Finance and Commercial Manager

Annual salary: up to £50,000.00

Location: Gloucester

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time (08:30–17:00)

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in driving financial performance and commercial success within a fast-growing, purpose-driven organisation? Due to continued growth, contract expansion, and internal progression, Mears Group is looking for a Finance and Commercial Manager to join our dynamic team in Gloucester.

About Mears Group: At Mears, we manage over 17,000 homes for local and central government and maintain 750,000+ social housing properties across the UK. We are one of the UK’s leading providers of housing management and maintenance services — committed to delivering quality, integrity, and social value.

About the Role: This is a high-impact, business partnering role working directly with our senior leadership team. You’ll provide financial and commercial insights, drive performance, and support strategic decision-making. Initially office-based for onboarding, the role will transition to a hybrid working model. You'll be key in translating financial data into meaningful insights, building strong operational relationships, and ensuring commercial contracts are optimised and understood throughout the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate and timely financial and commercial information aligned with corporate standards.
• Lead monthly commercial reviews with branch leadership teams, identifying performance variances and improvement opportunities.
• Build and maintain commercial pricing models and support tender responses and repricing exercises.
• Communicate contract terms and pricing frameworks to operational teams, ensuring compliance and understanding.
• Implement robust controls to report and manage financial risk and opportunities.
• Drive cost management and accurate cost allocation through our internal systems (MCM).
• Develop and manage annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Champion improvements in working capital, ensuring timely job completion and billing.
• Provide ad hoc commercial analysis to support performance optimisation.

Role Criteria:

• Fully qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• Proven commercial acumen with experience in pricing models, final accounts, and subcontractor management
• Excellent command of Excel and experience with high-volume, low-value data analysis
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience of business partnering and influencing senior leaders
• Effective time management and a proactive, hands-on approach

Desirable Experience:

• Previous exposure to social housing or housing maintenance
• Experience interpreting and working within commercial contracts

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• 33 Days Annual Leave (including Bank Holidays)
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Family-Friendly Policies (including enhanced maternity/paternity leave)
• Refer-a-Friend Bonus (£1,000)
• Share Save Scheme
• Free Eye Tests
• Employee Assistance Programme & Mental Health Support
• Volunteering Days – paid time off to give back
• Annual Family Fun Day (entry, travel & lunch covered)
• Mears Rewards – recognition and high-street voucher platform

Join us and be part of a company where your expertise truly makes a difference — driving financial excellence, empowering operational success, and delivering real impact in communities across the UK. Apply today and shape the future with Mears Group.

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way. At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.