Commercial Finance Business Partner

Selwood is the leading pump rental solutions company in the UK and one of the only UK companies to manufacture our own pump range for both sale and hire.

This is an exciting time to join Selwood as we drive our business forward and build on a foundation of over 70 year’s success within our industry with continuous expansion through Europe. At Selwood we can offer real career opportunities and the ability to develop in your role. This isn’t just something we say, many of our directors and senior leaders have been promoted internally, career development is something we truly value.

We are expanding our Commercial Finance team to excel our growth ambitions and are looking for a part or fully qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA individual who has an inquisitive and analytical nature to take on this new opportunity!

This position will support our pump rental business unit to deliver high quality financial reporting and insights to the Executive and Senior Leadership Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and develop reports using PowerBI and other tools to provide key customer and branch information to the wider business unit.
• Report on current and future performance, growth and productivity based KPIs to various stakeholders and advise accordingly to support commercial decision making.
• Build partnerships and strong relationships with all senior managers to aid collaboration to achieve business growth ambitions.
• Support and mentor the Asset Management accountant to develop the reporting process.
• Producing business cases for further investment including property, people, and product to make sure we are investing in the right products at the right time.
• Challenging current ways of working and look to drive efficiencies wherever possible and look to continuously improve working standards.

• Previous demonstratable experience in a Management Accountant, Finance Partner/Advisor or Financial Analyst role.
• Qualified or part qualified CIMA/ACCA/ICAW/ACA qualifications.
• To have a strong interest in using IT & Systems to be able to analyse and manipulate data. For example, using advanced features on Excel.
• Previous experience of Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI or a similar tool would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to undertake a range of financial and business modelling tasks.
• Good communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Experience in using initiative to resolve issues and queries, as and when they arrive and be confident and curious to find your own answers as needed.
• Ability to act proactively / be forward thinking whilst maintaining a methodical, attention to detail approach.
• Driving Licence would be advantageous as there is opportunity to visit different branches across the UK.

We understand balancing work and life commitments isn’t always easy, that’s why we’ve designed our benefits package to support you in all areas of life. 

• Competitive salary
• Eligible for company bonus scheme (annual and quarterly payments)
• 25 days holiday (plus length of service increases) + 8 Bank Holidays
• Holiday buying (up to an additional week)
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI) for yourself
• Medical cash plan for yourself – reimburse health costs e.g. dentist or optician, access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships
• Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary
• Life assurance protection at 3 x salary
• Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1,000 per referral)
• Hybrid working (i.e., working from home and in the office) pattern
• Support for development and training