Transport Reporting – Finance Manager

Job Title

Finance Manager

As per pay range

Newport (other locations: Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester)

Full Time, 35 hours per week. Hybrid work style, spending at least two days per week, or 40% of time, at one of our office sites.

The Transport business is undergoing a significant period of change supported by a strategic programme to migrate legacy customer platforms to new cloud‑based systems. At the same time the Transport industry faces significant economic and market challenges with the transition to electric and recent uncertainty in the used car market. Finance plays a vital role in helping the business achieve its goals, and our Transport Reporting and Development team is at the centre of this partnership.

This is your chance to be part of an ambitious team where your contributions will make a significant impact.

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone, including you.

• Fully own Lex Autolease financial reporting, including delivery of monthly financial results and supporting analysis. Consult on inputs/assumptions with regard to Flash and QxF activity.
• Deliver quarterly external reporting and support colleagues in delivering statutory legal‑entity reporting.
• Support the Finance Business Partnering Team in ensuring timely and accurate delivery of monthly management accounts and the quarterly Investor Relations pack.
• Ensure the team operates within the Group’s financial control framework; take ownership of reviewing and signing off monthly reconciliations and attestations.
• Build and maintain strong, effective relationships with key collaborators across Transport and the wider Retail Finance community.
• Contribute to development, learning and process improvement within the team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Actively pursue personal growth by enhancing performance and developing skills and capabilities.
• Provide line management for three D‑grade colleagues.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across both Transport and Retail Finance.

• Ideally a qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and natural leadership capabilities.
• Highly collaborative, able to work across multiple finance teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• A curious mindset with an eye for process improvement and automation opportunities.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, using experience to address critical risks, issues and dependencies and ensuring resolution within agreed timescales.
• Demonstrate the right values and behaviours and encourage these in team members.

• Ability to use/interrogate Oracle FDSF/Fusion and ARCS.
• Understanding of Transport products.
• Ability to use Power Query/BI.

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee fair interviews for applicants with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process; just let us know what you need.

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.