Finance Business Partner

This newly created role represents a move within the business toward a robust Finance Business Partnering model and brings with it an exciting opportunity to help shape the function going forward, through creation of a best practice and leading by example.

Client Details

Our client is a leading, international business who play a unique role with the retail/FMCG sector.

Description

The Finance Business Partner's key responsibilities:

• Working with the Head of Finance and the Finance Team to deliver an effective, value add Finance Business Partnering model

• The provision of timely, appropriate and accurate reporting and information needed to enable commercial directors and managers to make informed business decisions

• To provide finance representation and support at business meetings

• Build and maintenance of the excel models necessary to provide excellent finance business partnering

• Financial responsibility for assigned profit and cost centres, ensuring monthly actuals are complete, accurate and understood in terms of variance to prior year, budget and forecast, including management of all associated accruals and prepayments, and preparation of journal templates

• Understanding and verifying the dashboard financial data circulated by the business, relating to assigned profit and costs centres, on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, flagging any areas for concern and following through to resolution

• Ensuring business owners are fully versed in terms of their own financials

• Financial responsibility for the budget and forecast processes relating to assigned profit and cost centres, ensuring data is pulled together, reviewed and challenged in a controlled and timely manner

• Providing excellent financial partnering in the production of Business Cases and Third Party Review documents, working with Business Managers to deliver meaningful, clear and appropriate information to Third Parties

Profile

ACA, ACCA, CIMA Qualified

Business Partnering experience (desirable)

Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills

Excellent communication skills

Job Offer

Competitive basic + package