Finance Business Partner

Finance Business PartnerGlobal Professional Services Group, Hybrid - 3 days a week in Central London EC3 office£75,000 - £85,000 + Bonus & benefitsThe CompanyA qualified Finance Business Partner is sought by a leading professional services group with an enviable portfolio of FTSE 100 and Blue Chip clients. This organisation offers a broad range of services across international offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Ambitious growth plans and continued profitable expansion within all markets and regions has created a new opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join the team. Providing support to the Partners and Functional Heads, you will be responsible for delivering a best-in-class service to key stakeholders.Key Responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner

• Proactively working with senior fee earners, Business managers and Ops Directors
• Providing necessary financial support to ensure strategic business development, client retention and increased client profitability within the practice groups
• Provision of annual planning and budgeting, quarterly forecasting and longer term strategic reviews of offices to support profitable growth
• Enabling the practice group to achieve its objectives, make decisions and plan appropriately through the effective understanding and use of financial analysis
• Preparation of monthly finance MI which contains insightful commentary and analysis. Monitoring performance against long-term strategic and short-term operational plans and assisting the partners formulate the necessary actions to be taken to achieve agreed financial targets
• Supporting the practice groups in building business cases for required initiatives, such as lateral hires, practice area and geographic expansion
• Advanced ad-hoc analysis as required to help maximise profitability across the group around realisation, fee earner utilisation and working capital

Skills & Attributes of the Finance Business Partner

• Ideal candidates will qualified accountants ACCA/CIMA/ACA with proven experience of business partnering key stakeholders in a commercial environment
• Experience of a professional services environment is highly advantageous
• Candidates should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, and be advanced in MS excel, with exceptional analysis and financial modelling skills
• This role will be ideal for someone who is self-motivated and has the ability to work under pressure whilst remaining calm and focused

Applications only considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include Accounting & Finance; Legal Operations; HR - Human Resources & Personnel; IT - Information Technology; Pfi/PPP & FM; Procurement & Purchasing; Project Management & PMO; Sales & Marketing.

Ref: BHJOB3543_5888