This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated finance professional who thrives on delivering high-quality financial insight and partnering with stakeholders to drive informed decision-making. You'll join a collaborative and forward-thinking team where your expertise will directly influence business performance and strategic outcomes.

About the ‘Department’: Management Accounts prepare reports about business operations that help managers make short and long term decisions. They ensure that TFS implement and maintain adequate financial controls and provide accurate and timely information to senior managers and stakeholders. The team is structured around two distinct functions: Management Accounts and Reconciliations.

What you’ll be doing:

• To manage the month end reporting process.
• To take responsibility for the accurate and timely submission of the monthly General Ledger figures and Key Performance Indicators using Hyperion Essbase
• To prepare the monthly financials data for senior managers, including variance analysis to budget and latest forecasts, new business written, margin calculations and details of current provision levels.
• To drive best practice for cost management
• To manage monthly Cost Centre reporting with variance analysis and to assist the budget holders monitor and control their overhead expenditure including project costs.
• To take responsibility for the calculation of the Residual Value provision
• To ensure that external reporting requirements are met ie Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), National Statistics

How you could stretch this role:

• Suggest improvements to the department’s processes and procedures, ie report development, encouraging a work culture of continuous improvement.
• Involvement in ad hoc projects.
• Provide support to / deputise for the Senior Manager, Management Accounting on all matters as required.

What you’ll get to own:

• Managing the month end reporting process.
• Preparing monthly financials data for senior managers
• Responsibility for managing the company’s overheads.
• Coaching your direct report, regularly meeting with them to help optimise performance in the team.

Our Recruitment Process

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS) we value everyone and are pleased to be recognised as a Disability Confident Employer.

We are committed to supporting disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. Should you meet the minimum criteria for this role and wish to apply under the DC scheme, you may be moved forward to the next stage. Please ensure to add this information into your application.

When it comes to recruitment, please do let us know if we can adjust our process to be meet your accessibility needs.

Some examples of how we might be able to help are listed below:

• Providing a copy of interview questions before the interview
• Organising a time and location that best suits you
• Allowing additional time for the assessment and interview

We are happy to review any adjustment on a case-by-case basis to support you to be your best self.

Key Experience and Skills:

• Proven management accounting experience, such as dealing with month end reporting, working with >£500m asset base, reporting to foreign parents, budgeting and forecasting
• Demonstrating a high level of commercial awareness.
• Business partnering experience
• Strong cost control
• Proficiencies in using Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel at an advanced level and Power BI
• Strong written and verbal communication, including confidence in presenting.

Attributes & Behaviours:

• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive worker.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Able to work effectively with all levels of staff (including key stakeholders) and external partners.
• Team oriented

Disclaimer: We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.