Finance Business Partner | Environmental Services | Warrington
Our client, founded in 1984, emphasises innovation and sustainability in environmental services and waste management. Originating and headquartered in Spain, it operates globally, serving various industries with a focus on hazardous and non-hazardous waste solutions. With a turnover of over €600m and over 80 sites worldwide the company prioritises safety, compliance, and career development, offering employees the chance to work on impactful environmental projects. With a commitment to reducing, recycling, and recovering waste, they provides a dynamic and forward-thinking workplace.
In this key strategic role, you will lead the annual planning process, UK wide projects and partner within their successful Industrial division.
The person
- Business Partner experience with relevant accountancy qualifications (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
- Experience in dealing with manufacturing accounting, variance analysis, plant operations and managing multiple projects
- Demonstrated ability to "get behind the numbers" and understand key drivers within a business
- Demonstrated ability to identify business cases for new opportunities, and the ability to prepare planning models and/or implementation plans for those opportunities with senior management.
- Experience in implementation and use of financial dashboards/analysis tools including Power BI/Sharepoint
- Ability to represent finance with the business and the business with finance
- SAP knowledge / experience preferable
- Advanced Excel user
The role
- Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering, provide partnering support to Industrial division, with relevant insights into business performance specifically for the Treatment and Scotland sub-divisions
- Also provide business partner support to Central Overhead Functions
- Support the team in effective financial planning and analysis
- Provide business expertise into accounting / financial control processes
- Responsible for financial scenario modelling for Industrial Strategic projects and providing suggestions and advice to the business based on financial analysis.
- Act as the strategic partner to the Treatment and Scotland management teams and form part of the leadership team providing analysis, insight and support to aid commercial and operational decision making, process improvement and delivery of the Industrial division strategic objectives.
- Responsibility for the UK forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning, setting financial targets and objectives for relevant sub-division(s).
- Conduct business performance analysis to identify, investigate and understand operational business unit results (e.g. margins, costs, profitability by client) and recommend improvement opportunities
- Prepare, challenge and explain accomplishment of budgets and forecasts in coordination with Treatment and Scotland leadership, and recommend and help implement actions to bring performance back to budget if performance deviates
- Prepare CAPEX investment appraisals including rationale for the investment and calculation of expected financial return
- Development of improved margin understanding by customer within the UK Treatment and Scotland divisions
- Continued ongoing development and delivery of BI reporting relevant to sub-divisions
- Drive process improvements in working capital management
- Ensure accuracy of period-end financial closings by providing business expertise into the financial control team and reviewing final output
We offer
- £55,000 - £65,000 (depending on experience)
- Up to 15% bonus
- Healthcare
- Pension
- Flexible benefits including cash back options, discount vouchers, cycle to work scheme
At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.