Business Unit: Virgin Money Joint Venture
Location: flexible - anywhere in the UK
Salary:  £55,600 - £83,000 p.a (depending on experience)
Contract type: Permanent 

Virgin Money is all about disrupting the status quo, taking on the challenges of the future, and saying goodbye to boring banking. We’re on the lookout for like-minded individuals and innovators like you to help push us forward. We’re also transforming how we work to give our colleagues more choice, control and flexibility to live and work how they choose with A Life More Virgin.

Your life more Virgin starts here

Here’s what it means for YOU:

• 38.5 days annual leave for all colleagues (including bank holidays and pro rata if part-time)​
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​
• A 35-hour working week
• 20 weeks paid, gender neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market leading Pension & Private Medical Insurance
• Flexible benefits including Cycle to Work, Wellness & Health Assessments and Critical Illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK​ (where the role allows)

In this analytical problem solving role, you will support the Business Development and Finance Director in managing the commercial and financial aspects and supporting the exciting growth plans of the JV.  This will include development of robust financial plans, managing financial performance and supporting purpose led decision making through financial and commercial analysis. You will have a highly professional approach, demonstrating integrity and a positive attitude at all times. Your attention to detail applied with your strategic and analytical approach, will help VMJV products remain relevant, delivering results to make all happier about money.

If successful, you will be accountable for….

• Developing and maintaining financial forecasting models ensuring business plans are underpinned by sound commercial insight and detailed understanding of the business.   Providing robust financial plans and analysis
• Delivering accurate and timely financial performance reporting and insightful commentary for Executive and Board reporting
• Monitoring and forecasting of change programme costs to support effective cost management
• Leading the development of new management information, ensuring that all relevant data is captured and reported in an relevant, accurate and timely manner
• Working with all areas of the business to provide analysis to support projects and initiatives such as new product development and migration activities
• Providing value adding financial performance reporting

To be brilliant you’ll bring…

• Extensive experience of financial analysis, forecasting and performance management
• Experience of working at senior levels across the business and with external organisations
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to deal independently and pro-actively with others
• The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community across the business
• The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
• Qualified accountant with good understanding of financial management, reporting and analysis techniques
• Strong commercial mindset and understanding key value levers that will drive long term value creation
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Investment and Pensions industry knowledge would be valuable but not essential

Inclusion at Virgin Money

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do here at Virgin Money. It’s good for you, it’s good for us and it’s amazing for our customers. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on your diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to be the best we can possibly be. Got any questions about this or need some support with your application? We’d love to hear from you so get in touch with our careers team at careers@virginmoney.com.

Now the legal bit…
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it) but we will need to you to confirm you have the Right to Work in the UK.

If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing 3 years' worth of satisfactory references.