Finance Business Partner - London, United Kingdom - Knight Frank

Knight Frank

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Reference No Job Title- Finance Business Partner- Type- Permanent- Salary Range- Competitive- Division- Business Services- Sub Division- Capital Markets, National Agency- Department- Accounts Location- 55 Baker StreetWe are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to join the Capital Markets, National Agency sub-division.

The Finance Business Partner will work closely with the sub-divisional heads, department heads, and support staff within their areas of responsibility to provide financial reporting, analysis and advice.

Ultimately, the purpose of the team is to provide key stakeholders with regular and pertinent M.I. to help drive optimal decision-making and successful business strategies.

In the Finance Business Partner role you will be responsible for:

Providing updates (incl aggregated view, outperformance/underperformance areas, identifying trends and variances to plan) for sub-divisional head
Delivering performance updates and reviews for department heads
Working closely with colleagues across the Commercial Division and Business Services to provide and develop accurate M.I. including budgets, forecasts and long range planning
Regular feedback to the Finance Partner incl red flagging
Adhoc deep dives as applicable including restructure and scenario modelling
Creating business cases for new opportunity areas
Providing clear information and guidance for nonfinancial stakeholders
Presenting at subdivisional and department boards, drawing out KPIs, trends, areas for concern/further investigation etc based on indepth analysis and understanding of the relevant data

Experience and Skils required:

Working as a financial analyst/accountant with strong analytical skills incl financial modelling
Demonstrable commercial understanding and guidance to assist key business decisions
Communication skills communication of financial data to nonfinance staff
Demonstrable experience of supporting nonfinance stakeholders
Agility of moving between high level/bigger picture and lower level detail
Ability to forge strong working relationships with all levels from senior management to support functions
Consultative approach, with excellent stakeholder management skills incl challenging
Project management / coordination skills to manage the annual budget cycle
Large, national or international company experience would be beneficial
Involvement in strategic planning; advantageous not essential
Experience of SAP, BPC and Business Objects preferable
Excellent Microsoft Excel skills required
Aptitude to learn new systems quickly

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