Senior Finance Business Partner Analyst Job at London seconds Full Time

Motability Operations are currently recruiting for a Senior Finance Business Partner Analyst to join our team in Bristol on a full-time, permanent basis. This role sits within the Strategy & Planning team and plays a key role in delivering high-quality financial insight, modelling, commercial decision support and financial management support and services across the assigned business division.

You will operate as a trusted finance partner to stakeholders, translating operational activity and commercial agreements into clear financial outcomes. You will inform and influence stakeholders by providing financial interpretation, forward-looking insight, challenging assumptions and supporting decision-making to drive performance and value.

You will take ownership of key elements of financial reporting, planning and analysis, ensuring alignment between financial outputs and underlying business drivers. You will act as a deputy to the Commercial Accountant where required, stepping into broader responsibilities across reporting, analysis and stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll be doingAct as a finance partner and single point of contact for divisional stakeholders, providing insight, challenge and decision supportProvide commercial insight and challenge to optimise financial and operational performanceOwn delivery of monthly financial reporting, including performance analysis, variance explanation and insight-led commentaryLead components of budgeting, forecasting and planning, ensuring alignment with operational driversDevelop and maintain robust financial models for commercial agreements and business casesTranslate operational activity into financial performance insight, developing forward-looking outlooks including risks, opportunities and scenario analysisSupport and influence key business decisions through financial insight and analysisDrive understanding of cost drivers and support effective cost control and optimisationMaintain oversight of management accounting and ensure integrity of financial information (incl. accruals, prepayments, reconciliations)Build and enhance dashboards and reporting using BI toolsContinuously improve reporting, processes and data qualityProvide ad hoc analysis to support strategic initiativesDeputise for the Commercial Accountant as required

Qualifications

You are an experienced, commercially minded finance professional with strong analytical and modelling capability.You are comfortable operating with autonomy and ambiguity, and confident engaging with stakeholders to influence decisions.You are able to connect operational drivers, commercial agreements and financial outcomes, and communicate insights clearly.You take a structured, detail-oriented approach and ensure outputs are robust, controlled and reliable.You are intellectually curious and proactive, able to challenge assumptions and identify opportunities.You are motivated to continuously improve processes and reporting and develop your technical and commercial skillset.You are confident operating with senior stakeholders and can influence outcomes through insight and challenge.You deliver high-quality outputs at pace, balancing competing priorities effectively.

Minimum criteria:Qualified accountantProven track record in commercial finance, FP&A, business partneringStrong analytical and modelling capabilitySubstantial experience with Finance apps, advanced Excel skillsStrong understanding of financial controls and reportingExperience influencing stakeholders

Benefits

We’re the company behind the Motability Scheme. We exist to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. We’re the UK’s largest car leasing company and we help over 800,000 people get on the road.

We employ over 1800 people, across London, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Coalville. We know our people are key to our success, so we aim to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm to meet our customers’ needs.

What we doWe lease a wide range of tailored mobility solutions to people who receive of one of the Government’s qualifying mobility allowances. Our customers choose a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), scooter or powered wheelchair that best suits their needs. We take care of their insurance, breakdown, servicing and more, as part of our worry-free package.

At the end of the lease, our customers can exchange their vehicle for a brand-new model. Each year we sell and move around 200,000 cars. This makes us the largest supplier of single-source vehicles back into the used car market.

The Scheme has been providing affordable, all-inclusive motoring for over 45 years. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, with an independent customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10.

How we workWe work in a hybrid way. That means remotely for up to two days each week and in our great office spaces the rest of the time. This gives us a good work/life balance and lets us collaborate and deliver for our customers. Visit our website to find out more.

We do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests, where possible, to build on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

Our beliefs and valuesWe believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We want to sustain a nurturing culture. And our people to be rewarded equally, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do:• We believe no one should be left behind – We find solutions• We believe we must take the lead – We drive change• We believe everything starts with the customer – We care

What we can offer youPay: competitive salary, with a yearly discretionary bonus, based on your performanceHoliday: 28 days, and you can buy and sell daysPension: 15% non-contributory pension (9% during probation)Health and wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance cover available for all employees and free health screenings for over 50s. Life assurance at four times your basic salary, to give you peace of mind. Free access to healthcare apps like Peppy, Unmind, and Aviva Digital GP. Mental Health Allies and an Employee Assistance ProgrammeDevelopment: A library of internal training on our myLearn platformFamily friendly: We have competitive family leave policiesDiversity and inclusion: We embrace the diversity of our people and empower them to come to work as their true selves. We want them to flourish and be rewarded equally. We have Employee Network Groups, and we pride ourselves on being inclusive and all our offices have first-rate disability accessHelping our community: One volunteering day each year, and access to volunteering platform NeighbourlySchemes: Car Benefit Scheme for electric and hybrid cars. This means you can lease a brand-new electric or plug-in hybrid car, with insurance and more, for a fixed monthly amount. Cycle to Work Scheme. Employee Discount Scheme, to save money across lots of retailersOther, voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans, free fresh fruit and snacks in the office

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.TPBN1_UKTJ