Finance and Commercial Manager

Finance and Commercial Manager – Mears Group PLC

Annual salary: up to £70,000.00 (plus £4,500 Car Allowance and additional company benefits).

Location:

South East – based in Essex supporting branches in Essex and London.

Employment Type:

Permanent, Full‑time, Hybrid (3‑4 days on site, 1‑2 days working from home).

• Provide comprehensive commercial and financial support to branch leadership teams, ensuring they understand the commercial model and own financial performance and profitability of the contract.
• Deliver high‑quality commercial and financial management information, including monthly performance reviews, rolling forecasts, annual budgets and insightful commentary on risks and opportunities.
• Engage in commercial contract management activities such as repricing, tendering opportunities and contract optimisation.
• Act as a trusted advisor to non‑financial teams, communicating complex financial data clearly and proactively, and influencing decisions at all levels.
• Maintain a self‑managed, hands‑on approach with strong organisational and time‑management skills.

• Experience with low‑value/high‑volume job data analysis.
• Demonstrable experience in financial reporting preparation and presentation.
• Proven ability to engage and develop collaborative relationships with operational teams.
• Strong Excel skills and experience interpreting commercial contracts.
• Capacity to work under pressure and manage competing priorities flexibly.
• Excellent communication skills across diverse backgrounds, including non‑financial stakeholders.
• Proactive, initiative‑driven with strong self‑management.

• Experience in social housing and housing maintenance.
• Commercial understanding of social housing, including schedules of rates, subcontractor pricing and final accounts.

• £4,500 Car Allowance
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Family‑friendly policies (including enhanced maternity/paternity leave)
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1,000)
• Share saver scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme – free counselling services
• Wellbeing service – access to trained mental‑health advisors
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day (fully paid, includes lunch)
• Mears Rewards – performance recognition through high‑street vouchers

All roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK;
Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle you must be aged over 21, have held a licence for over 3 months and have fewer than 9 points.
All roles are subject to relevant background, identity and security checks before commencement of employment.

To apply or discuss your application, please contact Vickie Rudge at  We are here to support you throughout the application process.

Mears Group PLC is a Disability Confident employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We encourage applicants to voluntarily share background information to help us promote social mobility, ensuring these questions are optional and will not affect your application.