Interim Senior Finance Business Partner

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. in the United Kingdom is seeking an interim Senior Finance Business Partner to lead reporting, governance and contract accounting for a c£30m portfolio. The role is hybrid and targets WIP, accrued income and NEC contracts, with direct access to senior operational leaders.

You will build reporting frameworks, perform contract reviews and deliver credible forecasts for operations directors and project managers in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Finance business partnering, commercial finance or FP&A experience from construction, civil engineering, infrastructure or contracting sectors (essential).
• Hands-on WIP, accrued income and contract accounting.
• Evidence of impact: forecasts changing decisions, margin recovery or controls implemented.
• Strong personality; able to challenge and drive change in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Build a Standard Reporting Framework with governance and controls.
• Run contract reviews, pipeline analysis and monthly forecasts across target cost and NEC contracts (cost-to-complete, variations, compensation events).
• Show commercial teams what good looks like on milestones, completion and retention.
• Answer key questions on underperforming projects, risks, and credible forecasts for operations directors and project teams.

Skills

Finance partnering

FP&A

Contract accounting

WIP management

Variance analysis

Stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner - Interim - Lancashire

c£500 - £600 per day | hybrid

Somebody has to be the person who asks where the numbers come from.

A c£30m framework portfolio at a nationally operating contractor has outgrown the way it is reported and controlled. The project is very much live, and their client is one of the largest companies in the UK. The structure underneath has not caught up.

That is why this role exists.

• You will build a Standard Reporting Framework where there isn't one, and put governance and controls behind it.
• You will run contract reviews, pipeline analysis and monthly forecasts across target cost and NEC contracts, covering cost-to-complete, variations, compensation events and pain/gain share.
• You will show commercial teams what good looks like on milestones, completion and retention.

Three questions sit under the whole brief: which projects are underperforming? What are the key commercial risks? Are the forecasts credible?

You will answer them for operations directors, project managers and quantity surveyors, some of whom will welcome the challenge and some of whom will need pushing.

What you bring

• Finance business partnering, commercial finance or FP&A experience from construction, civil engineering, Infrastructure or contracting sectors. This is essential.
• Hands-on WIP, accrued income and contract accounting.
• Evidence of impact: a forecast that changed a decision, margin you recovered, a control that stuck.
• A strong personality. You can disagree in a room, stay calm when things are untidy, and prefer change to steady state.

The honest bit: you are joining something unfinished, and you will be expected to make people listen from week one.

In it for you: a framework you build and leave behind, direct access to a Commercial Finance Director and senior operational leaders, and a backed, acquisitive business used to working with interim talent.