FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER
Job Description
- The Finance Business Partner role reports to the Finance Manager – Revenue and WIP and is part of the Finance Team.
- This job description reflects the essential functions of the Finance business partner role; it does not prescribe or restrict responsibilities that may be assigned.
- As a small company, the Finance team will work and co-operate closely and assigned tasks may vary from the key elements of the role.
Responsibilities Duties:
- Be the Finance lead in the Sales win review process, challenging sales assumptions and contract T&C’s.
- Develop and maintain relationships with Sales and Delivery teams ensuring correct set up and support the financial management of engagements.
- Monitor specific engagement profitability and identify and coordinate the resolution of issues
- Provide pro-active advice to project management delivery team to increase profitability of engagements
- Accurate and timely production of customer invoices and fees.
- Work with Finance team to manage all elements of the financial close cycle
- Escalate any issues that require resolution to the Finance Business Partner.
Key Skills:
Governance & Compliance:
- Understand the contract and engagement life-cycle, from inception to completion
- Work with sales in order to achieve better financial controls,
- Review and challenge contract T&C’s
- Ensure compliance with finance policies, standard practices and local statutory requirements
- Advise on process setup for engagements
- Advise on engagement closure activities: prepare, review and collect final bill, close engagement elements
Management Reporting:
- Monthly Financial Management report & KPI’s for distribution to Account Managers & Leadership
- Review & understand costing and pricing for new contracts. Advise on financial and commercial component of bids and new contracts.
- Review reasonableness and understand Account Forecasts on a monthly basis – track and report on accuracy of Estimates at Completion.
- Analyse, report and advise on monthly performance of engagements
- Analyse and report on comparison of actuals data to key metrics
Experiance Qualifications:
- Professional Accounting Accreditation (i.e. CIMA, ACCA)
- Understanding of local statutory requirements
- Knowledge of Revenue recognition accounting US GAAP (ASC606) and UK GAAP (FRS102)
- Strong analytical skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Strong organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills
- Ability to work independently
- Good interpersonal skills and an ability to establish key relationships with a number of stakeholders
- Flexible approach and ability to operate across all levels of Finance delivery
- Ability to flex hours during periods of high demand. e.g. month end accounting
- Strong attention to detail
- 10+ years relevant experience
- Strong Excel skills
- Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation, which will be conducted and the results of which will be used in compliance with applicable law.
Benefits:
- Benefits: This may include training, health, insurance, commuting support, lunch service etc.