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Location

Cheadle, Staffordshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Contract: (2 days in the office in Handforth / 3 days WFH)

Travel: Occasional travel, 2-3 times per month

About Us

The Pets at Home Vet Business has over 400 practices, many of which are operated as individual businesses by our Practice Owners, and the remainder are Company Owned. Our ambition is to be the best vet business in the world, and we are committed to delivering innovative and world class clinical care. We are committed to supporting practices to build a culture of clinical excellence.

Our practices are responsible for delivering an exceptional standard of care to our clients and patients. Care that is patient-centred, evidence based, brand defining and innovative, given by talented, well trained, motivated, thoughtful, and compassionate individuals working together as a strong team.

About the role

As Commercial Accountant (Part qualified/qualified) you will build financial models for Practice extensions, Practice relocations and share sales to understand the financial viability and future performance of practices as they undertake these exciting changes and growth opportunities.

You will be a key business partner to the Partnerships team, Operations team and wider business, translating the operational plans into a robust financial plan and provide insight from variance analysis of previous plans to drive continuous improvement of the planning process. This is a perfect mix of dealing with people and numbers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation of 10-year business plans for new and existing practices, to include extension plans, new practices and changes in ownership of existing practices
• Ownership of business plan process to include liaising with various departments to gain accurate inputs and updating relevant stakeholders
• Analysis of revenue and costs to update and challenge assumptions used in the financial models to drive continual refinement
• Presentation, alongside the Operational Team, of the completed plan to the Practice Owners
• Assisting the Head of Partnership Finance with projects and ad-hoc analysis as required
• Working with the Treasury team to understand bank loan options for business plans
• Production of post-investment reviews to compare actual performance to business plan at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months post implementation
• Development of new business plan models

About You – What you will bring to the role

• Part qualified/qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Advanced Excel skills are essential, and knowledge of other MS Office applications is required. Modelling experience is desired.
• Effective communicator at all levels, able to communicate complex financial issues in a simple and easy to understand manner to non-financial partners and colleagues
• Ability to work at pace, and have a high level of organisational skills
• The ability to influence and challenge across teams, both within and outside of Finance
• A self-starter who can work both independently and as part of a wider team
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong service ethos and demonstrates vision, values and behaviours of the Vet Group
• Passion for accuracy and drive for improvement
• The ability to own problems to a conclusion

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.

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