Overview
Role: Finance Business Partner
Location: Harwell, Oxford - hybrid
Salary range: £50,000-£55,000 plus benefits
Role ID: 2025 - 2667
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions.
The Role
We are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our finance team to support our Energy Infrastructure Transition and Sustainability practices.
Reporting to the Finance Operations Manager, this role provides high-quality financial support and insights to our Energy Infrastructure Transition and Sustainability practices. It supports the Business Unit Director, Business Area Managers, and senior finance leadership, enabling effective financial management of teams and contracts while contributing to the achievement of the company’s financial targets and growth.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop relationships with practice management, providing first line finance support, insight, and direction.
* Play a lead role in the delivery of the P&L and Working Capital objectives, managing accounting processes and reviewing project performance.
* Provide insight and constructive challenge to Project Financial Performance Reviews.
* Consolidate, analyse and understand results in monthly performance reviews, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
* Provide high quality, accurate, and timely support and analysis on finance-related matters.
* Support tenders and bids for new business.
* Complete Monthly Management accounts for the Business Unit.
* Liaise with commercial, sales and other central teams, supporting the audit process as required.
* Support Business Managers in commercial modelling for large proposals.
* Assist Practice Directors and Business Managers with monthly reporting requirements.
Key Competencies and Experience:
* Qualified or final stages of study (CIMA/ACCA)
* Relevant financial/commercial experience
* Solid Excel skills (e.g. SUMIFs / Lookups / Pivot tables)
* Excellent communicator
* Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team, plan, prioritise and be responsible for deliverables
Working here
You will be welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, creating a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in delivering innovative solutions that support communities across the globe.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether from home, in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, allowing employees to flourish and achieve their full potential.
Benefits
Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect your value. You will receive a range of benefits including support for your physical and mental health.
Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance, and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, believing in each person's potential, and we will help you reach yours. We value diversity, recognizing that a more diverse workforce creates a richer working environment. Diversity drives innovation, allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service. As part of our commitment to an inclusive culture, we are recognized as a 'disability confident' employer.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application, a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary depending on the volume of applications received for each role.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer. Please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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