Finance Business Partner

• A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and a bonus day off for your birthday
• A varied workload
• A culture of trust, empowerment and autonomy over your work
• Part of a vibrant, newly-formed, forward-thinking FP&A team
• Hybrid working with the option of working from one of our Midlands offices, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Stratford

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Prepare and analyse monthly financial results against budgets and forecasts. Running monthly finance meetings with the IT team leaders
• Identify key financial trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop financial models to support business initiatives and investment decisions.
• Support integration of cost base arising from M&A activity into core central group processes
• Ad-hoc support where required to other areas of Finance

• Build strong relationships with IT heads, operational and commercial teams.
• Provide financial insight and challenge to support decision-making.
• Act as a trusted advisor to department leaders.
• Influence business performance through data-driven recommendations and coaching to upskill knowledge and performance in relation to financial management.
• Respond in a timely manner to ad hoc analysis and information requests.
• Collaborating and liaising with the Group’s central Finance teams as and when required.

• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Deliver regular performance reporting, including project trackers
• Investigate variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Support cost-control and profit-improvement initiatives.

• Model and evaluate business cases and investment proposals, challenging costs to ensure a strong ROI.
• Support in contract renewals and commercial negotiations.
• Assess financial implications of strategic projects.

• Ensure compliance with company policies and financial controls.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of financial information.
• Support audit requirements and risk management activities.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• To be a qualified accountant, or finalist, in one of the following qualifications (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• To have demonstrable experience with a commercial mind-set in a similar role
• High-level Excel skills, in particular being able to create appropriate financial models and communicate them effectively
• To be comfortable working across a number of IT platforms
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport, credibility and manage expectations with senior stakeholders
• To be a commercially aware self-starter, pro-active with the ability to work in a team and comfortable working at both a strategic and detailed operational level
• Confident in prioritising workload amongst senior stakeholders
• Flexibility and the ability to operate in a changing environment

Benefits