Finance Business Partner

Who are we?

We’re the people who manage the electricity network that powers everyday life for more than 8 million people across 3.9 million homes and businesses in the Northeast, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.

Put simply, we make sure the electricity you buy from your chosen energy supplier gets to you safely, whenever you need it.

Delivering safe, reliable electricity is at the heart of what we do and we’re proud to play an essential role in powering everyday life for the customers, homes, businesses and economies we serve.

The role

As a Finance Business Partner you will partner, support and provide timely and accurate management, statutory and regulatory financial reporting data relating to assigned directorates, including the monitoring of key performance indicators allowing them to be accountable for their financial performance.

What is the package

• Competitive salary between £54,000 and £65,000 dependant on experience
• Enrolment into our double-matched pension scheme
• Annual bonus of up to 15%
• 25 days annual leave (rising with service) plus bank holidays

What you’ll be doing

• Providing support for the production of forecast and budgets
• Undertaking analysis to identify risks and opportunities for these areas
• Partnering with the business to help them understand their finances
• Providing useful and insightful activity level analysis and reporting
• Be the point of contact for queries in relation to finances
• Creation and reporting of insightful management Information
• Assisting in the development of budgets to feed into the fall planning process
• Production of reporting and variance analysis
• Production of ad hoc reporting on a timely basis and embed as standard reporting if required.
• Ensure a high level of communication with senior managers within both the wider Finance teams and the business to gain trust and address issues quickly with clear actions to resolve.
• Translate regulatory financial information for the relevant functions.
• Develop and maintain a working relationship with all managers within the support directorates, to identify opportunities for maximising spend effectiveness and keeping costs tightly managed

What you will bring

• The ability to communicate with and explain financial concepts to non-finance people, influence key decision-makers and to think long term
• Ability to forge strong relationships with team members at all levels, inside and outside finance, and be able to communicate key messages clearly and concisely
• Ability to understand complex financial models and convert these into a clear, coherent position
• Ability to balance workload priorities to deliver business requirements
• Driven individual with keen attention to detail ensuring consistency is applied through all aspects of responsibility
• Highly organised with ability to prioritise and plan work activities, along with ability to move quickly between tasks
• Ability to manage change and drive performance standards

What you should display

• Be a qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience
• Strong analytical & numerical skills
• Strong IT skills (Excel, Word, Visio, MS Project and Power Point)
• Excellent planning, organisation prioritisation and attention to detail skills
• Time management and delivery of tasks to deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills and able to cross collaborate working with senior managers
• Strong team player with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines