Trainee Finance Business Partner

**Overview**:
**Trainee Finance Business Partner**

As part of our company strategy to be the #1 Local Pub Company and Employer of Choice, we’re searching for two ambitious Trainee Finance Business Partners to join our Finance team and support Pub Operations with their financial planning and management.

Reporting into the Senior Finance Manager, these are developmental roles, ideal for those looking to pursue a career in finance and wishing to become a qualified CIMA Accountant. Enjoying full support from an experienced Finance team, the role itself is hands-on, and you should enjoy working at pace in a lively environment. You will have plenty of opportunity to demonstrate how you can turn complex information into meaningful insights that helps drive business performance.

These are hybrid roles, partially based at Marston’s award-winning, modern offices in central Wolverhampton with some travel required across our pub estate. As such applicants must hold a full UK driving licence

**Could you**
- Support the Finance Business Partners at key Operations meetings, providing financial insight.
- Take ownership of various cost lines including period end reporting and analysis.
- Ensure invoices for key cost lines are approved in a timely manner
- Support the monthly forecasting and annual budgeting.
- Analyse and interpret data into a ‘reader friendly’ format to be shared with others
- Develop a relationship with the Operations team to become a point of contact for financial queries and providing day to day support.
- Present and communicate Financial Information to Ops and other stakeholders as the role develops
- Be actively involved in key decision making, helping Marston’s achieve their vision to be the number one Local Pub Company in the UK.

**Skills and Experience**

**_ Essential_**
- AAT Qualified or Part CIMA Qualified **OR** Educated to degree level with a focus on Finance
- Able to meet tight deadlines on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Keen to pursue a career in Finance with the aim of becoming CIMA qualified
- Excellent communication, analytical and presentation skills.
- Strong IT skills particularly Excel and other Microsoft packages.Full UK Driving Licence mandatory - travel to meetings and pubs will be required.
- **_Desirable_**
- Experience with SAP would be beneficial, however full training will be provided.

**What you get from us -** The current benefits include:

- Full study support towards CIMA qualification
- Apprenticeship programmes
- offering training & development at any stage of your career
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave _(Subject to 26 weeks service at 15 weeks prior to EWC)_
- 30% off in Marston’s pubs and 20% off accommodation through our privilege card
- Marston’s Rewards (discounts on many high street and online major retailers)
- Share save incentive scheme
- Employee assistance programme-including various wellbeing support services, a completely confidential 24/7 helpline, up to 6 counselling sessions and more online services

Come as you are. Personality and passion are so important. No judgement on where you’ve come from, or your story to date, just a need for the right attitude and an ambition that matches ours. We’ll accept you and celebrate you for being you.

We can’t wait to see what we can make happen together. **#MarstonsWherePeopleMakePubs**

**The Opportunity**:

- Supporting the Finance Business Partners at key Operations meetings, providing financial insight.
- Ownership of various cost lines including period end reporting and analysis.
- Ensuring invoices for key cost lines are approved in a timely manner.
- Supporting the monthly forecasting and annual budgeting.
- Analysing and interpreting data into a ‘reader friendly’ format to be shared with others
- Developing a relationship with the Operations team and other stakeholders to become a point of contact for financial queries and providing day to day support.

**Who are we looking for?**:

- A person who is keen to pursue a career in Finance and become a CIMA qualified Accountant.
- Be naturally inquisitive and confident to challenge where appropriate.
- Possess the ability to meet tight deadlines on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Someone who is actively engaged, with a willingness to learn
- Have good communication, analytical and presentation skills.
- Possess strong IT skills particularly Excel and other Microsoft packages. Experience with SAP would be beneficial, however full training will be provided.
- Full UK Driving Licence is mandatory - travel to meetings and trade visits will be required.
- Enthusiastic and keen to integrate within both finance and operations team.
- Being polite and courteous in interactions with others.
- Display focus, discipline and accountability on given tasks.
- Possessing a pro-active approach to learning and developing
- Able to take on board feedback in a positive constructive manner.

**What You Get In Return**:

- 25 days annual leave with the ability to buy and