Part-Qualified Management Accountant - Join our Pricing Team

Toyota Financial Services is recruiting for a Pricing Business Analyst to support the development and delivery of competitive, commercially sound pricing strategies.

This role would be ideal for a part-qualified Management Accountant who is eager to broaden their experience and build a career in a unique and highly visible area of the business, working closely with a range of stakeholders across the organisation.

The role in a nutshell: Pricing Business Partner supporting the business by applying key analytical skills and delivering of impactful MI to support TFSUK’s Pricing function. Specifically, this role will look at the development and production of MI across the products and brands which will then be utilised to management to monitor regulatory requirements including Fair Value within Pricing. 

About the ‘Department’: Responsibility for pricing new and used business written by TFSUK, including Toyota and Lexus quarterly campaigns, Mazda Financial services quarterly campaigns and all Redline business, working within defined processes and policies.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the production of Pricing MI to provide oversight on pricing activity to the Product & FV Forum and Pricing committee
• Lead on the Monitoring and reporting on Retail performance of TFS plans  
• Lead on Fair Value (FV) assessments activity   and build on MI to support FV assessments across the 4 brands and various products 
• Support management with the production of ad hoc MI to support any escalation of Pricing issues identified to the appropriate governance forum. 
• Production of Wholesale MI to enable oversight and monitoring of portfolio performance to support management decision-making in this key strategic area. 
• Update and maintain policies and procedures in area of responsibility. 

 A typical day could include:

An ordinary day would involve working with other members of the Pricing team to understand current MI and outputs to support analysis.  

Reaching out and talking to other areas of the business including Sales, Treasury, Customer Services, Legal and New Business.  

Building on this alongside the review of dashboards and KPIs data to understand and pull out for - messaging - trends to support business decisions. Looking for ways to do things better. 

What you’ll get to own: 

• FV assessments – Annual statements provided to support FV attestation by Senior Management 
• Pricing MI for the Product & FV Forum and Pricing committee 
• Pricing related performance MI for Management reporting 

Key Experience & Skills:  

• Part qualified management accountant with 2-3 experience of working in a Finance environment 
• Intermediate Excel, i.e. formulas, macros, pivot tables, graphs 
• Power BI experience an advantage 
• Proven track record in developing, preparing and delivering MI 

Desirable:  

• Experience of regulated environment / consumer duty 
• Exposure to Motor Industry 
• Previous exposure to data warehouse environments 

 Attributes & Behaviours: 

• Commercial awareness and understanding 
• Attention to detail and desire to own high quality output for presentation to senior management 
• Strong communicator – written and verbal 
• Logical / analytical mindset 
• Equal capability to be team player and collaborate across teams and also work independently, managing own workload 

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS) it is more than just an externally bench-marked salary and bonus, we also offer:

• Hybrid working pattern is 2 days in the office and 3 days from a location of your choice.
• Access to attractive car schemes for you (& your family) for Toyota & Lexus cars
• Excellent pension scheme (up to 6% employee contribution and 15% employer contribution).
• Generous annual leave of 25 days which increases with service and holiday purchase option
• Private Medical Healthcare (single, partner/spouse and dependent children) with Digital GP Service
• Group Income Protection cover with Aviva including physical, mental, and financial wellbeing services
• Employee Assistance Program
• Eye tests
• Onsite gym, Sports and Social Club, & flu jabs to keep you healthy
• Wellbeing hour each month and many more initiatives throughout the year to encourage a healthy mind and body, and to raise awareness and celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Dress for your day policy to make you feel comfortable at work
• Eco HQ, free parking & restaurant
• Two volunteering days per year
• Reward gateway voucher discounts
• Flexible working scheme and we welcome flexible working conversations at interview
• Regular 121s with your manager, a personal development review (PReview) each quarter
• A wide range of learning & development opportunities including Linked In Learning courses
• £250 contribution towards you learning something new outside of work
• Annual events (e.g., summer party, BBQ & Xmas party) including Countdown to Christmas events every December - it is so much fun!

Our Recruitment Process

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS) we value everyone and are pleased to be recognised as a Disability Confident Employer.

We are committed to supporting disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. Should you meet the minimum criteria for this role and wish to apply under the DC scheme, you may be moved forward to the next stage. Please ensure to add this information into your application.

When it comes to recruitment, please do let us know if we can adjust our process to be meet your accessibility needs.

Some examples of how we might be able to help are listed below:

• Providing a copy of interview questions before the interview
• Organising a time and location that best suits you
• Allowing additional time for the assessment and interview

We are happy to review any adjustment on a case-by-case basis to support you to be your best self.