Finance Business Partner: Optimisation & Project Profit

Inspired; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Company pension

Life insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Benefits portal

4pm finish on Friday

Job summary

Inspired is a market leading, technology-enabled provider of energy and sustainability solutions in the UK, supporting businesses to transition to net zero carbon. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner: Optimisation to join our Finance team.

This role is home based with occasional travel to offices. The role partners with Optimisation leadership, project managers and commercial teams to improve profitability, manage cash flow and ensure robust forecasting across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with extensive finance business partnering experience.
• Experience supporting large capital and infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of project accounting and IFRS 15.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance lead for a portfolio of Optimisation projects.
• Partner with Project Managers and Commercial Teams to improve financial performance.
• Provide financial insight to support operational decision-making.
• Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve project profitability.
• Support operational teams in understanding project financial performance.
• Prepare monthly project forecasts and annual budgets.
• Analyse project cost performance against budget.
• Produce monthly cash flow forecasts.
• Review committed costs and forecast final account positions.
• Monitor project margins throughout the project lifecycle.
• Produce monthly management reports.
• Analyse project variances and explain financial movements.
• Prepare profitability reports by project, contract and business unit.
• Present financial performance to senior management.
• Develop dashboards and KPI reporting.

Skills

Finance partnering

Commercial acumen

Forecasting

Analytical skills

Power BI

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Power BI

Sage

Excel

Job description

Inspired is a market leading, technology-enabled provider of energy and sustainability solutions in the UK, supporting businesses to transition to net zero carbon. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner: Optimisation to join our Finance team.

This role is home based with occasional travel to offices. The role partners with Optimisation leadership, project managers and commercial teams to improve profitability, manage cash flow and ensure robust forecasting across multiple projects.