Location: London Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 2 days per week on average.
About the team
Join a fast-growing and innovative area of the business focused on electric vehicle charging. As part of a high-performing finance team supporting a developing EV proposition, you will play a key role in helping shape the commercial and financial direction of the business. Working in a collaborative environment, you will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across Property, Operations, Marketing and Technology to support sustainable growth, maximise value creation and influence strategic decision-making.
More about the role
As Finance Manager, you will act as a trusted Finance Business Partner, providing financial insight, challenge and support to drive commercial performance. You will take ownership of management reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of performance, risks and opportunities across the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cashflow.
Day to day, you will analyse revenue, utilisation, profitability and site performance, translating complex financial data into clear recommendations. You will support investment decisions, develop business cases, model future growth scenarios and help ensure robust financial governance. The role also offers the opportunity to improve reporting processes, enhance data quality and drive greater automation to support faster and more effective decision-making.
More about you
You will be a qualified accountant who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders and translating financial information into meaningful business insight. You will be comfortable working in a developing business environment where priorities can evolve, and where commercial judgement, curiosity and proactive problem-solving are highly valued.
To be successful, you will demonstrate the ability to influence decision-making through evidence-based recommendations, manage competing priorities effectively and work collaboratively across a wide range of functions. You will also be committed to maintaining financial control, improving processes and identifying opportunities to enhance business performance.
Essential Criteria
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Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with demonstrable experience business partnering in a commercial finance role
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Demonstrable experience producing and interpreting management reporting, budgets and forecasts, including identifying risks and opportunities to support business decision-making
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Proven ability to build financial models, support business cases, evaluate investment proposals and present commercially focused recommendations to stakeholders
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Experience managing financial controls, including cashflow forecasting, balance sheet management, accruals, revenue recognition, capital investment governance and performance reporting
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Demonstrable ability to influence stakeholders through data-led analysis, clear financial insight and constructive commercial challenge
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Experience improving financial reporting processes, data quality and/or automation to support faster and more effective decision-making
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