Fancy a role where you get to join the Commercial Finance Team providing robust financial support and guidance for a business that's part of a FTSE250 group?

How about a role where you get lead the management and control of budgets totalling c£70m.

Sounds great, right?!

To put a little more meat on the bones in terms of what you'll be doing...

Support the Technology, Commercial and Marketing leadership teams in analysing and reporting the financial performance of the functions and in evaluating any new plans, initiatives and contract changes to ensure that all major decisions are taken with sufficient understanding of their financial consequences

To drive planning, budgeting and forecasting processes and outcomes

To proactively challenge and support both the Technology, Commercial and Marketing leadership teams to improve performance and manage risks and opportunities as they arise

To develop, maintain and present periodic reporting (eg. management accounts, dashboards and project finance trackers) and communicate actual expenditure versus budget/forecast to the Technology, Commercial and Marketing teams, operating company management teams and the senior leadership of the business

Financial control and reporting of capital spend

You'll be part of a family of our colleagues who do a brilliant job to contribute to getting our buses to where they need to be, day in and day out - all equally as important, as will you be!

Here comes the "what we need from you" bit...

Experience as a Finance Business Partner, ideally from a large multi-operation environment

Qualified Accountant

Self-starter with proven communication skills and confidence to effectively deliver clear messages across different levels of a large business

Ability to exercise independent professional judgement within an overall business context

Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves, find solutions and work well with tight deadlines in a dynamic environment

In-depth understanding of Microsoft Excel and proven ability to build and develop complex models

Excellent attention to detail, analytical and problem solving skills

Knowledge of Oracle, SQL and Tableau an advantage

Experience in a reporting/budgeting role within a commercial organisation, and the subsequent monitoring of actual versus plan, would be an advantage, as would experience in business partnering with IT and/or Marketing.

On the basis we tick your boxes, and you tick ours, we'd love to have a good read through your CV - send it over to us at our careers site - www.stagecoachbus.com/careers