Job description

Job Title: Finance Business Partner
UK Service Line - Finance (Internal)
Service Line Information
With a turnover in excess of £2billion and a payroll of close to 17,000 partners and staff across 22 UK offices, our Finance team covers a huge spectrum of work. It spans everything from being closely involved in supporting the organisation's business strategy to tightly managing critical business functions like employee payroll, expenses, accounts payable and billing.

Job Description - Key Responsibilities
Acquire a thorough understanding of the business area being supported
Build strong and trusting relationships with key stakeholders
Tracking and reporting of all performance KPIs - especially those that have a P&L impact
Prepare commentaries, MI packs and briefing papers, both standardised and ad hoc, in accordance with business priorities
Drive standardisation and efficiency in use and production of MI in general, challenging exceptions
Manage deep dive performance reviews as required on a routine basis clearly articulating outcomes and actions that need taking
Support Deal Board and other pre-engagement forums; especially around engagement budgeting and forecasting
Manage in-flight commercial reviews to gain a deeper understanding of margin leakage and commercial learning points
Lead the Finance work-stream in relation to Business planning, budgeting and forecasting
Responsible for deploying processes to the lowest required level, co-ordinating activity and working with stakeholders as appropriate
Stewardship over the P&L, ensuring that the accounts accurately reflect the financial position of the business
Manage cost management processes and spend controls
Ensuring that the BP team take appropriate action to understand and challenge all cost items and escalate issues
Ensure Finance processes and policies are adhered to. Challenge deviation and always be forward thinking about improvements
Own the Working Capital KPIs for the business area being supported and, with the Working Capital Managers, ensure the business is taking sufficient action on WIP and debt items and EL/EM underperformance is escalated
Day to day management of team, including understanding and supporting training needs and dealing with performance issues
Manage the workload of the team through effective demand management and prioritisation
Support recruitment across Business Finance as required
Play a role in the leadership of the finance community, including active participation in manager meeting and similar forums
Be an advocate for change programmes delivered by Finance / KBS, including automation tools, self-service, standardisation and any other changes in ways of working

Qualifications and Experience
A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) or over 10 years relevant experience of accounting in an operational or professional services environment
Resilient and able to work with multiple and highly demanding stakeholders
An ability to work at both a strategic and a granular level - choosing when each is appropriate

Applying with a disability
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