Finance Manager

RAC have the exciting opportunity to appoint a commercially focussed Finance Manager to support our fast-paced and engaging Business Roadside team on a permanent basis.

The role will be supporting the Finance Business Partner to help drive financial performance of our OEM, Branded Contact Centres and RAC Commercial business areas within the Business Roadside division. You will provide full and accurate financial information, financial guidance and advise as well as financial insight and pricing activity. You will also support and provide flexibility across all Business Roadside areas as priorities require.

The successful candidate will have a strong analytical mind and advanced Excel experience and be part qualified and working towards relevant accountancy exams

This is a hybrid role, working two days a week from our Bescot offices and three days working from home.

What You Will Do...

Understand the Group Strategic Plans & Priorities, and the specific short- and medium-term targets you are involved in influencing

Inform business leaders and their decision-making through commercial understanding of the business area you support, with emphasis on:

• Optimisation of partner accounts
• Key revenue, cost and profit drivers
• Commercial terms and KPIs
• Produce pricing for mid-term price reviews or new business proposals
  
  

Support the business area in developing annual budgets and forecasting

• Revenues, costs and profitability by partner
• Supported by key revenue and cost drivers, and clear assumptions
• Fully understood, monthly phased budgets and KPIs
• Producing quarterly / ad hoc re-forecasts
• Clear understanding of KPIs and performance against these
  
  

Effective and efficient accounting, producing timely and accurate numbers

• Understanding of accounting policies
• Produce costs, revenues, balance sheet and cash flows for Partner accounts
• Simplify processes
• Checking and challenging numbers to ensure commercially viable and optimal
• Understand tax treatments
  
  

Ensure financial controls operate effectively

• Timely, accurate month end cut off
  
  

Support reporting of financial performance

• Monthly costs, revenues, balance sheet and cash flows
• Timely production of Group reports that are relevant and inform business leaders & Exec
• Effective communication of performance to enable understanding of reported results and impacts
  
  

Support the provision of effective financial insight, analysis and challenge

• Analyse results vs budget/prior years and understand performance drivers
• Identify areas of under/over performance
• Identify underlying performance
• Assist in drawing out and highlighting trends
  
  

Enforce standards and controls of Board, Group Finance and regulatory bodies

• Understand Board delegated authorities
• Ensure spend follows group processes
• Ensure accounting standards are followed and adhered to, identifying risks as appropriate
  
  

Deliver success through building and maintaining effective relationships and partnering disciplines

• Across all levels of Finance
• Across Business Services sales team, including senior management
• Other business functions as required
• Legal, Tax, Audit, compliance & Regulatory teams as required
  
  

Qualifications

The successful person will be a part qualified accountant with relevant finance experience who can demonstrate financial modelling skills and have a good understanding of relevant commercial disciplines.

We need this person to be confident in challenging decisions constructively whilst maintaining excellent stakeholder management and be able to assimilate information and make decisions quickly.

In return, we offer...

At RAC, our colleagues do whatever it takes to help our customers. And we believe in rewarding you in return. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll have all these extra benefits:

• FREE RAC Complete Breakdown Service from Day One.
• 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Option to join RAC’s Group Personal Pension scheme where we will match / contribute up to 6.5% on qualifying earnings.
• 2 x Basic Salary Core Employer funded Life Assurance cover (4 x for pension scheme members) with the option to flex up to 10 x cover through our flexible benefits offering.
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Family leave support including paid time off, flexibility and resources to help balance work and family commitments.
• Confidential personal support service, available 24 hours a day every day of the year for you and any family members ages 16+ in your household.
• Car salary sacrifice scheme - after 12 months of employment, where you’ll enjoy significant tax savings, including electric vehicle options.
• Access to Orange Savings, our online discounts portal offering 1000’s of savings on high street retailers, supermarkets, holidays, tech and much, much more.
• FREE onsite parking.
  
  

When you join us you will automatically be opted into our Colleague Share Scheme, called ‘Owning it together’. This is a unique opportunity for our colleagues to get rewarded for the outstanding work they deliver, to share in the future success of the RAC and is no ordinary work benefit, incentive, or bonus!

We’re committed to developing a culture that is representative of the diverse communities we serve and one which is open, accessible, collaborative, and inclusive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences.