Commercial Director, ELT

We are seeking an experienced finance professional to provide financial leadership, commercial insight and strategic business partnering across the Sales & Marketing and Assessment functions of the ELT Division. Working as a member of the senior management team, the role is responsible for helping shape business plans, support decision-making and drive financial performance through the provision of robust analysis, clear insight, and constructive challenge.

The role leads financial planning activities across these functions, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, while providing financial evaluation and commercial support for significant business opportunities and investments. This includes assessing major customer contracts, strategic partnerships, pricing models, business cases, and other initiatives to ensure they deliver sustainable value and align with strategic and financial objectives.

Acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, the role brings together financial analysis, market understanding and commercial perspective to support informed decision-making and effective management of opportunities and risks. The position plays a key role in helping leaders understand business performance, identify improvement opportunities, and deliver against financial and operational objectives.

Working closely with colleagues across the ELT Division, Finance, Legal, Tax and other specialist teams, the role ensures that financial considerations are fully integrated into planning and decision-making processes. The successful candidate will contribute to the continuous improvement of financial planning and business partnering activities while supporting the performance and future direction of key areas of the ELT business.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused finance professional to work across a broad range of strategic and operational activities, partnering with senior management to help drive growth, performance, and long-term financial objectives.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

• A professional Finance qualification.
• Extensive experience in commercial or business partnering role.
• Initiative and ability to successfully implement new ideas, with drive to push through.
• Trusted advisor who is commercially astute and has a proven record of driving business development and change initiatives.
• Demonstrates gravitas and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to management teams.
• Able to coach and mentor finance professionals in their development.
• Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels within an organisation.
• Able to travel internationally as required.

Please contact grace.mcfadyen@oup.com with any queries relating to this role.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.