Join us in Pets at Home’s growing Veterinary Group as a Commercial Finance Accountant on a fixed-term contract, where you’ll play a key role in supporting Practice Owners, driving commercial performance and shaping the future growth of our nationwide practice network.
About the Role
As part of our Regional & Strategic Finance team, you’ll be a trusted business partner to Operational Teams and Practice Owners. You’ll provide insightful financial analysis, build robust business plans and support new openings, extensions, relocations and succession planning.
This is a hands‑on and varied role with real scope to make an impact.
The role offers a 18 month fixed-term contract and hybrid working (two office days per week) from our Support Office in Handforth, Cheshire.
What You’ll Be Doing
1. Resolving financial queries from Regional Finance Managers, Business Development Partners and Practice Owners within agreed Service Level Agreements
2. Leading periodic practice reviews and highlighting key financial risks and opportunities
3. Attending regional meetings and providing clear commercial insight
4. Analysing practice performance to support improvements
5. Producing high‑quality business plans for new and existing practices
6. Working with internal teams to model accurate revenue and cost forecasts
7. Managing multiple ongoing projects with clear communication to stakeholders
8. Partnering with Treasury on bank loan options
9. Reviewing surplus cash positions and recommending loan repayments and dividend declarations
10. Supporting practices through annual budgeting and testing of financial data
11. Managing the relationship with external valuation advisors
12. Gathering, coordinating and validating financial information for valuation processes
13. Challenging and refining financial model assumptions
14. Identifying ways to improve modelling and reporting processes
About You
15. Studying towards / part‑qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA (study support available)
16. Strong Excel skills and confident with wider MS Office tools
17. Skilled at explaining financial concepts to non‑finance colleagues
18. Experience in financial modelling or similar commercial analysis (desirable)
19. Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with competing deadlines
20. Experience in a franchise or practice‑owner model is beneficial
21. SAP knowledge is helpful but not essential
What You Bring
22. Clear, confident communication at all levels
23. A collaborative, service‑driven mindset
24. Strong ownership, organisation and attention to detail
25. A passion for accuracy, improvement and delivering high‑quality work
Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!
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