Finance Business Partner - Manchester, United Kingdom - BES Group

BES Group

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Manchester, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The BES Group are the leading end to end solution provider in the Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance sector. Our team of experts cover an extensive range of engineering services.
We've gone from strength to strength over recent years, welcoming the very best risk management businesses to our Group.

As a result, we've grown both our team of experts and our suite of solutions in line with our customer's needs.

We're private equity backed, which means we have the flexibility and support to move quickly and grow faster than any other company in our industry.

We're innovative and forward thinking and have the awards to prove it, but most of all we're focused on helping make sure our customers leave nothing to chance

We are delighted to be recruiting for a
Finance Business Partner to cover a period of maternity leave on a fixed term contract for up to 9-12 months.

As the Finance Business Partner, you will report in to the Finance Business Partner for Testing & Consultancy and will take responsibility for the Consultancy and Heavy Lifting divisions within the larger BES Group covering the UK and Ireland.

You will help to manage the P&L performance, be responsible for commercial analysis and drive working capital improvements. The role will business partner with colleagues in operations, sales and management.

Working closely with the divisional Managing Director, you will provide insightful analysis to help maximise revenue and gross profit margins, improve operational efficiency, working capital and influence strategic decisions at Board level.

What are we looking for?
To be considered for this role, you must be ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified.

This is a key role requiring initiative, experience of working with large data sets and a confident communicator who can demonstrate prior success in a finance business partner or commercial accountant role.

And you won't be afraid to get stuck in.

Your role will be varied and provides an outstanding opportunity to support the Finance team as we venture into further consolidation and accelerated growth.

What will I be doing?

No two days are the same at BES Group and there are always lots of projects to get involved with.

As a Finance Business Partner your key responsibilities will include:

Business partner with operations, sales and management in both a manufacturing and service environment. Helping develop commercial awareness.
Support the Managing Director and Delivery Managers with insightful business analysis.
Implement improvements in financial analysis and control. Develop working capital measurements and plans to control working capital levels, whilst maximising profitability and Cash Flows.
Provide detailed performance reporting and KPIs for board packs.
Review and analyse divisional costs to support accuracy of accounts. This includes providing accurate commentary and investigation into variances.
Create and manage company KPIs to help drive business performance.
Work with business leaders to provide meaningful information to support budgets and reforecasts.
Ensure utilisation and WIP reports are delivered and provide direction/support on ways forward.
Analysis of work in progress and other manufacturing KPIs.
Continuously look at ways to improve working files/processes/systems with the aim of increasing accuracy.
Drive automation of processes and data analysis, including utilisation of existing tools and working closely with MI and IT colleagues.
Identify risks and opportunities.
Ad hoc projects as and when required.

What makes The BES Group a great place to work?
Our people and our customers come before everything else. Knowing we always do the best job we can with absolutely no compromise means everything to us. Internal promotion is a regular occurrence within our company and the Finance Team is a great example of this. The team love what they do, they really make a difference that gets noticed every single day.

If you work for us, you will get the below and so much more:

Salary starting from £42,000
£47,000 (depending on experience)
Discretionary annual company bonus and yearly salary review
Up to 10% pension
A flexible working approach, the role will be in Manchester city centre with home based working available (you must have suitable Wi-Fi, and provide your own office set up)
25 days leave per year plus bank holidays (and an extra day off on your birthday to celebrate you)
Option to buy and sell extra holidays
Electric vehicle salary sacrifice car scheme
Development opportunities across the business
Access to lots of discounts and benefits via our company benefits portal including; retail, fitness, holiday and cinema discounts
The support of a superb employee assistance programme
Opportunities to attend volunteer days
Company contribution to charity fundraising you participate in; we want to support charities you are passionate about
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