Finance Business Partner

Job Description

Michael Page are delighted to partner with a leading Global Business to recruit a Finance Business Partner to provide financial analysis and business partnering to operational managers.

Client Details

Our client is a market leading globally renowned Industrial Organisation. Based in Glasgow this role will offer hybrid and flexible working.

Description

The successful candidate will likely have the following responsibilities:

• Manage the month end close process; posting journals and providing analysis on a timely basis to stakeholders, ensuring they fully understand the variances and drivers impacting the month end actuals.
• Production of rolling monthly forecasts, annual Budgets, and long-term contract forecasting. These must be created with full collaboration of finance and non-finance stakeholders. Ensure that non finance stakeholders fully understand the components of their forecasts.
• Work with non-finance managers to improve their understanding and fluency in Finance. Ensuring that they can be held accountable for their forecast and can present finances in a competent manner.
• Responsible for ensuring that contract amounts are billed accurately, in full and on time to ensure efficient cash collection.
• Ensure appropriate accounting standards are applied including IFRS 15
• Perform financial reporting for internal and external stakeholder requirements including for Group.
• Provide financial support and partnering to the business in respect of contract change proposals including providing review and challenge to associated project business cases
• Prepare and present data and information on cost and contract performance, with suggestions and initiatives on how to improve performance to increase Babcock revenue, profitability and cashflow.
• Be responsible for the operation of best practice financial control and governance to ensure that costs recognised are allowable, attributable and reasonable within a regulated reporting environment.
• Support the business with delivery of change programmes required to achieve contractual commitments including changes to cost collection methodologies and time recording activities.
• Support finance department initiatives to improve consistency and efficiency of financial reporting including use of new tools and ways of working.

Profile

The successful candidate will likely have the following profile:

• Qual Accountant – The role requires an individual with previous exp within a business partnering and financial reporting role
• Detailed exp on the use and knowledge of financial systems, understanding how to tailor reports to reduce reporting timelines
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills
• Strong people skills and working with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation in a collaborative environment
• Experience of managing and implementing change

Job Offer

This role offers a competitive salary range of 45,000- 55,000 DOE plus exceptional wider benefits.