£ 25 Per day
Finance Business Partner
Fixed term, Contract
Job Description
- Providing value adding financial insight, support and challenge to the fulfilment operational teams by building effective working relationships at all levels, including senior managers and with other departments in the business
- Business Partnering: support, lead and influence the Fulfilment Operations Director & senior leadership team in decision making for commercial contracts, supplier tenders, pay reviews, business reviews, performance-improvement projects and ad-hoc analysis etc.
- Lead the operational annual Budget and quarterly Forecast processes, with the support of the Finance Manager for UK Logistics, providing healthy challenge, understand key drivers for cost variances, manage the communication of risks and opportunities inherent within assumptions to senior stakeholders (Directors, Heads of Finance) and demonstrating value provided to retail clients
- Lead the periodic management accounts review process, providing analysis and commentary, presenting to Head of Finance and Fulfilment Operations senior management team
- Develop a detailed understanding of the operational drivers to highlight areas requiring course correction, identify on-going operational opportunities and risks and manage expectations with senior stakeholders (Directors, Heads of Finance)
- Ownership, presentation and review of weekly reporting, providing insight for the weekly KPIs through accurate reporting and knowledge of the weekly operations at site.
- Challenging accuracy and robustness of existing reporting and continuing to develop reporting for new projects and business areas
- Continually identify and implement improvements to business processes to increase efficiency and ensure all costs are recorded accurately in the accounts.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Qualified or equivalent
- Experience of reporting period management accounting, analysis and commentary.
- Budgeting and forecast experience
- True Advanced Excel skills
- Strong communication skills, able to interact with different stakeholders with an open mind
Reference no: 97511