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Finance Business Partner / Finance Manager

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Finance Business Partner
mbrella Day Rate
Belfast (Hybrid)
6 Month Contract
Our client is currently searching for a Finance Business Partner / Finance Manager to join their team in Belfast! Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will build trusted business partner relationships with senior leaders and their teams, providing finance insight and support for the operational team and their strategic vision.
As a critical Finance Manager role, you'll be joining the Northern Ireland finance team at an exciting time, you will business partner the Director to drive financial performance, deliver transformational benefits and understand key financials risk and opportunities across the NI business with a particular focus on capital investment.
This is a great opportunity to demonstrate strong control and analytical thinking, financial forecasting, planning, reporting actuals, management accounts and analysis of the capital investment in Northern Ireland.
Role Responsibilities
- Working with senior leadership team to ensure business activity is delivered to the highest quality, in the most cost-effective manner to ensure we deliver our operational goals and within our financial budgets
- Business partner with the NI Director and operational team to provide financial insights to inform strategic decision making
- Improve understanding and impact of financial reporting on performance of the business unit
- Expected to present directly to FD for the unit, and to Director for NI as required
- Demonstrating strong control and analytical thinking, and have overall responsibility and accountability for financial forecasting, planning, reporting of actuals and analysis
- Preparing accurate and timely monthly financial information for capital investment budget holders; working with them to understand variances and impact on KPIs
- Improving the impact, and insight, of financial reporting on business performance, clearly communicating the results and recommending actions to drive ever improving efficiency and cost points for each of the capital investment programmes. Using driver-based analysis (PVEO) to improve understanding and grip on overall performance
- Driving value for money and ensuring commercial decision-making principles are applied
- Interrogate and analyse key adverse variances and conduct root cause analysis where applicable
- Providing appropriate analysis and insight to inform business decisions; including key unit cost metrics
- Identification of potential areas of improvement within the existing month end processes and support ongoing business change initiatives
- Other Ad hoc month end duties as required
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Skills / Experience Required
- Experience of positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary, and analysis to inform decision making.
- Strategic thinker with proven experience driving daily concepts to deliver longer term vision with the ability to cut through barriers to bring real clarity and focus to delivering for our customers
- Pragmatic team player, adept at holding others to account through a challenging and supportive style, whilst consistently delivering on their own commitments
- Drives judicious use of resources to maximise productivity and drive cost efficiency
- A background in financial planning, reporting, analysis, consolidations, and systems
- An ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects, working to tight deadlines
- Experience of mitigating risks, implanting best practice, and following strict governance procedures
- Ability to effectively communicate financial performance and/or impact to operational colleagues - embed financial understanding within the business
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (role is very data heavy so is essential), plus strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills
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