Finance Business Partner

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP access

Salary Finance

Flexible lifestyle benefits

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Mitie is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to support the JPECCS contract across Scotland. You will collaborate with operational leaders and the Contract Director to provide financial insight, challenge and commercial support for informed decisions.

The role covers month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and strong governance over controls and client billing. Travel to operational sites in Scotland is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/CA/CIMA/ACCA qualification.
• Strong commercial finance and business partnering experience.
• Excellent financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality financial insight to drive contract objectives.
• Lead monthly close including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Own budgeting and forecasting with operational management.
• Manage key controls: risks, accruals, debt and client billing.
• Support audits and identify opportunities to improve processes.

Skills

Commercial finance

Business partnering

Financial reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

ACA/CA/CIMA/ACCA qualification

Tools

SAP

TM1

FDW

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Location: Glasgow

Hours: 40 Hours - Monday to Friday

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day.

We're looking for a commercially minded, qualified Finance Business Partner to support the financial performance and successful delivery of one of the UK's largest and most complex justice sector contracts. Supporting the Justice Partners Escort and Court Custody Service (JPECCS) contract across Scotland, you'll partner closely with operational leaders and the Contract Director to provide financial insight, constructive challenge and commercial support that enables better decision-making and improved performance.

Please note, to be successful, you will need to be successfully pass a CTC Clearance Check.

Role Responsibilities

• Partner with operational leaders, budget holders and finance teams to provide high-quality financial insight, challenge and support that drives informed decision-making and delivery of contract objectives.
• Lead accurate and timely month-end reporting, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, ensuring contract financial performance is clearly understood and able to withstand management scrutiny.
• Own budgeting and forecasting activities, working closely with operational management to improve financial awareness, accountability and ownership across the contract.
• Manage key financial controls including risks and opportunities, accrued and deferred income, non-current debt and client billing, ensuring strong governance and accurate financial reporting.
• Provide commercial analysis and support to senior stakeholders, contribute to internal and external audits, and identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls and increase efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• A qualified accountant, holding an ACA, CA, CIMA or ACCA qualification.
• Strong commercial finance and business partnering experience, with a track record of working alongside operational management to improve financial understanding and performance.
• Excellent financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting knowledge, with the ability to analyse and clearly present complex financial information.
• Strong knowledge of finance and operational processes and systems, with experience of SAP, TM1 and FDW.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• A high level of integrity and a strong commitment to financial controls, governance and continuous process improvement.
• Flexibility to travel to operational sites across Scotland as required.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience working with the Immigration, Justice, Public Sector or a FM service provider.
• Experience operating within a large-scale outsourced or public services contract.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence and motivate operational stakeholders.

What's in It for You?

• The opportunity to play an influential finance role on a large and complex justice sector contract.
• A highly visible business partnering position working directly with operational and senior leadership teams.
• The chance to use your commercial finance expertise to influence contract performance and support better business decisions.
• An inclusive environment where you can develop your career while contributing to the delivery of important public services.

There's a place for you at Mitie. Join us today!

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 Chloe Smailes 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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