Finance Business Partner (12-month FTC/Secondment)

About The Role

Reporting (functionally) into the Strategy and Planning Director you will provide strategic, commercial and technical advice to the senior leadership team for the Commercial Division, leading on financial performance reporting and providing insight to support (and review) key management decisions/investments The Commercial Division operate our remarketing and refurbishment programmes with annual turnover approaching £4billion. Maximising revenue for our end of contract vehicles is a critical (and very commercial) element of our business operation It is easiest to think of your role as ‘Finance Director’ for the Commercial Division, leading financial oversight/analysis as you will be representing Finance as a member of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team, attending (as a member) relevant Divisional Boards

• Lead finance contact for the Divisional Executive and Senior Leadership Team to provide in depth analysis, interpretation and advice around their key operations, decision-making and performance across the Divisional Income Statement(s).
• Challenge efficiency/effectiveness of resource expenditure and investment and ensure there are robust processes for review and performance analysis – with clear measurable outcomes and objectives to measure success
• Own the P&L for your business area ensuring reporting, and historical trends are reported, understood and used in investment discussions and decisions
• Pro-actively get involved in business engagements that will provide you with more insight and knowledge to broaden your understanding of the overall business delivery and not just the financials. This should ensure there is context around your numbers to provide better analysis.
• Attend Divisional Boards, Owners Groups or any other business meetings as required to represent Finance and provide updates of performance ensuring business areas are well informed from a finance perspective. Play a key role in the quarterly business reviews (to CEO and CFO).
• Own the budget and forecasting processes for your area.
• Keep up to date with external factors that may affect your areas financial performance or accounting approach.
• All financial controls, policy, governance and accounting treatment within your area will be your responsibility.
• Play a key role in ensuring the broader Business Partnering team is continually evolving to meet the needs of Finance and the wider business.
  

About You

• You will be a self-starter and can prioritise tasks effectively, confident to independently manage workload and role development.
• You possess excellent interpersonal skills and can build relationships, influence and communicate effectively with senior management.
• You take pride in providing a ‘first-class service’ to your stakeholders – this will require you to quickly and effectively interpret requirements, prioritise delivery when necessary. You will have excellent attention to detail with strong analytical skills
• You have experience of working to multiple deadlines, seeking ways to improve process efficiency and utilising others (in Finance or more broadly) to support delivery.
• Composed under pressure and experience of managing in challenging and pressured circumstances.
• A proactive and positive change agent, capable of challenging status quo thinking/processes to drive continuous improvements across all aspects of the function and more broadly across the company
• You are supportive leader across the finance function, championing the development of teams and individuals to the benefit of company and career progression. A collaborative team player

Minimum criteria

• Qualified Accountant, +3yrs PQE and experience in a Business Partner role
• Expert in using Excel (reporting, financial modelling) and general proficiency across normal suite of Microsoft products.
• Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations

About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 800,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care

We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on-site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2-days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.

As a Motability Operations team member, you can expect:

• An annual discretionary bonus
• 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
• Employee Discount Scheme with a huge number of retailers and an app to save on the go
• Discounted Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme (we have showers, changing rooms and secure bike sheds on site)

As well as financial benefits, our staff's health and well-being are very important to us, so we also offer:

• 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
• Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
• Critical illness insurance
• Free access to healthcare apps, such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP
• Funded health screening for over 50s
• 1 day per year to volunteer – Staff can support a local charity or do a sponsored event whilst being paid for it
• Access to our fully accessible company allotment – Where we grow our own produce for local charitable organisations
• Access to Prayer room and quiet spaces whilst working in the office

We also understand that not everyone is the same so offer several voluntary benefits that you can select outside the core package, these include;

• Dental Insurance
• Health and cancer screenings for you and your partner
• Discounted gym memberships
• Charitable giving

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

Please note, Motability Operations reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.