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Ricoh are currently recruiting for a Senior Finance Business Partner (Digital Investment) who will be responsible for leading the commercial finance function supporting, challenging, engaging with, and reporting on the business to improve the commercial effectiveness and success of the Digital Investment function.
As a senior member of the finance function, you will be working closely and support the senior management to understand the wider market and external factors that affect or provide opportunities to the company’s performance.
You will also support the Commercial Finance team and your direct report by providing guidance, coaching and ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
Ricoh transforms organisations, using innovative technologies and services enabling you as an individual to work smarter. This is what we call “empowering digital workplaces”.
In fact the entire Ricoh workforce enjoys our pioneering and innovative ways of working. We like to call it: imagine. change., it’s the ethos of our brand and how we drive positive change for ourselves and others. Our teams are embracing change, fostering new ways of working and we have never been more resolute in our mission - "you work for us, and we`ll work for you".
What you will be doing
- Development of a broad overview across the division, providing insight around their performance, processes, systems, and methodologies.
- Provide commercial guidance and insight into offerings and how they link to business strategies.
- Acting as a conduit for information flow and collaboration between functions across the wider business to ensure synergy and alignment.
- Providing constructive challenge to leadership team making sure business cases are clear and built on robust assumptions, demonstrate clear risk assessment, and consider mitigation plans.
- Own the business planning cycle (forecasting, budgeting, and mid-term planning), including developing and updating the financial planning model, identification of KPIs and key business drivers, risks, and upsides.
- Continually improve the entire financial planning process and financial model in terms of accuracy and efficiency as well as relevancy of insights to senior management team
- Through accurate and insightful management information pack, continually raise awareness of financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure action plans are in place.
- Evaluate growth initiatives and proactively identify opportunities for growth and recommend investments based on understanding of business strategic priorities
- Be a reference to the community of Finance Business Partners, set standards, share best practice while providing support and development as required.
- Monitor and manage the performance of the different areas of the portfolio as well as identify opportunities to maximize profit.
- Contribute to pricing and margin decisions by reviewing financial modelling underpinning proposals.
You will ideally have
- Successful candidates will have a strong business facing commercial background with a proven experience of business-partnering role, ideally at a complex multinational corporation. Plus be able to demonstrate strong commercial acumen, with a strategic approach, strong numeric and analytical skill.
- Preferred candidates will have a proven background of financial experience (management accounting or commercial analysis) with a time spent withing this working as a Finance Business Partner role.
- Ideally candidates will be educated to bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification with preference to studies taken in business administration, finance or equivalent
- Successful candidates will ideally also hold an accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent), with an extensive PQE.
- Any proficiency in at least one European language in addition to English will be a huge plus.
- Ideal candidates will be a comfortable user of M365 application and knowledge of major ERP systems such as Oracle.
- Preferred candidates will have proven leadership skills with a history of leading, managing and developing a team (team strategy, priorities, and development).
- You will develop a business mind-set and act as sounding board and key advisor to management team. Plus be able to articulate the story behind the numbers to senior management and find the key messages in the detail.
- Ideally candidates will be confident in to handle risk, working with ambiguity, and able to form and support opinions. Whilst being passionate for understanding what drives the business – both financial and non-financial and a clear head for making decisions
- Successful candidates will have strong communication skills with the ability to influence outcomes in a matrix management organisation. Plus demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and relationship building and able to work with people inside and outside finance.
- Any knowledge or experience of developing reporting information systems from a business perspective, implementing and using the management information would be an advantage.
- Ideally candidates will have proven and broad knowledge and experience in IT sector, Process Automation and/or Print. Alongside, multi-country experience and ability to work across culturally diverse groups.
- Exhibits a ‘High Positive’ behavioural indicators in the Competency framework (based on Ricoh Way principles and values) for stage 3 (Guiding; contributing through others).
In return for your commitment, you can expect
- A competitive salary package
- Industry leading benefits
Ricoh is an exceptional place to work. A place where there is strong emphasis on career development for the right individuals. This is a role where you can excel within a fast-paced environment and succeed within a thriving organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a global company where you can truly capitalise and build on your own experience.
Ready to make that change? Apply now for a confidential conversation with our Recruitment Team.
We are an equal opportunities employer
At Ricoh, we embrace and respect the collective and unique talents, experience, and perspectives of all people. Together we inspire remarkable innovation. That’s how we live the Ricoh Way.
Ricoh have removed the disclosure of convictions box from their application process (ban the box - http://www.bitc.org.uk/programmes/ban-box) offering equal opportunities to all.
For all roles, we will judge each individual on their skills and ability before taking into account their history. However some roles are subject to sensitive and restrictive information and, if successful, you may be required to undertake pre-employment vetting checks which include but are not limited to residency check, credit reference check, financial sanctions` check and a DBS Check. Further information on Employment Vetting can be accessed by contacting the Ricoh Recruitment Team.
