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Finance Business Partner
Are you a qualified finance professional with a flair for building effective working relationships and influencing business decisions?
Are you excited by the prospect of being able to shape, define and implement “best practice” as this is a newly-created role?
As the FD’s “right-hand person”, this is a great career move for someone looking for a high-profile role who is comfortable using technology to handle data, and a robust personality to crack this Sales-driven environment.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
Your future employer?
A European market leader. This privately-owned business, established almost 100 years ago, has over 1,200 employees and has earned the trust of over 20,000 clients, serving them across 23 countries.
This sales-led, entrepreneurial group with a turnover close to €1bn continues to grow organically and by acquisition. So you would be joining a robust business and playing your part in the company’s future success.
The Challenge
The company is embarking on a transformation and digitalisation programme to build a “best in class” Finance function that supports the business’s ambitious growth plans and become a data-driven organisation.
Forming one of the core pillars of the business, you will provide insightful and timely financial reporting and analysis covering all aspects of the group’s operations, including;
Developing and maintaining financial reports, rolling forecasts, annual budgets;
Building robust working capital models to underpin the Vision 2027 growth strategy;
Providing critical business partnering support to leaders throughout the business, with timely financial and non-financial data and analysis, to support decision making and drive business performance;
Supporting the FD in the due diligence of future acquisitions.
What are we looking for in you?
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Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience of business partnering key stakeholders;
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Intellectually curious, possessing strong business acumen;
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Previous experience of budgeting and scenario-based forecasting;
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Comfortable with technology to manipulate data; prior experience of Power BI reporting is relevant and valued;
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Ability to constructively challenge and offer different perspectives;
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Experience of continuous improvement and its application is desirable.
In return, you can expect;
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Sales-orientated culture; friendly, enjoyable work environment;
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A competitive salary, £58,000 – £65,000, plus benefits.
If you feel you are the right person for this role, we encourage you to find out more …