Finance Business Partner - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Rutherford Cross

Rutherford Cross

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Rutherford Cross is delighted to be working with one of Edinburgh's biggest names who are currently seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, this role will play a pivotal role in ensuring strong financial governance of the capital expenditure programme.

You will also identify key financial trends, drive improvement and provide insightful financial analysis.

Key Duties Include:

Providing insightful analysis, interpretation and explanation of trends and variances across the business
Monitoring and reporting on individual capital project spend against approved limits and working with project managers to ensure spend is well controlled
Generating investment appraisals on capital projects measuring key financial metrics
Producing post investment reviews of critical capital projects working with senior management to investigate the effectiveness of the capital programme
Using your commercial acumen and knowledge of the business, you will identify and deliver cost productivity initiatives for the wider team and support the business to understand the concept of best cost
You will hold full ownership and accountability for the annual budget with responsibility for ensuring alignment with business objectives, stakeholder support and sufficient rigor and control
Leading the periodic reforecast process, driving the future strategic direction of the business in the form of the annual fiveyear business plan
Full ownership of the monthend process including variance analysis and reporting of financial performance to key stakeholders
Providing insight and influencing the Executive team, Board and Shareholders on future costs and financial performance
Responsible for the continuous improvement of monthly reporting to ensure it meets requirements of key stakeholders

Experience Required:

Professional Qualified Accountant (e.g. CA, ACCA, CIMA), ideally with relevant years postqualified experience
Proven commercial experience influencing senior stakeholders and their decision making
Experience in management reporting, planning, and budgeting skills
Detailed understanding of best practice approaches to developing management information and business partnering
Ability to work well within a team and influence key stakeholders

Salary:
£50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year

Benefits: