SALARY: £45,000 - £52,000 per annum (Pro Rata) HOURS: 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday LOCATION: Albert Road, Bristol (Hybrid) Finance Business Partner (3 Months Fixed Term) About Bristol Waste Company: What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe. We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council. Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing. Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year. We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward. Purpose of the role: To work proactively in partnership with organisation leaders, implementing finance processes and strategies, assisting with the smooth operation of the finance function, providing strong finance leadership in delivering cultural values and best practice throughout the organisation. The role requires the FBP to provide expertise, advice and support and guidance to service leads and their teams in all finance related matters,. Key Responsibilities: Managing the month end process for facilities management and commercial business units Provide effective analysis and commentary to senior management in relation to performance of business units Provide analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business strategies Improve the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on business performance Taking ownership of budget process for facilities management and commercial business units Build partnerships and strong relationships with service managers and senior management to drive efficiencies and improvements to business operations, and financial support to commercial decision making Provide effective commercial procedures, or initiate change, to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered Providing clear, timely and accurate information relating to KPI’s and other reportable information Deliver analysis and insight on business opportunities; providing options and scenarios for business decisions Present financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variances including understanding financial opportunities and risk Challenge current ways of working, drive efficiencies and cost savings wherever possible Assist with year-end audit Understand the cost drivers of the business and providing insight to the non-finance members providing the insight that allows managers to challenge, coach and motivate their teams Supporting the Financial Controller as required Line management of members of the finance team assisting with oversight of facilities management and commercial business units Essential Requirements for the Role: ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified accountant Demonstrable experience in a similar role as a finance business partner Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel Excellent communication skills with a proactive attitude and ability to build relationships Ability to deal effectively with a range of internal stakeholders on finance-related matters Commitment to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail Ability to produce high quality business documents and reports Flexible and positive attitude and willingness to undertake a variety of finance tasks Full Job Description can be provided upon request. Our Benefits: Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays. Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme. Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business. Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues. Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme. Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser. Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent. We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation. Everyone belongs: At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We give fair and equal consideration to all applications. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. Important note on applying: Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications. Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion. Contact us: Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position: recruitmentbristolwastecompany.co.uk 0117 440 6676 Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.