Junior Finance Business Parnter

Thermo Fisher Scientific; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific solutions provider is seeking a Graduate level Junior Business Partner in Loughborough. This position involves working closely with the Finance and Commercial teams, ensuring accurate customer incentives, product costing, and revenue forecasts. The ideal candidate will have a minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant field and a passion for analytical work with data. Benefits include a competitive salary, annual bonus, and support for professional accountancy qualifications.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Support for professional accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA)

Multiple optional company benefits

Qualifications

• Must be able to work as part of a team and independently.
• Shows ability to review current practices for departmental improvement.
• Passion for analytically interrogating data.

Responsibilities

• Support Finance Business Partners with reporting on sales performance and product profitability.
• Ensure accurate recording and forecasting of customer incentives.
• Provide customer-facing reports to monitor contractual obligations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

2:1 degree or equivalent in accountancy/finance or numerically focused subject

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a Graduate level Junior Business Partners to join the team. The position is responsible for working with the Commercial and Finance teams to deliver value-adding analysis to drive revenue and margin. The position will have the key responsibility to ensure accuracy of customer incentives, product costing, assisting in revenue forecasts and delivering insightful analytics. They will provide business models to assess new opportunities and work with commercial leaders during the annual price renewal process as well as looking to become CIMA/ACCA qualified.

Responsibilities

• Support the lead Finance Business Partners with accurate and commercially focused reporting on sales performance, margins, forecasting, and product profitability
• Ensure all customer incentives (rebates and signing bonuses) are accurately recorded, forecasted, and paid in accordance with customer contracts
• Support the annual price renewal process to ensure the business improves price performance while aligning with customer contracts. Able to work with appropriate internal departments to implement pricing and financial terms for customer contracts
• Produce customer-facing reports to monitor contractual obligations such as savings commitments and incentives
• Perform other duties as assigned

How will you get here?

Education

• A minimum 2:1 degree or equivalent qualification in accountancy/finance or a numerically focused subject area

Experience

• Individual must be able to work as part of a team, cross-functionally and on their own initiative
• Shows ability to be flexible and review current practices with the target of improving departmental procedures to achieve eff
• Highly analytical attitude and demonstrates a passion for interrogating data
• Excellent communication and listening skills as well as ability to lead, influence and build strong working relationships with a diverse team of people
• Currently in your final year of degree or have graduated in the last two years

Soft skills

• Attention to detail
• Enthusiastically and proactively contributes ideas whilst tactfully disagreeing
• To work effectively with others at all levels to accomplish internal targets and business goals
• The ability to identify and resolve problems

What do you get in return?

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Support on professional accountancy qualification – CIMA or ACCA
• Multiple company benefits that you can opt in on