Hybrid Working (3 days in office) Competitive Salary (DOE) | Full-time We're looking for a commercially minded qualified accountant to join our finance team in a role that genuinely offers variety. Your time will be split between strategic finance and supporting our M&A agenda supporting due diligence and analysis. If you want exposure to board-level strategy, deal analysis, and supporting management reporting, this role offers exactly that. What you’ll be doing Commercial Business Partnering support 5-year strategic planning and growth initiatives financial modelling, forecasting, and performance reporting to FD, CFO and C-Suite flex between business partnering, M&A analysis, and complex data challenges identify value creation levers to support 5-year plan delivery M&A Support run financial due diligence on acquisitions (£1-£5m) as we bring this function in-house pre-deal modelling, stress-testing data, and assessing strategic fit lead post-merger integration including CRM data preparation build DD processes and frameworks from the ground up Executive Reporting prepare investment papers, pitch decks and investment review reports support presentation of progress to plan and any risk/opportunities portfolio tracking & performance decks support Senior Leadership with value creation opportunities What you’ll bring Essential: fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) 3-4 years PQE with 2 years in FP&A/business partnering/Corporate Finance strong financial modelling ability to model 3 statements (P&L, balance sheet, cashflow) commercial mindset—pragmatic and adaptive Desirable: M&A, transaction support or financial DD experience senior stakeholder or board-level reporting exposure fast-growth or acquisitive business background Perks and benefits competitive salary (depending on experience) ⏰ 34.5-hour working week health Cash Plan (Core Level 1) 5% Employer / 5% Employee Pension 4x Salary Life Assurance & Group Income Protection 25 days’ holiday statutory (increasing with service) hybrid working – a blend of home and office time in Leicester training and development opportunities a supportive, collaborative team environment Why Join Us? This role is ideal for someone who's commercially curious, thrives on variety, and wants genuine M&A exposure without leaving commercial and strategic planning behind. You'll enjoy building capability from the ground up, switching between strategy and hands-on analysis, and working in a collaborative, high-performing environment. You'll work directly with the FD and run DD on 8 deals per year and play a key part in our aggressive growth strategy where your analysis directly influences investment decisions. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.