Finance Business Partner
- Recruiter
- Capita Executive
- Location
- England, South Yorkshire, Sheffield
- Salary
- £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
- Posted
- 16 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 23 Jun 2017
- Ref
- PCK392-233080
- Contact
- Jane Gorse
- Job Title
- Finance Business Partner
- Experience Levels
- Newly Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are part of Capita plc, the UK's leading provider of business process management and integrated professional support service solutions. With 75,000 staff across the UK, Europe, South Africa and India this is an exciting prospect for anyone looking to join Capita as it opens many doors in terms of progression opportunities in a range of sectors
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Finance Business Partner.
Role
This is a mainly Sheffield based finance role, reporting to the Trading Head of Finance, responsible for a portfolio of clients across Voice Marketing's 2 Sheffield and 1 Leeds sites, often working in conjunction with the larger Customer Management finance team.
This is predominantly a business partnering role, supporting the operational team in finance processes, and in identifying opportunities for improved business performance, along with helping the team to deliver those improvements. There will be a core reporting element to this role, including preparing weekly flash reporting to drive trading performance, along with month end processing, reporting and analysis.
Business
Voice Marketing has been a successful and active telemarketing business for 10 years, and was acquired by Capita in 2015. The business is undergoing a period of growth, and is leveraging the relationships that come from being part of the Capita group, as well as capitalising on external opportunities. Voice has retained its own identity and culture, thereby adding another facet to the Capita market offering. The Finance function is core to supporting successful business outcomes, and not only delivering strong financial control, but entrepreneurial flair in order to help maximise the opportunities that arise.
Actual & Forecast Results:
Supporting the accurate and timely reporting for a portfolio of clients on a monthly basis. Review & challenge the outcomes, to ensure accurate representation of the client P&Ls and balance sheet entries;
Review reported performance against budget and flexed targets, and ensure key drivers of variances are explained;
Build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business to influence financial performance and understand contract, price and cost drivers, and challenge assumptions where necessary;
Work closely with the Sales and Operational functions to ensure accurate forecasts of revenue, costs and margin are delivered. Review the detailed forecasts produced and challenge assumptions made;
Review forecast against Business Plan and previous forecast targets, and ensure key drivers of variances are explained;
Working Capital & billing:
Minimise Working Capital by ensuring accurate & timely billing to clients, and facilitate query resolution on a timely basis;
Reporting:
Work with the Finance Manager to deliver weekly and monthly scheduled reporting, along with ad-hoc analysis;
Other:
Work closely with Operations and Client Relationship teams to share insight as to the drivers for underperforming clients and for input of subsequently agreed profit improvement plans;
Attend review sessions with Operations and produce KPIs for actual vs priced performance;
Support the operational team with client requests, meetings and the financial aspects of issues raised.
Candidate:
Requirements
Qualified accountant / finalist
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to challenge and influence at all levels.
Able to deal with a conflicting tasks and demands on a timely basis.
Business Partnering experience, with confidence in challenging at a senior level.
Systems Used
SAP & Axiom are the core system tools. Excel is used extensively, along with Word & Powerpoint.
At Capita, training and development aren't optional extras: they're how we do our job we will motivate you to perform at your peak, recognising your achievements and rewarding them appropriately. As well as a generous basic salary and car allowance we also give you 23 day's holiday company pension scheme and access to voluntary benefit options including; child care vouchers, share save scheme, life assurance, holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle.
Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Capita Resourcing is a trading name of Capita Resourcing Ltd. Services offered are those of an Employment Agency and Employment Business. Applicants will be required to register with us.
If you are successful with your application, you will need complete Capita's vetting and screening checks. This will include, but not be limited to, Reference Checks, a Criminality Check, Financial Probity Check, Sanctions Check and Media Check.