Job Description About Us At Mercedes-Benz Cars, we're passionate about what we do. Whether we're exploring ways to make motoring more sustainable or pushing the boundaries of technology, innovation underpins everything we do.
It's an exciting time to be part of the team, so what are you waiting for?
How you'll play your part We're looking for someone highly-motivated and confident, who has management accounting experience and a proven ability to provide commercial financial analysis and present findings confidently to management. In this role, you will be supporting the Management Team with all reporting, planning, and accounting requirements related to Used Cars. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the financial health and accuracy of our operations.
You will need a meticulous approach, with an eye for accuracy in all tasks as you'll lead the month-end close process for Used Cars, managing, calculating, and validating inputs to ensure high data quality within appropriate timescales. You will take charge of providing management accounts, including commentary and analysis of variances to plan and forecast, and manage any auditor queries as required.
Your responsibilities will include the monthly preparation of the trading result for Used Cars, detailing revenue by channel, special discounts, and direct costs. You will review and track all items affecting net revenue, volume, and mix against forecast, plan, and previous actuals, applying your findings to subsequent plans and forecasts. You will possess strong interpersonal, communication, and organisational abilities, essential for cross-functional collaboration as you will provide monthly business reporting and ad hoc financial evaluations/appraisals of business proposals in terms of process and contribution.
You will manage, oversee, and complete all stock control processes, including exception reporting, VID mappings, record updates, and the quarterly stock reconciliation.
You will spearhead the planning processes for Used Cars, ensuring high data quality and providing variance analysis and commentary versus previous plans/actuals. Demonstrated expertise in conducting in-depth commercial financial analysis and delivering clear, persuasive presentations of findings to senior management with confidence and credibility is needed.
At Mercedes-Benz, we operate with integrity and therefore you are required to maintain ethical standards in accordance with our policies and adhere to the Company's Compliance Guidelines and Policies including Anti-Bribery and all relevant competition law.
What's in it for you As well as the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, with a great culture, we'll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you'll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague car schemes. On top of that, you'll be able to join our pension scheme and get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you. We are pleased to be able to offer a hybrid working approach – achieving a great balance between remote and office working.
We're here to support you – we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders, as well as flexible opportunities to support work-life balance. We'll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.
Who we are Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz Cars, you'll find a passionate team working to drive creative solutions, who think and act luxury brand in everything that we do. We know that to keep this team motivated, we need to ensure that everyone has equal opportunity.
We celebrate a culture of appreciation and respect, where everyone is valued for who they are. We believe our backgrounds, experiences, and cultures contribute to our shared experience and shape who we are and what we do. The diversity of our colleagues reflects the diversity of our customers. This diversity is the driving force behind our ideas.
What's next? Once you click apply, we'll take you through to the Mercedes-Benz Group careers portal – this is our parent company site, so don't worry, you're in safe hands. Here, you'll find a short application form to complete.
Please be assured that we're here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them. We're also open to working flexibly and are happy to discuss flexible working options.
Due to UK legislation, we need to let you know that we can only accept applications from those with the right to work in the UK.
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