Finance Business Partner
Watford, Hertfordshire (Hybrid Working)
Circa £60,000 - £65,000 + Great Package (Bonus + Generous Pension + Healthcare + More)
Great opportunity for a recently Qualified (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) to join this +£1Billion Revenue international market leader as a Finance Business Partner. The role will act as the "go to" finance partner for several C-Suite executives providing financial insight, analysis of costs, financial planning and decision support. The role has excellent exposure to senior leaders within the business and will offer a genuine fast track opportunity to a Finance Manager role with 18-24 Months.
You will be a qualified accountant with approx. 1-3 years post qualified experience already under your belt. We are looking for someone with previous experience within an FP&A, Financial Analyst, Management Accounting or Commercial Finance role who already has experience of Budgeting and Forecasting and working alongside non-finance staff. The role will get involved in some exciting strategic projects and is very much forward looking with only a small element of month-end responsibilities.
The Role in More Detail:
- Acting as a key financial business partner to a number if C-Suite Board Members, attending strategic business planning meetings as the "go to" financial representative.
- Providing financial insight and performance reporting across several key business projects which will help shape the future of the business.
- Work with the leadership team to develop robust budgets and forecast to ensure the business is on track to meet its objective and financial performance targets.
- Assist the business in understanding the financial impacts of strategic decisions so that the business has excellent visibility of costs, spend and variances to budget.
- Highlight key risks and opportunities, challenging assumptions and providing remedial actions where required.
- Ad hoc financial analysis and business case analysis.
- Playing a key role in cost control to protect margins.
- Supporting key strategic initiatives with financial insight, improved reporting and commercial decision support.
- Monthly analysis of OPEX spend identifying opportunities to improve financial performance.
- Developing KPI reporting dashboards and driving improvements in processes, reporting accuracy and systems.
- Preparing annual budgets / re-forecasts in close partnership with the leadership team to enable the business to full understand overhead plans and resource requirements to deliver key business objectives.
What we are looking for :
- A driven and ambitious individual who is comfortable business partnering senior stakeholders and challenging the status quo.
- You must me a Qualified Accountant CIMA, ACCA or ACA.
- Must have previous experience within a large organisation within an FP&A, Commercial Finance, Financial Analyst or Management Accounting role.
- Must have previous experience of Budgeting & Forecasting.
- You will have excellent Excel skills, great commercial acumen and strong Analytical skills.
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