Finance Business Partner

An exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our team. You will be responsible for financially supporting one of our key client contracts (Revenue generation, financial period closes, variance analysis, Various financial analysis, internal costing, budgeting and forecasting) and business partner the MD/CFO and other key operational stakeholders. A key part will be working directly with senior stakeholders such as heads of departments and Directors, providing insightful and useful analysis. The ideal candidate will be analytical, have impeccable attention to detail, be self-driven with the ability to build relationships with high level stakeholders.

The role offers fantastic opportunity to develop a career in an exciting organisation with a track record of developing employees and internal progression across the Sopra Steria group, a European leader of digital transformation with over 8,000 employees in the UK alone. The role would ideally be suited to a nearly or newly qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/etc professional body qualification) who is looking to utilise management accounting experience to business partner senior stakeholders.

This is a hybrid variable role requiring office presence in our Salford office 1 – 2 times per month.

What you will be doing: Financially support/business partner MD/CFO/Senior FM. Monthly close of on a timely, accurate and professional basis (Monthly accounting adjustments/Variance analysis commentary/Forecasting). Manage revenue recognition of a key client service contract and additional charges. Update key financials P&L of a key client service contract and operational departments. Manage P&L forecast updates. Attend regular meetings with key operational leads to review performance. Produce cost/benefits analysis of various internal business cases. Develop and maintain financial models. What you’ll bring: Nearly or newly Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CIPFA, etc). Experience managing multiple stakeholders. Experience managing multiple stakeholders. Previous experience in management accounts (Forecasting/Variance analysis/Performance reporting etc). Ability to work quickly and accurately with complex information and present in a clear format. Motivated, driven and keen to progress career. Confidence to challenge where numbers don’t look right. Flexible and adaptable to cope with a fast-paced environment in a large organisation. If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you! Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.