Associate Finance Business Partner

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Salary Finance

Choices lifestyle benefits

MiDeals discounts

Cycle to work

Descripción de la vacante

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking an Associate Finance Business Partner to join the Corporate Central Functions team. The role partners with Procurement, Fleet and Finance to provide insightful financial analysis, support strategic decisions and maximise rebate and procurement savings across the Group.

The position requires a qualified accountant with strong analytical, communication and presentation skills, plus advanced Excel and PowerPoint.

Formación

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong financial analysis and business partnering skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with large and complex data sets.
• Excellent communication, presentation and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated, proactive and solutions-focused.

Responsabilidades

• Partner closely with Procurement and Finance teams to maximise rebates and discounts across the Group.
• Build relationships and provide financial insight to support decision-making.
• Attend stakeholder meetings and drive key business actions and outcomes.
• Collaborate across Corporate Centre functions to identify opportunities, solve problems and deliver value.
• Prepare detailed variance analysis and develop financial models, reporting templates and management presentations.
• Support annual budgets, monthly forecasts and long-range planning processes.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast with robust challenge and analysis of assumptions.
• Support month-end close processes and prepare reporting packs and commentary.
• Maintain rebate trackers and work with Category Leads to identify risks and opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation and automation of processes.
• Provide coaching to offshore teams and share knowledge within the function.

Conocimientos

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Excel

PowerPoint

Data analysis

Communication

Educación

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Herramientas

SAP

TM1

Descripción del empleo

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Associate Finance Business Partner

Corporate Central Functions (Procurement, Fleet, Finance & Rebates)

We are seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Associate Finance Business Partner to join our Corporate Central Functions Finance team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to further develop their business partnering career. Working closely with senior stakeholders across Procurement, Fleet and Finance, you will provide insightful financial analysis, support strategic decision-making, and play a key role in maximising rebate and procurement savings opportunities across the Group.

We're looking for a proactive individual with strong analytical capabilities, excellent communication skills, and a desire to make a real impact within a collaborative and high-performing team.

What You'll Be Doing

Business Partnering & Commercial Support

• Partner closely with Procurement and Finance teams to maximise volume-based discounts (VBDs) and rebate opportunities across the Group.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and provide financial insight to support decision‑making.
• Attend stakeholder meetings and help drive key business actions and outcomes.
• Collaborate across Corporate Centre functions to identify opportunities, solve problems and deliver value.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Prepare detailed variance analysis, highlighting key risks, opportunities and performance drivers.
• Develop and maintain financial models, reporting templates and management presentations.
• Support annual budgets, monthly forecasts and long‑range planning processes.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast, ensuring robust challenge and analysis of assumptions.

Reporting & Month-End Activities

• Support the month-end close process through review and oversight of management accounting activities.
• Prepare high-quality reporting packs, financial commentary and management presentations.
• Ensure financial results are delivered accurately and on time.
• Post journals where required and maintain a detailed understanding of assigned cost centres.

Procurement Rebates Management

• Maintain rebate trackers and databases, monitoring delivery against agreed timelines.
• Work closely with Category Leads to identify rebate risks and opportunities.
• Reconcile and allocate rebate benefits while ensuring process milestones are achieved.

Process Improvement & Leadership

• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation and automation of financial processes.
• Work closely with the management accounting team in India, reviewing outputs and providing coaching where required.
• Support offshore process development initiatives and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and controls.
• Contribute positively to team culture through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

About You

Essential Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong financial analysis and business partnering skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience working with large and complex data sets.
• Excellent communication, presentation and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.
• Self‑motivated, proactive and solutions‑focused.
• Positive attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable

• Experience using SAP and/or TM1.
• Previous experience in a commercial finance or business partnering environment.
• Exposure to procurement, rebates, fleet or corporate service functions.

Why Apply?

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your Finance Business Partnering career within a large and dynamic organisation. You'll gain exposure to senior stakeholders, play a key role in commercial decision‑making, and contribute to meaningful improvements that drive business performance across the Group.

If you're a qualified finance professional looking to take the next step in your career and expand your business partnering experience, we'd love to hear from you.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

• We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
• When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
• We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
• We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
• Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
• We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Karen Hayes at [e-mail].
• Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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