Commercial Finance Cost Business Partner 18 Month - London, United Kingdom - Rightmove

Rightmove

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a

Commercial Finance Cost Business Partner

Location:
London / Milton Keynes / Hybrid

Reporting to:
Head of Commercial Finance

The role

We are looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join the Commercial Finance team.

This high profile finance role will be the trusted senior business partner to all of the cost centres (People, Marketing, Technology and G&A).

You will develop strong working relationships with the Heads of in these areas as well as their wider teams, creating an atmosphere of trust and reliability, though also challenge and stretch.

You will play a critical role in driving the performance of these areas by influencing, shaping, supporting and delivering new projects, strategic plans and managing budgets.

The role drives action and good decision-making through quality analysis with clear presentation and conclusions, with the ultimate goal of improving Rightmove's profitability and efficiency.

The responsibilities

Senior business partner and finance contact for all cost centres
Responsible for the financial and commercial evaluation of investment decisions in the cost centres and provide them with advice on opportunities to maximise profitable growth and ROI
Be able to think independently and use data to help guide the teams you are business partnering challenge decisions, add insight and provide solutions that help the business units to accomplish their revenue targets and strategy
Production of budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning for and feed into the Group forecasting
Be a leader and mentor within the Finance team itself, and contribute to the delivery of the overall Finance agenda
Responsible for the reporting and planning for the business units. Constant review of key drivers and highlighting changes that can expose either opportunities or risks. Continuously seek to improve the way in which information is gathered, presented and interpreted, adapting reporting to cater for changing requirements

Superpowers required

5+ years post qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with evidence of strong performance and experience in business partnering
Experience of Business Partnering costs
Experience of budgeting and forecasting
Strong Excel skills
High level of financial and commercial acumen
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, able to foster partnerships and good working relationships with senior stakeholders and build effective networks across Rightmove
Excellent communication skills as the role requires interaction across all operational functions of the business, both financial and nonfinancial; and the presentation of financial and nonfinancial information to senior stakeholders
Must be able to prioritise and have a flexible approach, responding to the changing nature of Rightmove in a timely manner
Selfstarter who's able to manage multiple priorities and adhere to deadlines
Willing to take on a hands on approach to support the team deliverables
Open and honest team player

What does the team say?
- "It's great to work with a team of fun, friendly and driven people who all care about the job we do." _
- "There's always a variety of projects to work on which gives me the exposure to different parts of the business and learn new things." _
- "I'm always given the opportunity to show initiative and develop." _

"It's amazing how easy it was to slip into the team and feel comfortable being a part."

"The work done here is far reaching in the company, and you work with people from a huge number of teams at all levels."

"Varied projects that influence so much across the business. You know you make part of it happen and bounce off each other."

About us
**We are on a mission to 'help people make the right move', we launched in 2000 with a will to make home-hunting happy, by showing all property in just one place.
**A great success story, we're now the biggest home-grown web brand in the UK our traffic levels surpassed only by Facebook, Google, YouTube, eBay and Amazon.
**Despite this success, we remain a down-to-earth bunch. To join us in our mission, we look to recruit people who share the same values and beliefs as we've always had, because Rightmove is people. We call it the secret to our success and why staying 10 yars or longer, reaching 'gnome status', is simply the Rightmove way.
**We encourage and support all Rightmove employees to continuously develop themselves. Together we work towards the best outcome, both in terms of our technical solutions and continued business growth. We are always on the lookout for the great new people to join our team. If you are a smart and passionate initiative-taker then get in touch. You could be part of the next chapter of the Rightmove story Will you be 'Gnomed?'

Did you know?
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Rightmove was meant to be called 'Doorknob.

' But it didn't quite have the same ring to it:

- **There have been eight