Finance Business Partner - Projects & Technology
Part of LSL Property Services plc, PRIMIS Mortgage Network are the largest Mortgage and Protection Network in the UK with some 950 firms as business partners and circa 3000 advisors working alongside us and jointly amounting to some 11% of the mortgage market share in the UK. The FS division also includes TMA, Direct Life and Linear Financial Solutions.
We are keen to recruit a Finance Business Partner (reporting to our Commercial Finance Manager) in a role focusing on Projects & Technology within the business.
This role presents an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified Accountant to contribute to the success of our Financial Services Division by ensuring optimum outcomes for the business.
The role is hybrid and will be based partly out of our HQ site on the Birmingham Business Park in Solihull and the successful candidate's home.
The newly formed role would be supporting the business to enable senior management in making informed decisions driving the businesses technology transformation strategy and holding the business accountable to project implementation costs, tracking benefits, and partnering with technology to manage performance.
Main Accountabilities
Creating technology transformation project business cases
Tracking and challenging on costs during project implementation
Tracking costs and benefits post project implementation
Fully understanding our technology estate and partnering with the business to manage performance and identify cost efficiencies
Providing commercial analysis & Insight
Operational Performance monitoring
Month end P&l Variance analysis - Detailed story
Internal management reporting
Production & delivery of budgets/forecasts
Development capex review
Knowledge and Expertise (including specialist and/or technical skills)
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA,
or equivalent)
Experience of working in financial services industry preferable but not essential
Provide evidence-based recommendations and influence decisions using insights
Produce professional reports
Understand the financial performance of business
Business partnering at all levels including senior management
Communicate complicated information to a wide range of audiences
Composure under pressure and experience of managing in challenging and pressured circumstances
Prioritise workload and meet deadlines
A team player who can work with stakeholders in other functions to achieve objectives.
Salary and Benefits - £50,000 - £55,000 DOE and negotiable
Benefits to include enhanced pension, healthcare and share incentives when available.
Based partly on the Birmingham Business Park in Solihull and partly from the successful candidate's home.
Internal LSL group candidates must discuss with their immediate line manager in the first instance.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please forward your CV with covering letter in confidence to James McNee of the in house recruitment function here at PRIMIS / LSL
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