Your new company
Hays are partnering exclusively with a highly successful and growing business, who deliver a range of exceptional services to their customers. You will be working within the UK division of an international group and will play a vital part in a key project they are delivering.
Your new role
This is a newly created role that will work in close partnership with the leadership team. This role is responsible for leading the strategic financial management – providing actionable insights and commercial analysis that drive profitable growth and data‑informed decision‑making aligned with business objectives. Additionally, the role supports key customer accounts, ensuring a strong financial focus across the business to deliver services in full alignment with contractual agreements.
Specifically, your responsibilities will be to:
- Partner with commercial, sales and operation teams to evaluate business performance, pricing strategy and profitability.
- Deliver timely and accurate management reports to the board that include clear insights and recommendations that drive performance and profit.
- Support the local leadership team(s) with robust business cases, forecasts and scenario planning.
- Lead the financial planning and analysis of key customer account(s), providing budgeting, forecasting and long‑term financial planning.
- Become the Subject Matter Expert for the commercial contract with the customer and ensure compliance.
- Develop a strong commercial relationship with the customer and be the conduit between them and the Metro leadership and finance teams.
- Monitor key commercial KPI’s that include revenue growth, profitability and margins. The ability to be in the detail is essential.
- Ensure financial controls and governance are embedded with commercial decision‑making.
- Improve financial processes, tools and systems to ensure data accuracy and efficiency.
- Work with the broader finance team to maintain compliance and consistency within financial operations.
This is a full‑time role, working 40 hours per week, between Monday and Friday. The role will be on a hybrid basis, with the expectation of being on site for 3 days a week, but you may be required to do more if the role requires it.
What you’ll need to succeed
- Be a fully qualified accountant
- Have experience in outward‑facing commercial finance or business partnering
- Possess strong stakeholder management experience
- Have excellent financial planning and analysis skills
- Have excellent analytical and problem‑solving ability
- Possess prior experience in creating and developing financial processes and KPI’s
- Have advanced Excel and financial modelling proficiency
What you get in return
You will receive a competitive base salary, flexible hybrid working options, free on‑site parking, private medical insurance, health cash plan, and life assurance cover.
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