Senior Finance Analyst

Europcar is the European car and van rental leader with a premium positioning.

Location:
Leicester

This is a hybrid role; with two days per week in the Leicester office and three remote.

The purpose of the role is to act as a support for the Fleet Controller in the day to day cost management of the fleet, fleet approvals, month end processes and fleet accounting administration. This position will collaborate with the Procurement Team, Planning Team, Fleet Admin Team, RCM Team and SSC Team in Portugal to drive efficiencies and ensure accuracy of the financial reporting.

• Competitive Basic Salary

• Starting on 6 weeks holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service

• Free on site car parking

• Pension and a life insurance scheme

• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Leave (subject to service and earning qualifications)

• Discounted car hire rates across our network

• 20% discount on EE mobile phone contracts*

• Discounted hotel rates through the Accor Group after 12 months service*

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  Work*

• Free annual eye tests

• Confidential legal and support service through BUPA

• Career progression and development

*(forms part of current non contractual benefit offering)

• Perform analysis of fleet deals proposed by the Procurement team and recommend the suitable course of action

• Support in obtaining necessary approvals for sourcing strategy and deals from the Senior Management team

• Attaining better deals by supporting procurement in negotiations and providing transparent and confident holding costs through analysis of manufacturer offers

• Responsibility for optimising the sourcing and planning strategy from a financial perspective - volume mix, OEM mix, model mix

• Work closely with the planning team to optimise volume plan in accordance with financial targets

• Identifying areas of improvement within the cost lines and providing valuable recommendations for improvement

• Preparing and presenting fleet decks to stakeholders

• Supporting in post mortem analysis of vehicles to understand any outliers and align strategy accordingly

• Preparation of month end accruals relating to vehicle delivery, auction fees and transport fees

• Review of month end P&L results prepared by the SSC and providing feedback on the figures

• Reconciliation of vehicle invoices and providing support to the sales admin and invoicing teams to correct the pricing

• Posting ad-hoc invoices as and when required

• Assisting with external bank and company audits

• Providing timely reports of financial performance that supports decision making

• Providing ad hoc reporting and analysis as and when required (Cluster)

• Accounting experience essential (part-qualified candidate desirable)

• Energetic, proactive, hardworking with a willingness to learn

• Good organisational and time management skills

• Confident working with numbers with the ability to apply creativity and out of box thinking to any analysis

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

• Attention to detail

• MS Office skills, especially Excel (pivot tables, IF statements, vlookups and graphs)

• Experience with Google Mail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Business Objects will be a plus

• Can thrive in fast moving situations

If you believe you have what it takes to become a successful Senior Fleet Analyst within Europcar, then please apply today!

Agencies - Please do not send any speculative candidates or CVs in response to this advert. The Company will not accept any terms and conditions based on speculative applications being sent.