Finance Business Partner - Aftersales
INEOS Automotive, United Kingdom
Job Description
It’s a big task to launch a best-in-class 4x4 for those who depend on a vehicle as a working tool, and it’s our responsibility to do the best job possible. We’re building the Grenadier from the ground up, component by component. No corners cut and no easy options.
To make this vision a reality, we’ve assembled a team of world-class experts who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. We need more doers that think big. More thinkers that dive in and do. More people that make things happen. We’re a diverse workforce of tenacious, straight-talking experts with engineering at our core. We’re growing our world-class team and looking for spirited innovators and disruptors - those who thrive on a gritty challenge and will work through adversity in the pursuit of success. We’re doing things differently.
We have one goal: Manufacture, launch and deliver an uncompromising, best-in-class 4x4 for those who depend on a vehicle as a working tool. It’s been an exciting journey since our inception in 2017. We’ve flown past many milestones and, despite the global challenge of 2020, we’re on track to deliver our plan. 2021 is our year of execution and as the new Finance Business Partner you will play a huge part in this. If you are looking to join a scale-up business and take on a career defining role, then we’d love to hear from you.
Your Career: As the Finance Business Partner - Aftersales of INEOS Automotive you will work within a scale-up and fast-moving environment. You will be surrounded by a team of experts in their field and be given the autonomy and freedom to develop the role as we grow.
The Role: We are looking for a Finance Business Partner with a strong commercial awareness to focus on aftersales within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
We’ll need you to provide finance support to the Aftersales teams to build a strong network of customers and advocates.
Your responsibilities include:
- Embedding yourself within the Commercial team and acting as a bridge between Finance and Aftersales
- Developing and taking ownership of the Finance and Aftersales relationship
- Providing crucial assistance to the Head of Aftersales to aid with strategic decision-making and identifying opportunities and risks
- Warranty modelling to aid with strategy development and third-party nominations by location, to identify risks, support supplier reclaims, enable part-development as well as reduce future costs
- Maintaining the goodwill accrual by location by balancing complex information of sales, support, warranty claims and development requirements on a market-by-market basis
- Developing modelling to aid with strategic approach and third-party nominations along with maintaining a reporting catalogue that will provide on-going performance monitoring by location
- Ownership of the parts business case including: pricing, cost and distribution strategies as well as ongoing performance reporting and KPI development
- Developing the aftersales subscriptions models by location to ensure on-going additional revenues
- Support in controlling the available budgets while monitoring the success of current cost saving initiatives and identifying further opportunities for savings
- Supporting the Senior Commercial Business Partner with overall forecast and budgeting processes and other Business partnering activities
- Supporting other areas of the Commercial as required
A key aspect of business partnering will be the development of strong relationships within the business while remaining independent and objective.
For this pivotal role, we are looking for:
- Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or relevant degree
- Post qualification experience, preferably in an Automotive environment
- Key skills include the logical building of financial models and clear presentation of financial data to non-financial individuals
- Commercial awareness, a positive attitude and can-do approach, comfortable to challenge at all levels
- Ability to work well in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
- Strong Excel skills including the use of pivot tables and advanced formulae
- Attention to detail and ability to quickly master complex requirements - please mention the word Grenadier in your application notes