Finance Business Partner

Capita; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Bristol seeks a Finance Business Partner to manage financial reporting and provide insights for decision-making. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with excellent communication and analytical skills. Responsibilities include managing revenue recognition on contracts, preparing financial data, and supporting operational changes. Offers competitive benefits including 23 days holiday and company-matched pension.

Benefits

23 days holiday (rising to 27)

Company matched pension

Cycle2work scheme

Paid volunteering day

Voluntary benefits for lifestyle

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesise complex data.
• Confident in facilitating operational changes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and report on revenue recognition for contracts.
• Prepare working capital movements.
• Contribute to insights for financial reporting.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Analytical skills

Ability to translate financial risks

Confidence in operational changes

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Job description

Purpose of the role:

Finance Business partners are accountants who work alongside different business departments, responsible for providing financial information, tools, analysis and insight to executives, challenging their thinking, helping them make more informed decisions and driving business strategy. Their role is to provide 'real time' support and analysis, to be a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making.

Job Description

What you'll be doing:

• Managing and reporting revenue recognition on a complex multi year contract.
• Preparing and presenting working capital movements
• Contributor to R&O schedule for the contract.
• Service Credit analysis, with internal and external reporting.
• Managing the day to day contact for the external audit process on behalf of FD.
• Business partnering on property portfolio of c30 properties, and regional recruitment.
• Input and preparation of monthly business reporting process, including the provision of analysis & insight around any deviation from plan and the action plan to deliver the forecast/BP
• Providing understanding of operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered for the area of their business responsibility for reforecasting
• Provide input to bids were required
• Execute robust financials controls aligned to group policy and all appropriate standards (including IFRS 15, IFRS 16).
• Leadership or coaching of other individuals in the team including their performance and development
• Provide value added analysis on issues impacting the business and manage forecasts for the Business Units.
• Prepare the financial reporting data
• Take ownership and accountability for the integrity and accuracy of P&L, balance sheet and working capital requirements

What we're looking for:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
• Confident to work with and facilitate operational changes
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written - with ability to input into highly professional presentations to senior management
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to synthesise complex data and information
• Able to translate financial risks to non-finance professionals
• Strongly aligned to operational colleagues

About Capita Finance

Our Finance Function is one of Capita’s central corporate functions and is supporting the financial needs of the business. Our teams are creating smarter, faster financial processes across a complex organisation to ensure consistency with training, technology and knowledge sharing. We’re providing clear insight to teams across the business and empowering them to make effective, meaningful decisions. Join us and discover better as you build a stronger financial future for Capita.

What’s in it for you?

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• the opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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Every day we help millions of people, by delivering innovative solutions to transform and simplify the connections between businesses and customers, governments and citizens. We partner with clients and provide them with the insight and cutting-edge technologies that give time back, allowing them to focus on what they do best and making people’s lives easier and simpler. We operate in the UK, Europe, India and South Africa and currently have 55,000 talented people working in our three divisions: Capita Experience, Capita Public Service and Capita Portfolio.