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Commercial Finance Business Partner

The Travel CorporationCosta Mesa, CA

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Job Description

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

As a TTC Commercial Finance Business Partner, you will work at the heart of decision-making - partnering directly with senior business leaders across our global brands to drive growth, optimise performance, and support TTC's transformation journey. You will play a critical role in delivering insight, challenging the status quo, and turning data into strategic action that improves profitability, ROI, and customer impact. This is a high-impact role within a dynamic, PE-backed organisation undergoing ambitious change.

Requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Partnering & Strategic Insight:

  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to analyse business and customer data, provide financial insights, and shape strategic and tactical plans that enhance performance.

Performance Management:

  • Lead on tracking commercial KPIs, measuring marketing effectiveness, and identifying opportunities for revenue growth and cost optimization.

Budgeting & Forecasting:

  • Actively participate in the annual budget cycle and rolling reforecast processes, providing challenge, analysis, and scenario planning to optimise resource allocation.

Marketing & ROI Analysis:

  • Assess marketing and advertising spend effectiveness, model scenarios, and recommend reallocation or new initiatives to improve return on investment.

Transformation & Continuous Improvement:

  • Support transformation initiatives, challenge legacy ways of working, and drive data-led decision making across trade and direct-to-consumer channels.

ROLE SUCCESS CRITERIA

  • Delivery of financial and strategic insight that leads to measurable commercial improvement
  • ROI uplift on marketing and campaign investment
  • ROI uplift on strategic initiatives investment
  • Accuracy and clarity of forecasts and business plans
  • Stakeholder satisfaction and adoption of recommendations
  • Contribution to transformation, scalability, and value creation plans
  • Ability to work in a hybrid setting in Costa Mesa, CA office.

Success in this role means acting as a true co-pilot to the business - providing visibility, challenge, and recommendations that directly shape growth, performance, and customer outcomes. You'll be a trusted voice around the table, bringing commercial acumen, data fluency, and strategic thinking to TTC's evolving business landscape.

KEY INDIVIDUAL TRAITS

Boldness: Approaches tasks and decisions with confidence and a proactive mindset, willingness to speak up and challenge the status quo.

Collaborative: Builds strong relationships and works cross-functionally with a consultative, co-creative approach to influence and align others in a fast-paced environment.

Curiosity: Driven by lifelong learning, actively seeks new knowledge, skills, and perspectives to enhance performance and personal growth. Embraces continuous learning as a core value.

YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Experience & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
  • Proven background in FP&A or commercial finance, ideally in fast-paced, multi-brand or digital-first environments
  • Experience working across marketing, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, and/or marketplace models
  • Track record of shaping business strategy and delivering measurable performance improvement
  • Experience leading end-to-end financial support for commercial product/service initiatives, including strategic planning, business case development, financial viability assessment, successful deployment, and ongoing performance monitoring
  • International experience and comfort working across different markets and business models
  • Exposure to the travel, hospitality, or leisure sectors a plus
  • Experience navigating change and transformation environments

Key Skills

  • Strong financial modelling and analytical capability
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Commercial curiosity and strategic problem-solving
  • Ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-makers
  • High adaptability and resilience in evolving, fast-paced settings

TRAVEL & OTHER REQUIREMENT

  • Travel: To be discussed

Salary: $125,000 - $145,000

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