Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner - Commercial Real Estate

£60k - £70k plus bonus & benefits

• Business partnering with the 3 fee earning departments and central management function, developing relationships with department sub-teamsand fee earners and providing real-time support and high quality analysis to inform commercial decision-making.
• Working with fee earners to calculate and review the profitability and pricing of prospective, new and existing jobs and projects.
• Providing analysis of market information to identify and track competitor trends
• Supporting ad-hoc business projects, for example helping business cases for seniorlateral hires and preparing analysis reports
• Analyse cost driversand value including benchmarking costs and making recommendations for improvement
• Maintaining (and supporting the evolution of) WIP, Pipelineand invoicing schedules, ensuring the records are complete and up to date and reconcile to Finance department systems
• Work with fee earners to assess and evaluate, on a job-by-job basis, the likelihood of jobs completing, and in so doing produce monthly forecast figures.
• Work with department heads to create detailed schedules, to assist with forecasting and budgeting processes, providing feedback and support to, Head of Finance, FC, and CFOO.
• Preparing financial reporting for the departments, in the most appropriate format for various forums, meetings, committees and other groups, in line with each department’s reporting cycles.