Finance Business Partner

Location: Based at our Head Office in Waltham – Occasional travel to Northampton & Shrewsbury

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Purpose of Role

Whilst being a head office-based role, the purpose of the role is to prepare the management accounts, provide insightful financial analysis and generally oversee the accounting for two of our Joint Ventures, Fusion Steel Framing Limited and Volumetric Modular Limited. This will require occasional travel to Northampton and Shrewsbury where the businesses are based, as well as liaising with and supporting the relevant MDs.

Fusion Steel Framing Limited is a leader in the Light Gauge Steel Framing industry and Volumetric Modular Limited is a specialist manufacturer of award-winning modular accommodation.

This is an excellent time to join the company and become a key influencer in business strategy, financial planning, regulatory procedures, and compliance.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Produce monthly management accounts for both Joint Ventures including variance analysis and commentary.
• Management of Graduate Financial Accountant.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement the annual budget.
• Management of the costs to complete process to ensure project margins are correct.
• Assist the Finance Manager and JV finance staff in managing the year end audit process and liaise with auditors as required.
• Effective management of working capital and liquidity including regular updates to the short term cashflow forecast model.
• Produce financial analysis on various areas of the businesses to help inform Board decision making e.g. analysing production margins on current and future projects / products. In addition, writing reports / papers for the Board in a clear and concise manner on findings and recommendations.
• Fully understand site/project revenues, profits and cashflows and ensure that these are accurately reflected in the short-term cash forecast and budgeting models, ensuring the appropriate level of turnover, and profit is reflected for each site in the monthly management accounts.
• Ensure all regular accounting tasks are completed on a timely basis such as sales invoices raised, purchase ledger posted and reconciled, cashbooks posted, banks reconciled, aged debtors/creditors reviewed, and action taken where appropriate.
• Fully understand the process for accounting for stock and ensure that stock is fully reconciled and accounted for correctly at each month end.
• Ensure that all balance sheet codes are fully reconciled, and all balances understood monthly.
• Assisting in external reports for JV partners monthly.
• Ad hoc reporting on an accurate and timely basis.

Qualifications

• ACCA, CIMA, Part Qualified or QBE
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced level)
• Full UK Driving Licence

Experience

• Worked within the construction or manufacturing sector.
• 5 years of similar experience.
• Experience with calculation and recognition of contract revenues, profits and cashflows.
• Able to work against tight timescales and plan workloads to meet deadlines.