Finance Business Partner

Company Description

Over the course of more than 10 years, bp pulse has established itself as the market leader in electric vehicle charging, providing solutions for EV drivers to charge at home, at work and on the road. On our mission to make charging fast and hassle–free, our charging points have been used over 30 million times to enable around 200 million miles of zero tailpipe emission driving. We work with the world's leading vehicle manufacturers to support their customers, as well as some of the UK's biggest fleets, leasing companies and local authorities. We are the UK's only fully integrated, end–to–end manufacturer and operator of charging infrastructure, and our nationwide Polar network of public charge points is recognised for its quality and reliability. Following acquisition by bp in 2018, the company is growing rapidly and moving to a brand new, purpose–built head office and production facility in Milton Keynes in March2020 to support this growth and allow it to capitalise on a booming electric vehicle market.

This is an opportunity to join a business with an envious and unrivalled position in a fast–growing market, and ultimately help enable more people to transition to electric vehicles. You will not just be part of the biggest change in the automotive industry for a century – you will be at the forefront of it.

Job Description

Through confident business partnering, this individual builds strong relationships with key stakeholders within the BP Pulse business to enable close understanding of business performance and to drive improvement.

The overall purpose of this role is to:

• Manage the relationships and information requirements with key stakeholders across one of the business revenue streams – Residential/Commercial/Network
• Support the Planning and Performance Manager to consolidate planning and forecasts, as well as providing variance analysis of performance.

As the Finance Business Partner, you will be expected to be the go–to person for understanding the financials of the revenue / cost stream(s) for which you are responsible. This role is primarily a planning and performance role, together with some core accounting responsibilities to ensure consistency in our reporting.

• Responsibility for the reporting and analysis of specific P&L / revenue stream
• Ensuring that all revenue and costs in relation to the revenue stream are adequately reflected
• Work with business stakeholders to identify vulnerabilities and opportunities for the revenue stream
• Assisting with the production of monthly management accounts to meet parent company reporting timetable of 6 days
• Analysing variances from budget and forecast
• Supporting the P&P Manager with preparation of budgets and rolling forecasts
• Production and analysis of operational & financial KPIs
• Support in financial investment evaluation

Dimensions

• The successful candidate will work with the Planning and Performance manager, CFO and Group Controller to deliver high quality finance business partnering to the bp pulse business stakeholders

Key Relationships

• The successful candidate will have the breadth of skills to build strong relationships across the organisation at all levels.
• Key relationships will be with the wider bp pulse finance team and business stakeholders relevant to the revenue stream. In addition there will be a need to build strong relationships with the broader bp investment teams.

Knowledge & Experience

• A commercially minded financial analyst with experience of leading business level P&L planning activity. Experience of working at both detailed and higher level simultaneously.
• Can demonstrate significant strategic thinking and the ability to create insights from data analysis and challenge the status quo.
• Comfortable with the mechanics of accounting and managing the transactional processes. Extremely competent in using Excel to produce financial models, forecasts and budgets, and experience in SAP an advantage.
• Financially astute, able to quickly recognise opportunities and vulnerabilities in financial model.
• Confident in discussing matters with colleagues at all levels.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or qualified by experience
• Preferably degree educated

Additional Information

Our people are our most important asset and are what sets us apart from the competition.

We offer a competitive salary and impressive benefits package, the opportunity to really shape the future of the business, you whilst receive the support you need to develop skill and experience to achieve your long–term ambitions.

The main place of work will be at our Head Office in Linford Wood, Milton Keynes.