Finance Business Partner

Description

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.

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.

• Creation and reporting of insightful management Information
• 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.
• Production of ad hoc reporting on a timely basis and embed as standard reporting if required.
• Providing support for the production of forecast and budgets
• 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
• Be the point of contact for queries in relation to finances
• Assisting in the development of budgets to feed into the fall planning process
• Partnering with the business to help them understand their finances
• Translate regulatory financial information for the relevant functions.
• Providing useful and insightful activity level analysis and reporting
• Undertaking analysis to identify risks and opportunities for these areas
• Production of reporting and variance analysis

Requirements

• Ability to manage change and drive performance standards
• Excellent planning, organisation prioritisation and attention to detail skills
• Driven individual with keen attention to detail ensuring consistency is applied through all aspects of responsibility
• Ability to balance workload priorities to deliver business requirements
• The ability to communicate with and explain financial concepts to non-finance people, influence key decision-makers and to think long term
• Be a qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience
• Strong IT skills (Excel, Word, Visio, MS Project and Power Point)
• Ability to understand complex financial models and convert these into a clear, coherent position
• Strong analytical & numerical skills
• 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
• Good interpersonal skills and able to cross collaborate working with senior managers
• Time management and delivery of tasks to deadlines
• Highly organised with ability to prioritise and plan work activities, along with ability to move quickly between tasks
• Strong team player with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines

Benefits

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

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance