Commercial Finance Business Partner - Loughborough, United Kingdom - Access

Access

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Loughborough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sector:
Finance

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Expiry Date: 19 April 2024

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Job Ref: J11586

Commercial Finance Business Partner Overview of the role: This is a key role in driving the business towards achieving its long term objectives and requires a commercially focused individual, who can work effectively at a senior management level, with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

This will require a detailed understanding of key performance metrics, financial understanding, a forward looking mindset and the gravitas to influence people from across the business.

This is a high profile role, working directly with Board level executives, reporting to the Senior Finance Manager.

About you:

You are an ambitious, motivated finance partner, with a strong grounding in financial analysis and metrics, with a broader, commercial outlook necessary to support business growth and key initiatives.

Ideally you will have around 5-10 years' experience in a similar role.

Day-to-day, you will: - Have an in-depth knowledge of the key business drivers and how these translate in to business unit performance.

- Ownership of rolling forecast (next 12-18 month outlook) for the business unit, identifying risks and opportunities with suggested actions, sensitivity analysis - with the overall aim to provide a balanced but challenging forecast.

- Working with functional finance business partners to drive appropriate business unit functional tension in our matrix structure.

- Preparation of analysis, business cases, scenario planning and strategic insight to enable better decision - be a sounding board and trusted advisor to the business.

A focus on forward looking insight, advising the GM on how to maximise financial performance.

- Support on transformation projects from end to end - taking from concept, to financial modelling, operational tracking and being able to think about the multiple impacts of projects not only on the division but the wider business.

- Act as a sounding board and provide challenge to the business unit leadership team.

As a well-rounded Finance person, your Skills and Experiences likely include: - Experienced, hands-on individual (preferably with accredited financial qualifications, for example ACCA/MBA), who enjoys both the detail but also the ability to stand back and articulate the 'so what'.

Relishes working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment within a very successful private-equity backed business. - Results oriented with a desire to drive strategic and commercial outcomes - Highly numerate with ability to draw meaningful conclusions and drive actions from financial analysis - Logical, with a strong drive to understand commercial drivers of the business - Good presence and influencing skills - ideally demonstrated through working with senior management - Strong interpersonal skills - ability to form and leverage relationships - Good at solving problems, innovative and an inquisitive mind - Adaptable, flexible and able to work well under time pressure, in a fast paced, matrix organization - Excellent communicator - both written and verbal; that can challenge effectively - Strong excel or financial modelling skills - Can show empathy whilst maintaining Professional Integrity - Confidence in offering your insight and ability to influence senior stakeholders - Can operate effectively in a virtual team environment across multiple locations - Have a great attitude, be proactive and resilient