Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner
Essex – generous hybrid/largely remote with offices in Essex
£55K
As Finance Business Partner you should be a commercially minded finance professional with experience of partnering operational teams and influencing business performance.  This role joins an established finance team in a growing organisation supporting leaders across the business with meaningful commercial insight, forecasting and performance analysis.
Working closely with operational and senior leadership teams, you'll help drive profitability through robust financial analysis, insightful reporting and commercial challenge. You'll be responsible for understanding the key drivers behind revenue, margin and cash performance, helping stakeholders make informed decisions that support sustainable growth
The core of your role will be:

• Partnering with operational managers to understand and improve business performance
• Analysing revenue, gross margin and profitability across a diverse portfolio of projects and services
• Reviewing project performance, forecasting margins and monitoring cost-to-complete positions
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes
• Managing revenue recognition and ensuring compliance with accounting standards
• Monitoring working capital performance, including WIP, debtors and cashflow
• Producing insightful KPI reporting and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency
• Supporting business improvement and transformation initiatives across the organisation

The Group Financial Controller is looking for an inquisitive and commercially aware finance professional who enjoys building relationships and influencing decision-making.  You need to have solid experience of Excel that covers Macros, Modelling and Power Query.
Ideally, you will be a Qualified Accountant or nearing qualification.  Your CV needs to demonstrate broad management accounting experience, strong in financial analysis, forecasting and business performance reporting. You will need to be comfortable working with senior operational stakeholders and confident challenging assumptions and providing commercial insight.