Join our team!
We are actively recruiting for a Bid Finance Manager who will play a pivotal role in actively leading the financial aspects of our bids and proposals. In this role, you'll collaborate with a geographically diverse Business Development team. This presents a remarkable chance for you to substantially impact our continuous growth.
Join us and play a pivotal role in our success!
What you'll be doing...
As the Bid Finance Manager, you will work with the Business Development Team to create a profitable commercial offer in new business proposals, as well as supplying key competitor analysis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing key analysis for all relevant stakeholders
- Responsible for providing financial support in new business opportunities
- Collaborate with Business Development and other key internal stakeholders to understand proposed solutions and model the financial workbooks accordingly
- Documenting pricing assumptions for internal sign-off and client submission
- Communicate agendas and timeframes to ensure relevant approval before submissions
- Support the Business Development team with weekly investment meetings
- Supporting the Head of Sales in strategy-setting, decision-making making, and all matters related to the commercial side of our business development approach
- Responsible for updating and improving sales workbook models
- Set and validate target pricing benchmarks and maintain knowledge of bench-marking prices including price-to-win analysis.
- Produce final client-facing financial returns
- Contribute to improving costing and pricing efficiency
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours a week - Hybrid working
What can you bring?
In this role:
- Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience
- Held previous commercial finance roles
- Preferably worked in a bidding environment / possibly worked in roles that are more commercial than finance
- Strong influencer and experienced in challenging the status quo
- Confident in influencing key stakeholders
- Great team player and able to work in collaboration with both the Business Development, Operations, and wider central finance team
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- Excellent Excel skills with a good eye for detail
- Ability to navigate through complex bids with the ability to translate tender information into compelling and accurate financial workbooks
Our way of saying thank you...
At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.
A salary of £50,000 to £55,000 plus 15% KPI performance-related bonus
FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.
Support Your Way of Life:
- Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
- Hybrid Working Model: Collaborate & innovate in the office three days a week while enjoying focused work-from-home days
- Holiday Allowance: Relax & recharge with 33 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
- Additional Holiday Purchase Option: Customise your time off by purchasing extra holidays
- Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
- Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work
- Single health care cover
Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:
- Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community
Supporting You Through Life's Ups & Downs:
- Access mental health support & comprehensive wellbeing benefits
Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:
- Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle to work scheme
Why it's great to work for us...
Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK's leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:
- Workplaces & Office Space
- Sporting Venues & Stadiums
- Attraction & Heritage Sites
- Public Sector & Defence
- Health, Care & Hospitals
- Schools, Colleges & Universities
Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we're committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled.
That's why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us!
Elior Celebrates Equality
Our aim is to celebrate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, continuing to make Elior a great place to work!
Every colleague has a distinctive set of values, skills, and aspirations. To ensure that we attract, develop, and retain best people from the widest possible talent pool we're committed to providing an inclusive environment where our colleagues fulfil their potential and have the opportunity to succeed.