Senior Finance Business Partner

Bellrock; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their dynamic team. This role is pivotal in collaborating with operational leads to assess financial impacts and enhance business processes. You will prepare accurate financial reports, manage budgets, and lead a team, ensuring financial efficiency and governance. With a hybrid working model, you will enjoy flexibility while contributing to a company that values its people and promotes career growth. Join this forward-thinking organization and make a significant impact on their financial strategies.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Car/car allowance

Salary exchange pension scheme

Life cover

Paid sick leave

Health Assured employee assistance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Private medical insurance

Holiday purchase scheme

Virtual GP

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with 3+ years of experience in a similar environment.
• Advanced Excel skills including macros and reporting.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly profit and loss accounts and balance sheets.
• Manage working capital and improve process efficiency.
• Lead a team of 3 and support financial reporting.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

Advanced Excel Skills

Data Management

Budgeting and Forecasting

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Contract Accounting

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Excel

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner

Bellrock Group are searching for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join the team on a permanent basis. Reporting into the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will business partner with operational leads within the division, working alongside them in order to understand business processes and their financial impact. This role will be a hybrid working role, 2 days in the office and 3 from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare timely and accurate monthly profit and loss accounts and balance sheets, including posting requisite journals to complete the financial data within required deadlines
• Prepare robust annual budgets and monthly forecasts, including analysing and appraising variances, understanding key cost drivers, identifying trends, risks, opportunities - both for annual budgets and rolling monthly forecasts, by sub-division and by single project
• Effectively manage and influence working capital
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve the efficiency of any impactful process
• Work within the larger Group Finance team to manage intercompany balances, ensure consistency of reporting and adoption of best practice
• Take accountability of the financials of individual contracts within the division and work closely with the account managers and directors to drive performance
• Support the provision of consolidated results of business plans, results and forecasts for all sub-divisions within the Division
• Assist in the analysis of periodic financial performance of individual sub-divisions and projects against objectives (including budgets and forecasts)
• Prepare and present monthly financial information to the operations directors of the sub-divisions, MD and Head of FBP
• Support in the preparation of appropriate financial reports to budget holders to provide financial control and aid performance management and target achievement
• Prepare and provide a monthly reconciliation including detailed commentary of various Balance Sheet Control Accounts such as Accrued Income, Accruals, Prepayments and Deferred Income
• Help deliver increased financial controls and corporate governance standards, supporting and monitoring compliance using financial systems and technical expertise
• Assist in supporting the timely collection of divisional debt and chasing billing for outstanding Accrued Income
• Provide profitability analysis on key contracts and risk areas within the Division
• Lead a team of 3 direct reports, made up of management accountants and business partners
• Work closely with operational teams to understand resource planning and future financial impacts in order to improve profitability across the Division
• Help to mobilise new contracts from a financial standpoint, as well as aiding the commercial team with terms and conditions
• Support the Group Finance team as required, to deliver a comprehensive financial and management accounting service to the business (financial and non-financial)

Skills & Experience:

• Qualified Accountant with at least 3 years of experience in a similar environment
• Advanced data management and Excel skills - applied use of Excel to advanced level (macros, pivots, reporting, queries etc.) preferred
• Experience of period end processes and practice, along with forecasting and budgeting
• Ability to disseminate information across all levels of the business
• Excellent attention to detail
• Willingness to be hands-on and have a 'can-do' attitude
• Well-rounded individual; organised and self-motivated
• Passionate and enthusiastic about customer service and exceeding customers' expectations
• Experience in long term contract, or contract accounting advantageous.
• Based in Leicester, with travel to operational London as required

Working Arrangements:

We embrace smarter working practices which offer our employees the opportunity to work their hours flexibly and remotely where their roles and business needs allow. In this role, the successful candidate would be required to work from the Leicester office 2 days per week and 3 days remote.

What Can We Offer You?

Upon joining Bellrock, you can expect a comprehensive benefits package including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day as a thank you (enjoy it, it's on us)

Car/car allowance

Salary exchange pension scheme

Life cover

Paid sick leave

Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work

Private medical insurance

Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year

Offers and discount scheme designed to save money on everyday shopping and essentials

Healthcare Cashplan

MotorSave Scheme

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Virtual GP

Why Bellrock?

Our people are our passion, so we're all about helping them to achieve their ambitions. That means putting everything in place for you to have a rewarding career with us. So you can go far in your career, with us behind you. And our business will grow, too. So, if you're ready to start your career journey with Bellrock we're ready to welcome you. It's a great place to be.

We would like to attract talent from all corners of the world for this role. Our commitment is to an equitable recruitment process so feel free to apply in any way that suits you. We are looking for the right person, not necessarily just the right person for this role.

Apply today.