Senior Finance Business Partner

Role Senior Finance Business Partner

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY: Central Functions + Investment Management

REPORTING TO: Group Finance Director

LOCATION: London (Liverpool Street)

A fantastic opportunity be the key partner to the central leadership team in a high growth Private Equity backed business, covering all aspects of financial reporting/analysis and ensuring the leadership team fully understand the performance within their departments.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the central finance teamto ensure all duties and responsibilities are met across the team.
• Ensure all duties and responsibilities of the central finance team are delivered in line with agreed timeframes and expected standards.
• Support Central Senior Management to ensure they are fully informed of their financial results and KPI's, along with adhoc analysis and projects.
• Support Group Senior Management (e.g. Group CEO, CFO, COO, etc.) to ensure they are fully informed of the financial results and KPI's, along with adhoc analysis and projects.
• Liaise appropriately with Central / Group functions to meet objectives across the wider Group.

in conjunction with your team, deliver the following:

• Monthly management accounts for all Central functions, with ownership across P&L, Balance sheet and Cash flow analysis. Ensure that all routine management information is produced in line with agreed timetable.
• Monthly management accounts for Investment Management, with ownership across P&L, Balance sheet and Cash flow analysis. Ensure that all routine management information is produced in line with agreed timetable.
• Ensure delivery of narrative packs to senior management and other relevant stakeholders. Challenge and raise key trends and variances where appropriate.
• Review and report accurate and consistent operational KPI's, as defined by the business.
• Ensure integrity of financials for specific entities are maintained. This includes accurate nominal postings, fully backed up Balance sheet reconciliations, monthly analysis and reporting of budget variances, appropriate accounting treatment across each category.
• Review and maintain data integrity across all systems, including data held outside of the primary ledgers (such as within a data warehouse).
• Manage key control accounts. Trade Debtors - work with local Directors to ensure each balance is being managed and collected. Aged Creditors - work with Accounts Payable team to ensure invoice management is up to date and managed within specific entities.
• Manage, review and submit specific entities quarterly VAT returns.
• Work smartly and efficiently with other Group functions to help meet objectives across the wider Group.
• Embrace a culture of learning, development and improvement by regularly liaising with colleagues in the finance team and implementing and standardising best practice across the finance function.
• Internal / External audit support (Balance sheet recs / Income Rec / monthly schedules).
• Involvement in Adhoc Project work and tasks that could be Group or Regionally related.
• Perform any other duties which from time to time may be required to ensure the smooth running of the group.