Junior Finance Business Partner, Upminster

Why Join Us: As Junior Finance Business Partner, you will work with finance and operations taking responsibility for supporting key customer contracts. Ensuring accuracy of reporting and analysis provided and adding value and analysis to support the business in executing and managing the contract effectively. This includes providing analysis on financial projections, commercial and operational insight on results and development opportunities as well as potential involvement with the customer and relevant stakeholders. About the Job: Relationships

• Establish a strong relationship with the Finance Business Partners, Management Accounts team, Business Support, Operational Managers and Senior Management within the business and contract teams.
• Interaction with customers on ad hoc basis on financial and contractual matters.

Contracts

• Demonstrate a level of financial acumen and understanding of varying customer contracts including standalone projects, open book and fixed price arrangements.
• Preparation of financial input and analysis into pricing, contract reviews, business plans etc.
• Awareness of high level financial and contractual compliance and transparency requirements and consider them in your day-to-day work.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and potential for ways to drive margin improvement.

Financial Reporting

• Finalisation of monthly results reporting financial data in line with contract specifications and accounting policies.
• Responsible to support the Finance Business Partner to produce monthly commentary and financials for management teams, providing insight in relation to performance against targets, KPI reporting, cash flow, working capital and future projections.
• Responsible for analysing and reviewing time charged and costs within the accounting and billing systems.
• Support with monthly billing process and financial processes.
• Support with preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Provision of financial information, trends and performance analysis to the Finance Business Partners and contract stakeholders.

• Assist with the audit preparation work to allow for timely completion of the annual financial statements.

To be successful you will have:: Qualifications:

• Part Qualification in Accountancy (I.e. ACCA, ACA or CIMA).

Experience

• Production of financial reports with financial insight and value-add commentary.
• Has dealt directly and built effective relationships with customers & senior management.
• Has worked in a finance business partnering role.
• Experience in a facilities management business Knowledge.

Skills Competence

• Advanced Office/Excel skills.

• Excellent communication skills and a good command of the English language (oral and written).
• High level of business and commercial acumen.