Finance Business Partner: Projects & Margin Forecasts

North-PB; Camberley, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Professional development and training

Flexible working arrangements subject

Employee assistance programmes

Job summary

North is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead month-end project accounting for Enterprise & Data Centres, ensuring revenue recognition accuracy and margin clarity across projects and managed services.

You will forecast costs, revenues and timing with Project Managers, produce sector dashboards, and influence pricing and delivery decisions alongside Commercial, Sales and the COO. The role is hybrid UK-based, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Sound grasp of project accounting revenue recognition and margin on contracts and projects
• Advanced Excel skills
• Confidence partnering with operational, non-finance people at every level and offering constructive challenge
• A passion for data and turning analysis into action
• Self-motivated in a remote role, happy to travel to the office and sites when it matters

Responsibilities

• Own month-end project accounting for all E&DC revenue recognition and margin, accurate, on time and well understood.
• Embed processes that give real margin control through delivery, including leading regular Project P&L reviews.
• Work with the core finance team to keep improving processes, controls and outputs.
• Support Project Managers with monthly project forecasting challenging assumptions on cost, revenue and timing.
• Forecast and track the E&DC orderbook across Projects and Managed Services.
• Own the monthly sector dashboards and KPIs, and contribute to the annual budget and reforecast cycles.
• Partner with the Operations Director and Project Managers to find, quantify and track margin improvement opportunities.
• On larger deals, work with Commercial and Sales so pricing and budget flow cleanly into delivery.
• Shape the monthly sector pack and board pack commentary.

Skills

Project accounting

Forecasting

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

SAP Business ByDesign

Job description

North is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead month-end project accounting for Enterprise & Data Centres, ensuring revenue recognition accuracy and margin clarity across projects and managed services.

You will forecast costs, revenues and timing with Project Managers, produce sector dashboards, and influence pricing and delivery decisions alongside Commercial, Sales and the COO. The role is hybrid UK-based, with travel as needed.