Senior Finance Business Partner
Oversee and influence the commercial performance of the largest division of a household-brand company. Client Details Keeping 14 million members safe and on the move, this well-respected company continues to go from strength to strength. Now with additional PE funding, their ambitious growth plans are taking real momentum, meaning there has never been a better time to get on-board with this company and develop your career alongside their trajectory. Description * Accountable for integrity of financial forecasts and reporting (including but not limited to; P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow, Cost to Serve) * Business Partner with Commercial team to challenge and drive cost savings * Stock management via PowerBI reporting tool * Responsible for Commercial (and KeyCare) month end reporting * Develop full understanding of various financial modelling undertaken to be able to drive improvements, remediate potential issues and immediately highlight and risks or opportunities within the business * Act as a deputy where required to the Head of Finance in reporting and understanding overall the finance view for Operations. * Full understanding of underlying assumptions within modelling supporting the update of these and allowing continued full use across commercial finance and wider business teams. Ensure project benefits/costs are embedded in the overall cost forecast. * Own the financial forecast models for Operations, making continual improvements to drive increased accuracy and efficiency of the models. * Ownership of the weekly performance reporting, ensuring financial performance is clearly explained and linked to KPI performance * Work across the Operations finance team to develop and improve reporting * Drive the improvement of Operations reporting, forecasting and MI to provide both accurate and timely financial information, giving transparency and insight into business performance. * Mentor and lead junior team members to drive forward change and meet the collective team deliverables * Produce the monthly business review packs for Operations, for director and exec review meetings, including detailed commentary over cash, balance sheet and EBITDA performance, with all variances explained and understood - working with the finance business partners to ensure a representative picture of performance is communicated * Ad-hoc projects and involvement to support the wider Finance team. * Responsible for building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships. Profile Capability, Knowledge and Experience: · Proven experience working in a Senior Finance role in a large complex organisation with experience of driving change · Gravitas to challenge operational management to ensure cost efficiency whilst customer service levels are maintained or improved · A confident self-starter, with a hands-on approach and the ability to operate within a dynamic environment · Ability to challenge the norm, spot trends, to enable challenge into Operational performance · Strong communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, and ensuring complex scenarios are fully understood · Strong analytical skills, including structured problem solving, diagnostics, modelling, business analysis · Ability to interpret large datasets to produce succinct insight and driver analysis · Have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work well in a team environment · Strong motivational skills with the ability to work using your own initiative to tight time scales · Manage to tight timeframes and manage the time scales of other stakeholders to ensure that activity is focused · Commercial acumen and a proactive, 'results orientated' approach · Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to prioritise and deliver under tight or conflicting deadlines · Accurate, thorough and reliable · Excellent Microsoft Excel/Office skills · Experience of Sap/BPC preferable · Ideally, some experience of R & SQL Education and Qualifications: · Graduate level education · Recognised accountancy qualification Personal Characteristics: · Gravitas to be able to engage with and build strong working relationships with the Operations Management team. · Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to prioritise manage and deliver under tight or conflicting deadlines · An innate curiosity & desire to understand and challenge · Financially numerate with excellent attention to detail and accuracy · Enthusiastic & ambitious Job Offer Generous salary of £70,000 and £5,340 car allowance, 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, Good matched Pension and company related benefits
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