Finance Business Partner

We are currently representing our client, a global professional services business based in Sheffield as they look to appoint a Finance Business Partner. The successful candidate will join a high performing team and will join a business with a fantastic culture that's not only supportive and collaborative but also offers great opportunities for career development. The role is based in Sheffield but they work on a hybrid basis so it's easily commutable from Rotherham, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Barnsley and Leeds.

This business is transforming from a business process, systems, MI reporting and business partnering point of view and is therefore looking for an experienced and motivated Finance Business Partner who will add value in this journey that they're on. The successful candidate will be responsible for partnering with specific service directors and other budget holders and ensuring that there is rigour and control over the management and reporting of costs. This will include BAU analysis and reporting, cyclical work such as the budget and reforecasting processes and ad-hoc analysis.

What will you be doing?

• Influencing senior stakeholders and acting as a trusted advisor to the business by providing valuable commercial insights and challenge to cost plans
• Take the monthly MI and commentary to the Service Directors, highlighting progress against budget/reforecast, highlighting any emerging issues, potential challenges, and proposed actions.
• Ensuring Headcount data is prepared, reviewed and commentary given on any variances
• Working with the Costs Senior Business Partner to provide a consistent, insightful and regular reporting and data set across specific Service Areas.
• Adhoc analysis, reporting and modelling on a range of costs across the Firm.
• Analysing costs to identify trends, where the business might mitigate identified risks or overspend and working with the Senior Finance Business Partner to implement changes.
• Investigating and seeking remedies for discrete issues which may be adversely affecting business performance

What skills do we need?

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with experience working in a finance business partnering role

• Excellent excel modeling experience, adept at analysing large data sets and a confident, concise communicator with non-finance
• Experience with PowerPoint presentation preparation and delivery

What's on offer?

• Salary of up to £57,000
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the opportunity to buy more if desired
• An extensive benefits package including bonus, pension plus many more
• Excellent working conditions, a modern office and first class technology

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.