Finance Business Partner

Pontoon; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support offshore projects in Warwick. This role involves independent review of financial matters, leading initiatives, and managing stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with experience in large-scale investment projects and a strong focus on both financial performance and strategic decision-making.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience as a finance business partner.
• Experience with large scale complex investment projects.
• Demonstrated financial and business leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent review and challenge on financial matters.
• Lead on initiatives to improve financial management.
• Communicate effectively on portfolio matters.
• Solve problems and manage priorities independently.
• Bring clarity to complex commercial scenarios.

Skills

Financial leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Job title: Finance Business Partner

Location: Warwick/Hybrid

Duration: 3 months

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

The role

We're looking for a passionate Finance Business Partner to join our Offshore Projects team to work hand in hand with Strategic Infrastructure business who are responsible for delivering the biggest upgrade to electricity infrastructure. These projects will together enable offshore wind to deliver substantial decarbonisation of our energy system. This is a new business unit which presents an exciting opportunity to build innovative solutions and create new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Work with the SI Offshore project teams to provide independent review and challenge on key financial matters, including budget setting, forecasting and performance management. Attend Project Boards/Project Review Meetings as a subject matter expert.
• Lead on key initiatives within the FBP team as we look to embed in new processes and controls to improve our financial management as the investment levels increase.
• Liaise with other teams to effectively communicate matters relating to the Offshore portfolio, including Investment Accountants, PMO, Commercial, Regulation, Risk and Financial Control.
• Independently solve problems and management priorities - the role of an FBP will vary month to month to adapt to competing priorities as they arise.
• Bringing clarity to complex commercial scenarios. Considering both commercial and business risks and broader strategic imperatives.

Requirements

• A Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc).
• You have experience operating as a finance business partner working on a large scale complex investment project and are comfortable balancing support for the business to help it to focus on what really matters for financial performance with having challenging conversations when you see the need for decision and action to deliver that performance.
• At a time where there are many things to achieve, you are a resilient individual that allows you to focus on the right thing within the context you operate within.
• You can demonstrate the behaviours that show both financial and business leadership to ensure our business can deliver at a minimum against all their expected outcomes.
• You're commercially minded and have strong stakeholder management allowing you to build trusted working relationships.
• You are a relationship builder; a key part of the role will be forming relationships to simply get things done.
• You are, at the heart an engaged and engaging individual that allows you to both to lead people and play a team role, depending on what the situation requires, to ensure the right engagement is provided to deliver the most desired outcome.
• You have a continuous improvement mindset and you have implemented improvements that are effective and sustainable, with stakeholder buy in.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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