Finance Business Partner -

Posted 19 July 2022
Salary £45000.00 - £50000 per annum
LocationWeybridge
Job type Permanent
ReferenceBBBH136088_1658235840
Contact NameJames Owen

Job description

Investigo are working with a large global organisation to recruit for Finance Business Partner position to be based out of their offices in the Weybridge area. This role offers a great opportunity for a Management Accountant to make a concerted move into Commercial Finance.

This is a hybrid working opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Act as a trusted, visible and accessible point of contact to business leaders
  • Provide commercial and financial decision support; challenge and insight into business profitability to drive future performance.
  • Accountable for the accuracy of financial records, compliance, business financial plans and forecasts that are produced by the global back office teams.
  • Understand the value drivers of the business and provide guidance on contract / service performance including ROI, scenario planning, KPI analysis and benchmarking.
  • Support the portfolio strategy through market, competitor and portfolio analysis; and inform market entry and exit decisions.
  • Develop customer relationships to support successful commercial and financial negotiations regarding variable revenue, rebids and change notices.
  • Support business leaders to deliver contractual obligations through identification of over and under delivery, performing root cause analysis, and making recommendations.
  • Drive contract / service cost optimisation projects through profitability analysis and efficiency recommendations.
  • Proactive identification, assessment and management of financial and commercial risks
  • Drive contractual uplifts to support individual businesses as required

Skills and attributes:

  • Capability of adding value in a commercially orientated bidding and contracting environment.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the business within their scope of responsibility.
  • Evidence of ability to influence, negotiate, listen to and resolve conflicts with decision makers.
  • Ability to highlight problems, offer practical solutions, and support their execution.
  • Commercial acumen, as well as experience of understanding relationships between key financial and non-financial business value drivers.
  • Translate business requirements into open, honest and transparent insight to solve.
  • Ability to interpret and deal with incomplete data; and the capability to exercise judgement where there is ambiguity.
  • Evidence of building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Evidence of building trust with a team; allowing direct conversations and not sanitising messages.
  • Experience of having worked successfully in a virtual team.
  • Adaptable, energetic and a continuous learner
  • A high level of focus on the achievement of targeted results
  • A high level of flexibility and a positive attitude to innovation and change

If you are interested in being considered for this position or other similar roles please apply with a copy of your latest CV.