Senior Finance Business Partner
Department: Corporate Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Cheltenham
Reporting To: Head of Finance
Compensation: £70,000 / year
Description
The Senior Finance Business Partner (SFBP) is a critical link between the Corporate Finance Department and the rest of the business. The SFBP will lead a team who provide financial insight and strategic analysis to help ensure financial health is maintained and to support business development. This role requires an in depth understanding of financial principles, excellent analytical skills, line management experience and the ability to communicate collaboratively and effectively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Analysis & Reporting
1. Conduct detailed financial analysis and provide insights to support strategic decision-making.
2. Prepare monthly profit and loss reports including variance analysis and performance metrics.
3. Prepare monthly balance sheet packs documenting key performance metrics and highlighting risks and opportunities.
4. Develop and maintain complex financial models to report on and forecast business performance and evaluate potential scenarios.
5. Ensure commercial pricing models are maintained and meet the requirement of the business.
6. Assist in evaluating new business opportunities and other strategic initiatives.
Budgeting & Forecasting
1. Lead the annual budgeting process for Polo Works, working closely with cost and profit centre owners to develop budgets that are underpinned by clearly defined assumptions and are understood by all stakeholders.
2. Prepare strategic long-term financial plans and forecasts as required.
3. Produce rolling twelve-month forecasts monthly.
4. Produce cash flow reporting and forecasts on a weekly basis.
Business Partnering
1. Collaborate with business leaders to understand and support their financial needs and challenges, working with the Finance Operations Manager to ensure these are met.
2. Provide strategic insight to senior managers.
3. Act as a trusted advisor to Vertical Leads and Project Managers / Project Leads, offering insights and recommendations to drive financial performance.
4. Ensure finance responds to one-off, ad-hoc requests from the business in a timely fashion.
5. Other ad-hoc projects and tasks as required.
Leadership and Management
1. Develop, lead and mentor a team of Business Partners, providing guidance and support to ensure high performance and to foster a continuous improvement culture.
2. Manage the delivery of routine and ad-hoc deliverables.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
2. The ability to present financial information to non-financial audiences in an understandable way.
3. Skilled in conflict resolution and influencing others without possessing direct authority.
4. In-depth understanding of financial principles and accounting practices.
5. Experience of leading profit and cost centres through a multi-year budgeting cycle.
6. Advanced analytical capabilities with the ability to interpret complex financial data to provide insight.
7. High level of integrity, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
8. Experience of guiding finance through a changing business landscape.
9. Team management experience.
Demonstrates behaviours aligned to the PoloWorks PRIDE values:
· Pioneering – we don’t stand still
· Responsible – We do the right thing
· Inclusive – we all play a role
· Delivery Focused - we provide services we are proud of
· Empowering – we equip people to be their best
Knowledge & Qualifications
1. Qualified accountant (with 5 years PQE) or qualified by experience.
2. In-depth knowledge of UK GAAP.
3. Detailed understanding of how systems can leverage efficiencies within a finance team.
4. Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and the use of financial software (e.g. Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), ERPs, BI tools).
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and 25 days of annual leave (with the option to buy more), you will also get an excellent benefits package, including flexible, hybrid working, private health insurance, life assurance, income protection, enhanced pension contributions, and occupational maternity and paternity pay.
You will also have access to company volunteering days, an employee assistance programme with retail discounts and savings, a generous employee referral scheme, regular sports and social events, and free Cheltenham bus travel.
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