Finance Business Partner

I am currently working with a well known FMCG business based in Paddock Wood who are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner.

Client Details

My client are a well known brand name in the FMCG industry. They work with a number of market leading businesses. They offer their staff excellent career platforms and they are based out of pleasant offices.

Description

• Provides financial expertise to the wider business, e.g. tenders and pricing arrangements, to ensure cost of doing business is transparent.

• Continually reviews, identifies and develops production of further management information, what-if analysis or modelling, for all stakeholders, incorporating reviews and analysis of business performance. This information supports, informs and directs business activities, initiatives, investments and tenders.

• Ensures the compilation of the annual budget, rolling forecasts and weekly forecasts, ensuring adherence to tight timescales. Provides narrative and analysis to ensure full understanding of revenue and costs streams at all times.

• Drives process improvements and initiatives that positively influence the function and the wider businesses.

• Develops knowledge and skills across the broad spectrum of finance roles within the business, to enhance the Finance team's capability and capacity.

• Ensures financial processes and workflows are adequately documented to enable knowledge transfer within the Finance team.

• Evaluates and controls cash outflows across the business, initiating transparent financial reporting. Ensure that working capital forecasting is accurate, that variances are explained, trends and issues identified are incorporated, if appropriate, into future business plans.

• To identify foreign currency requirements, ensuring that business financial risk is fully minimized, and that for-ex reporting and analysis is in accordance with GAAP, and meets the business needs.

• Supports the provision of financial information to the business, on a periodic and ad-hoc basis to enable fiscal control.
• Provides financial control by ensuring monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, ensuring financial compliance which supports the financial statements, via complete and sufficient evidence which conforms to GAAP.
• Compiles any necessary financial reports to ensure that accurate financial records are maintained and statutory obligations are met. Liaising with external auditors and provide information as required in order to facilitate the production of an unqualified audit report.

Profile

• ACCA/ACA/CIMA newly qualified accountant (1 year's post-qualified experience).
• FMCG sector experience desirable.
• Strong IT/Excel skills.
• Resilient in nature.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to build strong internal relationships.
• Be able to challenge processes.

Job Offer

£45,000 - £50,000 + excellent benefits package.