Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner for Global Outsourcing business in London!

£65,000 - £70,000 + Car Allowance + Hybrid Working

Stanton House are excited to be hiring a Finance Business Partner to join a well known business in the outsourcing sector. As the Finance Business Partner, you will own a portfolio of strategic accounts within the UK business, and deliver tools, analysis, and insights to support informed decision-making and challenge assumptions, contributing to the execution of business strategy. Your role is to maximise value for the client while minimising risk exposure, providing real-time financial analysis and acting as a trusted advisor to drive performance. You will be responsible for the end-to-end financial management of the client contract, including comprehensive reporting on all contractual and financial matters to both the business and the client team.

This role is well suited to a newly qualified accountant with strong finance business partnering experience. If you have previous commercial Finance experience in a commercial service contract environment, this would be the icing on the cake!

How you'll make an impact

• Build partnerships and strong relationships with managers, stakeholders and their teams providing financial support to drive commercial decision making.
• Challenge and support the business (unit) in driving business improvement initiatives, including cost reductions, contract negotiations, price execution and process improvements
• Ensure customer contract governance is adhered to, including client reporting, reconciliations and change notes governance are in place.
• Identify and support in executing gap closure plans including proactive identification of financial and commercial risk.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting and forecasting of financial performance including month end results.
• Advise the Senior Finance Business Partner and Key Account Managers/ Directors of all key changes which affect commercial performance and work closely with the Senior Management team on the accounts.
• Support the production of period end and year end management accounts by producing incisive and relevant narrative
• Assist in developing and improving processes and procedures within the areas of responsibility to improve the quality and quantity of output.

What we're looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)
• Finance Business Partnering experience in a commercial service contract environment.
• Prior client facing experience is advantageous
• Professional, committed, conscientious, pro-active and innovative.
• Positive attitude to change and ability to be flexible to the changing priorities of the role.
• Strong communicator able to communicate with clients, operations, suppliers and team.
• Numerate, accurate and confident with working on your own initiative

Due to high volumes of applications, we will not be able to respond to respond to every unsuccessful applicant with feedback.