About this role
Location: Battersea Park, London (Hybrid Working Available)
Duration: 6 Months
About the Opportunity
We are partnering with a highly regarded international professional services organisation to recruit an experienced Finance Business Partner for a 6 month contract.
This newly created position will play a key role in supporting a specialist division, providing commercial insight, financial analysis, and operational reporting to senior leadership teams.
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, driving performance, and translating financial data into meaningful business insights.
>>> You will need to be immediately available or at most one week <<<
The Role
Working closely with senior operational leaders and the Head of FP&A, you will support financial planning, reporting, forecasting and performance management across multiple specialist teams.
Key responsibilities include
- Preparing and presenting monthly financial performance reports to senior stakeholders.
- Providing analysis and insight on project profitability, fee performance and operational delivery.
- Investigating monthly variances and providing clear commentary on business performance.
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting and quarterly reforecast processes.
- Developing and maintaining resource and capacity planning models.
- Ensuring accurate project costing and internal fee allocations.
- Driving improvements in reporting, financial controls and business processes.
- Supporting the ongoing development and adoption of Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making.
About You
We are looking for an ambitious and commercially focused finance professional who can quickly build credibility with senior stakeholders.
You will ideally have
- Part-qualified accountant status (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
- Previous Finance Business Partnering or commercial finance experience.
- Around 4-5 years' finance experience.
- Experience producing forecasts, budgets and performance reports.
- Strong variance analysis and financial modelling skills.
- Excel (Pivots, VLookUps at a minimum)
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- A proactive approach to identifying process improvements.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, project-driven environment.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within a people-based or professional services business.
- Power BI knowledge.
- Experience with ERP systems, particularly Microsoft Dynamics 365.
What's on Offer?
- Exposure to senior decision-makers and business leaders.
- A highly collaborative and creative working environment.
- Opportunity to influence business performance and strategic planning.
- Hybrid working flexibility.
- Immediate start available.
If you are a commercially astute finance professional looking for your next contract opportunity in London, we'd love to hear from you.