Regional Finance Manager - Swindon, United Kingdom - Pets at Home Ltd

Pets at Home Ltd
Pets at Home Ltd
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Swindon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Pets at Home Group Plc is the UK's leading pet care business; our commitment is to make sure pets and their owners get the very best advice, products and care.

Pet products are available online or from our 453 stores, many of which also have vet practicesand grooming salons.

The Vet Group operates a UK leading small animal veterinary business, with 440 First Opinion practices located both in our stores and in standalone locations.

We are based in beautiful offices next to the Retail Outlet and Steam Museumin Swindon.


The Pets at Home Vet Group has been built on the principle of clinical freedom for our Joint Venture Partners (JVPs) and we are committed to supporting practices to build a culture of clinical excellence.

The JVPs are the clinical leaders of our Joint Venturepractices and are responsible for delivering an exceptional standard of care to our clients and patients.


About the role
We're looking for a Regional Finance Manager to work on a hybrid basis from our Support Office in Swindon.


As a Regional Finance Manager, you will act as a Senior Finance Business Partner, and so first point of contact, for your Regional Director (RD), Area Relationship Managers (ARMs) and Joint Venture Partners (JVPs).

You'll deliver excellent customer serviceto the Regional Operations team while building strong working relationships across all levels of the business and communicating key financial messages to stakeholders with clarity and consistency.


There will be a strong emphasis on analysis and interpretation, supporting strategy and decision making through structured and relevant analysis of both financial and non-financial data.


You'll essentially act as a translator between Finance and Operations (and vice versa), explaining things simply and concisely, and you'll get a great mix of working with numbers and people.


Practices include First Opinion Vet Practices which are run as Joint Venture Partnerships, Group Venture practices and Company Owned practices.

Key responsibilities will include (but not limited to);

  • Working with the other Regional Finance Managers (RFMs) to agree the priorities of the Business Partnering Team, and ensuring that these are implemented consistently and appropriately
  • Consulting with business partners to increase the quality, value and relevance of reports
  • Providing insight on how the businesses operate to identify and realise improvement opportunities for each practice
  • Ownership of queries/issues from ARMs and JVPs, ensuring these are responded to and resolved efficiently and appropriately within SLA timelines
  • Improving service to partners through evaluation and corrective action and being the 'face of Finance' for the Operations team
  • Analysis of periodic performance of practices to identify areas of weakness, determine route cause and partnering with the relevant ARM to drive resolutions
  • Taking a proactive approach to periodic practice reviews, highlighting key discussion points to support ARMs with JVP finance reviews. Identification of added value opportunities for each practice, offering tailored and specific suggestions
  • Developing commercially viable business cases in partnership with business teams and through a detailed understanding of the business model, challenging as appropriate
  • Interpret risk, strategic cost and revenue implications for business cases and proposal and provide insight in respect of key metrics and indicators and the levers behind them
  • Analysing and interpreting financial statements and other valuation sources
  • Attending periodic Regional Meetings, communicating finance updates and presenting regional financial performance slide as well as proactive initiatives

About you

  • You'll be a fully qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
  • Your experience will have provided you with a rounded finance view and you'll have worked within industry rather than purely from a practice environment
  • You'll be able to work at pace, delegating appropriately, managing your time effectivley and having a high level of organisational skills
  • A selfstarter who can work both independently and as part of a wider team
  • The ability to influence and challenge across teams, both within and outside of Finance
  • You'll be able to deliver excellent customer service
  • A high level of attention to detail
  • Proven leadership ability, and demonstrative business partnering capabilities
  • Effective communicator at all levels, must be able to communicate complex financial issues in a simple and easy to understand manner to nonfinancial partners and colleagues
Our diversity and inclusion vision is that everyone is welcome and feels part of our group.

If you think you're a good match to what we are looking for, and you share our belief that together 'we're better with pets', we'd like to hear from you, whateveryour background or circumstances.


About our purpose


Far more than a retailer, Pets at Home Group is the UK's leading pet care specialist, fulfilling every possible pet and owner need, from food and accessories to grooming and vet services.

Since 1991, we've been building a business around pets and their ownersand we've set our sights on becoming the best pet care business in the world.

Join us now and you can be part of that journey, developing your future as we develop ours.

This is a place where you can take pride and passion in your work within an inspiring,professional team that's focused on supporting pets and their owners to live happier lives together.

We're driven by the wellbeing of pets and we make sure we look after our people too. We depend on your commitment and innovation, and reward it with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Together we'll create the future of pet care.
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