Mears Group Plc
Provider of UK housing repairs, maintenance, care services, development and facilities management
Finance and Commercial Manager
Provide financial and commercial support to branch operations, manage performance and contracts.
Job Highlights
About the Role
• Act as trusted commercial and financial business partner to branch leadership, understanding operational processes and contract drivers. • Produce high‑quality commercial and financial management information with clear commentary for monthly reviews. • Identify, quantify and communicate risks and opportunities against annual targets and drive corrective actions. • Lead rolling forecasts and annual budgets, ensuring robust and transparent assumptions. • Support contract activities including pricing reviews, variations, repricing and tender opportunities. • Communicate financial and commercial information clearly to non‑financial stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸business partner
- ▸financial reporting
- ▸risk management
- ▸forecasting
- ▸budgeting
- ▸contract pricing
What You Bring
Mears Group is seeking an experienced Finance & Commercial Manager to provide robust commercial and financial support to operational branch leadership, ensuring senior stakeholders understand the commercial model, own financial performance, and manage contract profitability. The role demands strong technical financial knowledge, commercial acumen, and the ability to translate data into actionable insight for non‑financial leaders, driving financial discipline and supporting strategic decision‑making. Applicants must have a proven track record as a Finance and Commercial Manager in a contract‑based environment, be comfortable with complex financial models, and possess excellent communication skills to convey complex information clearly. Desirable experience includes working in social housing, familiarity with schedules of rates, subcontractor pricing, and final accounts, as well as the ability to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. All candidates must have the right to work in the UK, meet vehicle driving requirements, and will undergo standard background, identity and security checks before starting. • Own financial performance and challenge teams on commercial terms, targets and KPIs. • Proven experience as Finance and Commercial Manager in a contract‑based environment. • Ability to work with complex financial models and challenge performance. • Excellent communication skills to simplify complex financial data. • Proactive, hands‑on, independent work style with ownership of outcomes. • Experience in social housing and housing maintenance, including schedule of rates and subcontractor pricing. • Must be aged over 21, hold a licence for more than 3 months and have fewer than 9 points to drive a Mears vehicle.
Requirements
- ▸financial modeling
- ▸commercial acumen
- ▸social housing
- ▸communication
- ▸contract finance
- ▸schedule rates
Benefits
The position is a permanent, full‑time Finance and Commercial Manager role based in Milton Keynes, with potential expansion to Rotherham. It offers a hybrid working pattern of 3‑4 days in branch offices and 1‑2 days remote, and a total compensation of up to £70,000 plus a £4,500 car allowance and mileage reimbursement. Mears offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a car allowance, enhanced pension and sick‑pay schemes, family‑friendly policies, referral and share‑saver schemes, wellbeing services, and regular family events. • £4,500 car allowance. • Enhanced pension scheme. • Enhanced sick pay. • Family‑friendly policy with extended maternity/paternity leave. • Referral scheme (£1,000 total award). • Share‑saver scheme. • Eye test vouchers. • Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling). • Wellbeing service with mental health advisors. • Fully paid annual family fun day (e.g., safari park, theme park). • Mears Rewards performance recognition platform with high‑street vouchers.
Work Environment
Hybrid