Finance Business Partner

Austin Fraser; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their Group Finance team in Greater Manchester. This pivotal role involves ensuring accurate reporting of revenue, materials, and costs while collaborating with operational staff to enhance financial performance. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and a knack for building relationships across teams. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to lead business projects and contribute to strategic planning within a supportive and innovative environment. If you are a self-starter with a passion for finance, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with strong business partnering skills required.
• Experience in project/construction accounting is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate accounting of operational transactions and revenue recognition.
• Support management accounts and collaborate with operational teams.

Skills

Business Partnering Skills

Analytical Skills

Time Management

Communication Skills

Project Accounting Knowledge

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Sage

Excel

Job description

Our growing client in Greater Manchester is looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner.

The Finance Business Partner has responsibility for the accurate and timely accounting of operational transactions for a number of businesses.

This is a crucial finance role that will be part of the Group Finance team, working with senior operational staff and reporting to the Head Of Finance. The role will primarily focus on ensuring accurate reporting of revenue, accrued income, materials and inventory, and related direct costs to ensure that Gross Margin is accurately recorded in line with relevant accounting standards. Some businesses will undertake project work and therefore a good understanding of Project Accounting is highly advantageous. Detailed financial analysis and reports will be produced on the profitability of each business.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Periodic accounting: to ensure income and costs recognised in accordance with accounting standards and ensure accrued / deferred income and costs captured correctly.
2. Management Accounts: support on ensuring accurate reporting in management accounts including analysis and commentary of the financial result each period.
3. Business Partnering: Work with and support Operational Teams in ensuring accurate business reporting and good operational/cost control. Involves reporting of financials to Operational teams.
4. Revenue recognition: ensure that all revenue recognised is in line with relevant accounting standards and local group policies.
5. Materials and direct costs: ensure all materials are booked in and out of inventory accurately and on a timely basis to ensure accurate costs on a project by project basis. Direct costs should be allocated to specific projects as well as being reviewed overall to ensure effective cost control.
6. Balance sheet: Preparation of relevant balance sheets, including reconciliations and supporting documentation ensuring robust support is in place for each balance and reconciling items are cleared on a timely basis.
7. External audit: Support on the external audit by ensuring robust reconciliations and support is in place for areas, such as revenue recognition, accrued/deferred income/costs, stock counts and relevant accruals and prepayments.
8. Projects: As part of the wider Finance management team participate in or lead business projects i.e. strategic planning, acquisitions and integration, new system implementations etc.

Person Profile (Qualifications, Knowledge, Skill and Experience):

1. Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
2. Good knowledge of accounting principles and their appropriate application
3. Project/construction accounting experience is highly advantageous
4. Strong business partnering skills with the ability to engage with and challenge operational staff
5. Highly credible and able to quickly build effective working relationships
6. Analytical, accurate and detailed
7. Pragmatic and flexible in approach
8. Self-starter and able to work autonomously
9. Strong time management and the ability to prioritise
10. System orientated with excellent IT skills especially Sage and Excel