Finance Business Partner
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
-
England, Berkshire, Reading
ReadingBerkshire
- Salary
- £250 - £275 per day
- Posted
- 19 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 27 Feb 2018
- Ref
- 57456987
- Job Title
- Business Partner
- Category
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Primary Accountabilities
- Working very close with GBS and the business to ensure accurate and timely Planning & Forecasting
- Financial analysis, supported by the MI team, to drive performance insight.
- Working alongside Global Business Services (GBS), ensure that the business is provided with accurate and timely performance reporting.
Planning & Forecasting
- Supports and consolidates the annual planning process for the two year planning horizon, ensuring plans are appropriately challenged, providing insightful commentaries to detail variances and provides assurance to the Finance Manager and Functional Leads.
- Reports and supports the presentation of consolidated data, associated trends and key messages to respective business leaders and Finance Managers.
- Support rolling forecasts and GFOs for cost, RCOP and cash flow. Communicating analysis, drawing insights and highlighting areas where performance targets are not being met vs. strategic objectives and financial framework.
Performance Insights
- To support the business stakeholders in providing analysis on financial performance and to share the underlying delivery of actuals vs. latest forecasts on a monthly basis and provide recommendations to drive improved performance. This may be on a consolidated basis for several regions to provide one set of numbers or with a focus on supporting a specific business region or area.
- To track detailed analysis and insights, using KPIs and trends, with the business on appropriate business drivers to concentrate on to achieve business objectives, including timely input to support the business understand interventions required to support future prioritisation and planning.
- To track the financial performance of investments and provide insights on the drivers of performance
- Supports special projects as directed by the Finance Manager
Performance Reporting
- Support the Finance Manager with key stakeholder engagement and to assist with the preparation of financial reports, including month-end and quarter-end close for the business activities, forecasts, analysis and budgets to provide insights for the business providing relevant challenge and verification.
- Bridges the gap between financial reporting and business understanding by measuring and providing commentary on forecast variances to facilitate decision-making and ensure forecasts remain accurate and robust.
Business Partnering
- Maintains strong relationships within the Finance teams, e. Planning & Performance and Accounting & Reporting, and the wider business e. GMU & IME Marketing, Innoventures.
- Maintains solid partnership with Global Business Services
Control
- Understand, maintain and monitor an effective system of (financial) controls relating to the business, more specifically:
- Accounting standards through the Group Reporting Manual (GRM)
- Delegations of Authority (DoA)
- Code of Conduct adherence
- Group Investment Assurance and Approvals Process (GIAAP)
- Economic Evaluation Methodology (EEM)
Other factors
Support the Performance cycle, ensuring high quality, relevant MI is issued on time and in full, ensuring all stakeholders are clear on their roles and responsibility for rolling forecast and identify any necessary actions.
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