Job Description

Financial Business Partner

Heathrow (hybrid working)

Responsible for ensuring efficient and effective financial control (reporting, budgeting, forecasting) with operational teams to drive performance and profitability.

• Continually improve the quality, accuracy and timeliness of financial information to key stakeholders
• Prepare forecast/budgets and present with full explanation key movements to General Manager Finance and Ops Director
• Coordinate the closure of the operational month end accounts to the set deadline
• Ensure that all operational month end accounts are accurate provide a full understanding of any deviations from flash /budget and any future impacts of current deviations
• Ensure all internal/external weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reports are complete and accurate prior to submission
• Continually challenge the financial results with unit managers
• Assist in setting, monitoring, maintenance and improvement of operational KPI\'s, highlighting any issues and support resolution
• Support the identification of operational efficiency opportunities, assist with cost control and cost reduction projects
• Ensure all financial processes are adhered to
• Assist in commercial reviews, providing financial evaluation and support
• Collate, challenge and report the effects of any disruption to the business immediately to aid fast decision making to reduce EBITDA effect
• Assist in Capex budgeting, forecasting and preparation
• Deal with ad-hoc financial queries from Units as and when required
• Assist the Finance team in other projects, ad-hoc tasks and cover as and when required

Requirements:

• ACCA, CIMA or ACA or be in the process of achieving final accreditation.
• Strong management accounting and analytical skills are essential
• Be commercially astute, with the ability to drive financial performance with key stakeholders
• A proactive approach and a collaborative attitude
• Ability to build business relationships and interact with internal customers, with the ability to solve problems
• Have a track record of supporting the delivery of profit improvement plans
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Advanced Excel skills and good IT skills (SAP useful)

Fluent in English, oral & written

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