Commercial Accountant

Location: We welcome applications from those looking for hybrid working, based 2 days in our Handforth (Cheshire) Office. We’re on a mission to create the best pet care business in the world. And that means offering a whole ecosystem of services - from diet and lifestyle to grooming and veterinary care. All from one convenient, accessible source. We believe in the power of pets. They make us think and they make us care. And because they give us their best, we’re looking for people to help us to give them ours. And that’s where you come in. The Commercial Accountant forms part of the Strategic Finance team, who act as business partners to support the vet groups strategic growth plan. This is focused on providing financial modelling, analysis, and insight on new practice openings, practice extensions, and practice relocations. The role is equally focused on creating detailed and robust business plans for practice a-share sales to support our practice owners in succession planning and future growth. Key Responsibilities – What you’ll be doing Preparation of 10-year business plans for new and existing practices, to include extension plans, new practices and changes in ownership of existing practices Ensure plans are delivered to a high standard and within agreed timeframes Management of multiple ongoing assignments, with clear tracking of projects and clear lines of communication to all stakeholders Managing relationship with external advisors on practice valuations Gathering and coordinating financial information for external advisors, and assisting with queries Producing indicative share valuations for practices where relevant Working with the Treasury team on bank loan options for business plans Working closely with the Regional Finance Managers and other departments including Operations and Property to ensure accurate revenue and costs in the forecasts Engagement with wider stakeholders, ensuring alignment & expectation management Development of new business plan models Consideration of the end-to-end process, whilst continually seeking to improve and refine the current process Analysis on revenue and costs to continually update and challenge assumptions used in the financial models and assist with the development of the models About You – What you’ll bring to the role Essential Studying towards / part qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) - study support is available Advanced Excel skills Knowledge of other MS Office applications Ability to clearly communicate financial information to both financial and non-financial stakeholders Strong organisational skills Desirable Financial modelling experience Experience of working within a fast-paced finance environment Experience working in a similar practice owner/franchise business model 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. Press Apply Now, and in a few steps we will have received your application.

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