Finance Business Partner
Cheltenham (Hybrid 2-3 days)
£40-£45 per hour via Umbrella
4-6 Month Contract
Our client is currently searching for a Finance Business Partner to join their team in Cheltenham. This position centres around the Commercial Finance Function and front office FP&A areas of our business to drive profitable growth, manage risk and strong cash conversion.
If successful, you will be a key focal in providing the business with sound, commercial and compliant financial advice, as well as having a pivotal role in working with other finance areas to fully support the finance needs of the business.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Partnering with Product Line on PBL contracts to understand current and expected future performance
- Partnering with the Sales, Commercial & Product Line teams to construct winning bid positions and models to bring profitable top line growth into the business
- Identify key risks & opportunities, key assumptions, compliance oversight as well as risk management strategies for future business
- Presentation of complex financial modelling data with recommendations to senior management for review and approval
- Partner with Product and Technology teams to define investment strategies for future technologies and product roadmaps
- Monitor key contracts in the execution phase to provide analysis of actual results against bid assumptions, being able to articulate opportunities for improvement and feedback of key learnings into future bid work
- Partner with operating teams to forecast, manage, analyse and report the order intake and backlog results
- Analysis and reporting of key leading and lagging indicators of our revenue including order book intake, order cover, sales arrears etc
- Construction of ad hoc project appraisal & business cases (outside of bid work) and financial recommendations
- Partnering with business teams to drive execution against those results and maximise returns
- Identify areas of waste in all processes to target candidates for LEAN improvements
- Lead the monthly closing process for PBL contracts, including any reporting and analysis to the business and to corporate teams
- Presentation of results where required
Skills and Experience Required:
- Degree qualification or relevant experience
- Fully qualified professional accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) with post qualification experience in a large company
- Strong / advanced excel skills
- Experience working within a large corporate environment
- Commercial Finance experience / ability to scrutinise business cases from a financial perspective
- Understanding of key accountancy standards (IFRS and US GAAP)
- Experience working in a manufacturing or engineering environment is preferred
