Finance Business Partner - Warwick

BDR Thermea Group; Warwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic finance professional to join their Finance team. This role is essential in supporting financial activities and driving strategic initiatives within the organization. You will analyze financial reports, improve reporting impacts, and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders. Your expertise in financial planning and commercial acumen will help shape the business's financial performance. Join a company committed to diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will be valued and respected as you navigate a transformative journey over the next five years.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with experience in business partnering and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of financial statements.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analysis and insights linking reports to business strategies.
• Initiate effective commercial procedures to meet operational and financial targets.

Skills

Business Partnering

Analytical Skills

Commercial Acumen

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Thinking

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

ERP Systems

PowerBI

Job description

Who will you be working with?

Working within the Finance team, our colleagues are split across our 2 offices Warwick & Preston. You will be an integral member of the team, supporting Finance activities. The Finance team will be required to resource and support as the business undergoes its own transformation over the next 5 years.

On a daily basis you'll be responsible for:

• Analysis & Insight: Provide analysis and deliver insights that link financial reports to business strategies.
• Financial Control: Initiate and implement effective commercial procedures and controls to ensure key operational, commercial, and financial targets are met.
• Financial Reporting: Improve the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance.
• Strategic Support: Use commercial acumen to influence business stakeholders in strategic choices and evaluations to drive financial performance.
• Relationship Building: Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with senior managers and their teams.
• Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting: Assist in the production of annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring they accurately reflect business strategy and requirement.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial reporting and insights, financial controls and planning activities.

About you:

We want to make sure you're set up for success in our mission. To be successful in your application you'll need to:

Education:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) + PQE.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related fields.

Experience:

• Experience in a business partnering role.
• Deep understanding of the interaction between Income statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint), ERP systems.
• Utilise and embrace the latest data and analytics tools e.g. PowerBI.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic initiative monitoring, and translating business strategy into financial plans.
• Good Commercial acumen, ability to identify risks and opportunities to optimize.
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to analyse business performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Soft Skills: Strong presentation, relationship building, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrate effective influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic thinking, ability to look beyond the 'here and now' for new business opportunities (Horizon scanning).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment and propose, justify, initiate, and implement change.

At BDR Thermea Group, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are critical to our success. We are committed to creating a workplace where every potential future employee feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Please check out our DE&I policy on our website to find out more.