Finance Business Partner/Analyst

Finance Business Partner/Analyst opportunity paying up to £45,000


This established company based in South Yorkshire are looking for a Qualified Finance Business Partner/Analyst to join their team directly reporting into the Finance Manager. Ideally you will have at experience in a similar role to ensure a smooth transition to this company. They are well established in their respective market offering a comprehensive service to their clients which develops a high level of quality.

Your new role
You will join the finance team in a pivotal role working on the accounts of several departments within the business. This ensures variation and exposure to multiple elements within Finance. This is a newly created position and reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Responsible for the review and management of the corporate cost base (c£60m)
• This cost base covers multiple corporate entities and minor costs. This involves liaising with the accountants for each of these entities to ensure that actuals are submitted on time, and variances to budgets and forecasts are explained.
• The cost base consists of costs across multiple corporate functions (e. BD & Sales, Legal, Procurement etc.). This involves business partnering with the departmental heads for each of these functions to provide them with detail of their performance and assist them in preparing forecasts and budgets.
• The role also covers the review of run rate costs, the identification of potential savings for year to go and the communication of these savings upwards to group management and also to the functional department heads.

Other responsibilities include;

• Month end procedures:
• Review and approval of balance sheet reconciliations to ensure integrity of financial statements
• Preparation of GEC (Group Executive Committee) summary of corporate costs for the month, with commentary on variances against forecast, budget and prior year.
• Distribution of Functional Costs summary for c15 functions to the Group Functional leaders, including variance analysis.
• Analysis of OCF (operating cashflow) by entity and explanation of significant variances.
• Liaison with the project manager of the UK system implementation project to ensure that costs are correctly reflected in the monthly accounts.
• Ensuring that the Group Finance manual is adhered to in all cases, and sign off on the minimum financial controls checklist for the main corporate entity.

• On an ad-hoc but regular basis:
• Analysis of run rate costs, open vacancies, uncommitted spend, and preparation of potential savings summary.
• Quarterly, and sometime more frequent, forecasts in the group consolidation system BPC.
• Business partnering for the functional department heads, assisting them with investment or restructuring business cases, deep dives into their costs and helping them to identify savings.
• Point of contact for Tax and Treasury for the main corporate entity and dealing with intercompany transactions.
• Running models for recharge of global costs to the businesses across the group.

What you'll need to succeed
You will already be fully qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with at least one year PQE, with a comprehensive understanding of financial accounting and knowledge of financial IT systems, preferably SAP. You will also:
· Have advanced Excel skills including good modelling skills.
· The ability to work across different teams.
· Have experience in creating and modifying financial models for reforecasting and sensitivity analysis.
· Thrive under pressure, manage exacting priorities and have a keen eye for detail.


What you'll get in return
In return, you receive a competitive salary of up to £45,000 coupled with an environment that exposes you to further aspects of accounting and will enhance your skill set moving forward. There is secure parking onsite and is easily accessible from surrounding towns and cities.

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