Finance Business Partner

Your new role

• Assumes responsibility for alleviating excess financial resource demand, by undertaking active support and capacity filling role within the Finance team.
• Develops knowledge and skills across the broad spectrum of finance roles within the business, to enhance the Finance team's capability and capacity.
• Ensures financial processes and workflows are adequately documented to enable knowledge transfer within the Finance team.
• Evaluates and controls cash outflows across the business, initiating transparent financial reporting. Ensure that working capital forecasting is accurate, that variances are explained, trends and issues identified are incorporated, if appropriate, into future business plans.
• Continually reviews, identifies and develops production of further management information, what-if analysis or modelling, for all stakeholders, incorporating reviews and analysis of business performance. This information supports, informs and directs business activities, initiatives, investments and tenders.
• Provides financial expertise to the wider business, e.g. tenders and pricing arrangements, to ensure cost of doing business is transparent and that the impact on COGS and profit are acknowledged and understood by all stakeholders.
• Supports the provision of financial information to the business, on a periodic and ad-hoc basis to enable fiscal control.

Supports the compilation of the annual budget, rolling forecasts and forecasts,

• ensuring adherence to tight timescales. Provides narrative and analysis to ensure full understanding of revenue and costs streams at all times.
• Provides financial control by ensuring monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, ensuring financial compliance which supports the financial statements, via complete and sufficient evidence which conforms to GAAP.
• Compiles any necessary financial reports to ensure that accurate financial records are maintained and statutory obligations are met. Liaising with external auditors and provide information as required in order to facilitate the production of an unqualified audit report.

Drives process improvements and initiatives that positively influence the function and the wider business
What you'll need to succeed

• Qualified CIMA, ACA or ACCA
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; time management; self-motivation and excellent organisation are also essential qualities.
• Experience of aspects of effective financial control and reporting.
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Experience of interacting with Commercial and Operational personnel is desirable.
• Able to carry out detailed analysis and present recommendations in a way that is easily understood throughout the business.
• Attention to detail, delivering high quality work to deadlines under time pressure.
• Looking to innovate, effect and respond to change.

What you need to do now
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