Finance Business Partner

Dentsu; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global partner in growth and transformation seeks a Finance Business Partner in London. In this role, you will support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. Key responsibilities include managing project costs and providing insights to senior leaders. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with commercial acumen and excellent communication skills. The role offers competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Tailored benefits package

Flexible working arrangements

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• Strong capability to communicate financial performance to senior stakeholders.
• Proven record of driving improved financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Support budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis.
• Manage project contracts ensuring compliance and negotiation.

Skills

Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA etc) with PQE

Strong commercial acumen

Excellent Microsoft Excel skills

Experience with budgeting and forecasting

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Tools

D365

SAP BPC

SAC

Job description

Job Description:

Introduction

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world's leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

We're hiring for a Finance Business Partner as part of dentsu in London.

Purpose of the Role

As Finance Business Partner you'll be responsible for supporting the budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis of our Corporate Functions, both centrally and across all of our regions/markets. As part of this role, you'll work alongside the management reporting team, both onshore and offshore.

You'll provide support that all investments are correctly accounted for and closely monitored throughout the project life cycle, including implementation and execution of local governance and project control systems. You'll provide financial business partnering and decision support to the Functional Leaders to ensure their strategic and operational financial goals are delivered. This will include Project accounting, forecasting and budgeting for department spend, commercial management of contracts, and financial analysis & modelling for the Functions initiatives including target operating models and continuous improvement and benefits realisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Finance to support the future direction of the business function to identify financial and commercial risks and potential mitigations, preparing reports to highlight key financial developments and communicate these with Finance Directors, and Global Functional Leaders.
• Construction and presentation of monthly budget/forecasts by project and cost centres for current and future years, including controls around Intangible asset accounting.
• Analysis of functional budgets and forecasts, providing interpretation, insight and guidance and challenge through financial analysis to enable business partners to make key decisions and achieve targets
• Support the review of business cases at key intervals of the programmes. This should include detailed reviews of actual spend as well as forecast costs to complete.
• Completion of month end and subsequent delivery of high-quality monthly management accounts and reporting, including headcount reporting, variance analysis and appropriate commentary
• Working with the Procurement team to manage project contracts ensuring adherence to terms, compliance on key financial clauses and negotiation of new contract spend.

Qualifications + Skills

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA etc) with PQE
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and project cost control is preferred.
• Strong commercial acumen, with proven capability to communicate financial performance to senior stakeholders
• Clear record of being curious, robust and shrewd, driving improved financial performance within a business
• Strong communication, influencing, collaboration and relationship building skills, able to prioritise and meet tight deadlines with a strong ability to self-manage
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills. Use of D365 and SAP BPC and SAC is an advantage.

What we offer

• This is a permanent role.
• The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements.
• As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

We recognise the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail], quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.

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Location:
London

Brand:
Global Functions

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent