Senior Finance Business Partner

**Company description**:
**Location: Basingstoke (Hybrid Working)**
**Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent**

Thought The AA only provide roadside assistance? Think again.

For over 100 years, we’ve continued to evolve and adapt. Today, as the nation’s number one motoring organisation, we offer a range of excellent products and services to millions of customers from roadside assistance to home and motor insurance as well as providing the latest driving technologies. As we continue to expand, diversify, and modernise, joining us as **Senior Finance Business Partner**, you’ll play a key part to our success and join us on this exciting motoring journey.

**This is the job**:
Joining the AA as **Senior Finance Business Partner**, you will play a key role in the commercial finance team. You will be responsible for Consumer Income forecasting and performance analysis, working alongside the Financial Control Team, the Financial Systems Team and the Business Partnering Team to provide reporting and insight into historic and projected performance.

Within this role, you will accountable for both consumer profitability and membership reporting, two of the AA’s key performance indicators.

**What will I be doing?**:

- Accountable for integrity of reporting, understanding and explanation of commercial performance for £500m of consumer revenue
- Act as a deputy where required to the Head of Finance in reporting and understanding the finance view for the Consumer Division.
- Business partner into the Consumer Division to understand ongoing trading and activity, analyse scenarios and align understanding of performance against key metrics between the business and finance teams.
- Full understanding of underlying assumptions within modelling, supporting the update of these and allowing continued full use across commercial finance and wider business teams
- Drive forward profitability analysis, including from a group perspective, alongside LTV modelling
- Lead and take ownership for the impact of a change in Policy administration system for the business and the impact of this on all reporting and accounting
- Effectively lead direct reports and mentor wider team members when required to drive forward change and meet the collective team deliverables
- Accountable for holdings reporting (probably the most important KPI within the business), interfacing with various stakeholders to ensure the drivers for and impacts of this metric are fully understood
- Produce the monthly business review packs, for director and exec review meetings, including detailed commentary over cash and EBITDA performance, with all variances explained and understood
- Provide leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed to fit within the Board’s agreed risk appetite.

**Additional Information**:
We’re always looking to recognise and reward our employees for the work they do. As a valued member of The AA team, you’ll have access to a range of benefits including:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + holiday buying scheme
- Worksave pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution
- Free AA breakdown membership from Day 1 plus 50% discount for family and friends
- Discounts on AA products including car and home insurance
- Employee discount scheme that gives you access to a car salary sacrifice scheme plus great discounts on healthcare, shopping, holidays and more
- Diverse learning and development opportunities to support you to progress in your career
- Dedicated Employee Assistance Programme and a 24/7 remote GP service for you and your family

Plus, so much more