Finance Business Partner Location – Preston Salary – up to £60,000 About the company: A well-established professional services business.
You'll be working in a broad commercial role, based in Preston.
Responsibilities include: Provide financial insight, challenge and support to the service line leadership and management teams Translate financial information (including KPIs and monthly management accounts) into analytical opinion by identifying and working with service line and local management to understand underlying trends and exceptions, whilst considering any wider impact of these moving forward.
Contribute in driving operational performance by promoting commercial thinking, understanding the key drivers of the business and how they affect overall performance and profitability.
Track progress towards budgets and periodic forecasts, supporting the business to understand their commitments and their progress towards achieving these.
Take a leading role in the annual budgeting process, by working with the service line leadership and management teams to set a fair, but challenging budget.
Assume a lead role within the Commercial Finance team, working closely with colleagues to proactively drive improvement, enhancing the planning tools available and identifying opportunities to streamline and automate process/reporting.
Skills/Qualifications required: ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified Strong analytical skills Strong communication skills, capable of supporting and challenging decisions makers Proven Excel skills Self-starter, tenacious and diplomatic We typically advertise our roles on LinkedIn for no more than 24-72 hours, but that doesn't always mean the vacancy is filled.
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