Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner for a Utilities Organisation, based in Swindon. You will be joining at an exciting time of change where you will support the team in transitioning from traditional Management Accounting to a Finance Business Partnering model.

Client Details

A leading Utilities organisation based in Swindon are currently seeking a Finance Business Partner who is seeking a new challenge, you will provide consolidation decision support for the retail division's finance function.

Description

As the Finance Business Partner you will build core relations with your direct stakeholders within finance, sales & billing, opex, capex and cash & debt teams as well as group finance.

You will analyse and interpret the given data into a translated format assuring only the accurate and relevant information is shown. The outputs and comments provided from the consolidation reports are seen by senior management and thus will provide you with responsibility recognised by those outside your direct team.

This role provides a great opportunity to work within the Retail division as the organisation becomes more competitive, improving the digital platform and customer experience.

You will be joining at an exciting time of change where you will support the team in transitioning from traditional Management Accounting to a Business Partnering model, providing more influence on how they do business and what improvements can be made. You will be part of a great team and have a real sense of achievement.

Month end reporting - Critically review and present retail results, cost to serve and FTE reporting for actuals, forecast and budget. Analysis of variances and presentation of these in the month end across all retail areas. Maintain and develop the reporting packs, updating to meet changing requirements of management

Business Partnering - Ensure the retail leadership team receive the specific financial information needed to make the right decisions by understanding the core drivers and important outputs. Work with business partner for each area to strengthen as well as standardise the management accounts information provided; ensuring continuous improvement for the processes.

Other processes to be involved in - FTE reporting by leading the finance activity around updates to the FTE process. Provide updates on the correct cost centres. Ensure that recharges in and out of retail are adequately supported and understood. General ledger maintenance; updates to cost centres, recharges rates across retail business.

Profile

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified accountant.

Finance Business Partnering experience.

You will be a confident and self-motivated consolidation lead and provide professional advice and guidance in our decision makings. You will have proven track record of analysis, turning data into a presentable format by identifying key issues.

Excellent attention to detail is essential as well as the ability to be resilient, flexible and deliver to tight deadlines.

You will be well-versed in building strong relationships with internal stakeholders of all levels.

In addition to this the successful candidate will possess strong commercial awareness and be confident with using finance systems and packages (SAP and HFM experience beneficial).

Job Offer

Competitive package - includes a competitive contributory pension and a wider benefits scheme which includes an annual pay review, child care vouchers, season ticket loans and loyalty awards for continuous service plus many more.