Finance Business Partner - FTSE 250

Investigo are currently partnering a Global FTSE 250 company in Hampshire, to recruit newly created Finance Business Partner role. This will provide the right candidate an outstanding opportunity to not only play a key part in growth of the division, but be in the forefront of the decision making process.

The Finance Business Partner will play a key part in supporting business leaders to deliver profitable and sustainable growth for services. The Business Partner is responsible for providing dedicated, commercial and financial decision support aligned to strategic and customer priorities, to win good business and improve shareholder value. The Business Partner will work with a portfolio of business to challenge assumptions, influence decisions and make recommendations for efficiency improvements in order to sustain growth.

Requirements for the role:

• Qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA with a strong academic background
• Commercially minded and customer focused within a Global business
• Experience of working in a bidding and contracting environment
• The ability to influence, negotiate, listen to and resolve conflicts with key decision makers
• Strong understanding of the relationships between key financial and non-financial business value drivers
• Translate business requirements into open, honest and transparent insight to solve business challenges
• Adaptable, energetic and a continuous learner
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within the UK.

Further details about the role:

• Be a key trusted, visible and accessible point of contact to business leaders; providing commercial and financial decision support; challenge and insight into business profitability to drive future performance.
• Looking to understand the customer landscape and their drivers to provide contract / service pricing, cash and margin optimisation recommendations, ensuring an acceptable balance of risk and return.
• Support the portfolio strategy through market, competitor and portfolio analysis, and inform market entry and exit decisions.
• Develop customer relationships to successfully contribute to 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.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders through the sharing of knowledge and collaboration.