Finance Business Partner

Morrison Utility Services Limited.; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility services provider in the UK is seeking a Chartered Accountant to provide financial guidance within their Finance Team. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, and driving cost efficiencies. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, excellent relationship-building abilities, and proficiency in finance-related software. This opportunity offers competitive benefits, including a pension scheme, healthcare, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Private health care

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus scheme

Cycle to work and salary finance schemes

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA (considering working towards this in role).
• Experience driving cost savings and efficiencies.
• Experience presenting financial concepts to non-finance audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial guidance and support to leadership team.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Perform cashflow forecasting and ageing of WIP.
• Drive process improvements within finance.

Skills

Strong numerical and data analysis skills

Ability to build strong relationships

Attention to detail

Proficient in Excel

Self-driven

Education

Chartered Accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Oracle

Job description

Overview

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within our Finance Team. Based in Stevenage Head Office (c.2 days per week), and supporting our contracts across South of England and Wales.

What will you be doing?

• Providing financial guidance and support to the Area leadership team, supporting business outcomes.
• Lead on budgeting and forecasting - on a monthly basis, and as part of the annual Budget/F1 process.
• Analysis and provide commentary on monthly results vs Budget / F1.
• Cashflow forecasting for your Areas, and provide accurate ageing of WIP.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements within finance and across business units.
• Identify and drive cost avoidance and efficiency - providing insight to commercial and operations teams via data.
• Responsible for balance sheet reviews, and drive compliance of CVRs in line with commercial rules.

What you'll bring

• Chartered Accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA (can consider working towards this in role - will be reflected in salary / grade).
• Ability to build strong relationships with operational and commercial teams at all levels of seniority.
• Prior experience driving cost savings and efficiencies in a business.
• Ability to present and translate potentially complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong numerical and data analysis skills - e.g. highly proficient in Excel.
• Self driven with a can do attitude.
• Experience of Oracle preferred.

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another.

We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

Benefits

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car/allowance and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• Private health care for you and your family.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!