Job Description
Assistant Finance Business Partner
Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours, Monday to Friday)
Hybrid working with 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home
£40,000-£45,000 plus benefits
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) PLC is the UK’s leading mortgage network. We’re experts in Mortgage and Protection advice, with over 200 awards and counting. We’re proud of our reputation in the industry and of our people, who continue to be the heart of MAB’s success.
About the role
Joining our dynamic, knowledgeable Finance team, we’re looking for a customer focused, commercially minded individual. This is a new role created due to business growth and recent acquisitions of both subsidiary and associate businesses.
You’ll focus on developing relationships with key stakeholders internally and invested businesses, while providing thorough financial data analysis and insights to support decision making. This role will be wide-ranging, requires flexibility and will evolve as the business continues to grow.
Key Responsibilities
• Developing strong working relationships with invested businesses and internal stakeholders
• Working alongside business stakeholders and the MAB sales team to support business growth
• Supporting invested businesses with forecasting, modelling and reporting as required
• Providing financial analysis and insight on business performance
• Investigating and supporting the resolution of issues within invested businesses
• Supporting preparation, review and presentation of financial budgets and forecasts
• Attending investor reviews where applicable
• Supporting the FBP & SFBP with the Group’s forecast & budget process alongside the wider finance team
• Providing analysis and insight on financial projections and scenario modelling
• Preparing management information (MI) to provide insight and support decision making
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvements to modelling and MI
• Ensuring the integrity of financial models and projections through suitable controls and documentation
About You
Full training will be provided to ensure you can quickly get up to speed, but to be successful in this role you need to demonstrate:
• Finalist or fully qualified ACCA/CIMA
• Evidence of both financial and commercial finance experience
• Self-motivation with strong attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong IT literacy, in particular Microsoft Excel
• Hands on approach and proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Experience in preparing reports and analysis on the performance of a business
• Ability to work with large datasets and summarising complex information in a presentable and easy to understand format
• Experience of Financial Services beneficial
Everyone is Welcome
At MAB we value different experiences and perspectives which adds diversity and value to our culture. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, included and heard for who they are. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
We are committed to reducing barriers in every stage of our recruitment process so everyone feels they can bring their best self when applying for new opportunities at MAB. If you’d like to hear how we can support you by adjusting our process, from application to interview and onboarding, please contact careers@mab.org.uk.
Please note we are not engaging recruitment agencies for this role and will not accept speculative CVs.