do? 

This role will provide end-to-end finance business partnering support to senior management across several functions both internally and externally with our clients in Americas. The Head of Commercial Finance Americas is a key role in working alongside regional and global commercial teams influencing strategic and operational decision making and providing insights that drive better business performance and grow value for the company.

This role will be responsible for:

• Will lead in engaging, partnering and building relationships with the Americas Commercial team (Commercial SVP, Market Directors, Business Development and Account Management)
• Providing value-added financial insight and support, driving continuous improvement in business performance.
• Provide constructive challenges back by financial models with varied sensitivity analyses towards business plans, client deals and forecasts, proactively identifying risks and opportunities, whilst supporting functional leads to find solutions.
• Provide and present clear advice on financial management, due diligence and strategy to ensure informed decisions can be made.
• Demonstrate leadership and influencing of senior management throughout.
• Work with operational finance to deliver insight through continuous improvements in planning, reporting and detailed performance analysis.
• Working with functional leads and Group FP&A to agree financials forecasts and plans and provide robust explanation to senior finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Collaborating with other finance business partners and finance teams across Collinson to build a finance community that delivers effective and value-added support to the business.
• Providing effective challenge on spend and costs to ensure Collinson maximizes return on investment, creates value for money and eliminates waste.
• Fully engaged in new client opportunities or existing client renewals to ensure best outcome for Collinson.
• Lead role in supporting Americas requirements as we transition Collinson Finance systems and grow the Americas proposition particularly in Latin America.
• Supporting various business initiatives and projects as required.
• Providing ad-hoc analytical support to as required.

What You'll Do? 

• Monthly business and executive reporting
• Budgeting, forecasting and business planning process
• Internal analysis and cost management (including recharges)
• Business analysis and decision support leveraging robust financial models for new and existing client opportunities
• Risk and opportunity management
• Finance lead for growth and investment opportunities across Americas; responsible for business cases, investment management, finance due diligence
• Product, project and initiative financial modelling
• Responsible for ensuring the commercial financial governance of Americas and working with other functions to ensure local legal compliance

What You Need?

• Experience in a similar group level role, ideally at a complex multinational matrix corporation Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation and influencing skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills up to C Suite Level stakeholders.
• Ability to interpret data, analyze using appropriate tools, and present in a clear and concise form.
• Excellent spread sheet, PowerPoint and modelling skills

Person specification

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration with a minimum of 10 years PQE
• MBA or qualified with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent would be a plus
• Commercially aware, understanding the needs of operations, finance and management.
• Understanding of risk, working with ambiguity and able to form and support opinions
• Collaborative and persuasive manner.

You can look forward to a competitive salary and benefit plan including but not limited to:

• 100% employer paid medical, dental, life & LTD insurance for employees
• 100% match to your 401k deferrals (limited) with 100% vesting at 6 months
• Supplemental Insurance including STD, additional Life
• Priority Pass Membership
• Global Mentoring Program
• Wellness Programs
• Lifestyle Benefits

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: color, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc.).

If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at ushr@collinsongroup.com