Finance Business Partner

Sewell Wallis are currently representing our client, a global professional services business based in Sheffield as they look to appoint a Finance Business Partner due to internal promotion.

The successful candidate will join a high-performing team and will join a business with a fantastic culture that is not only supportive and collaborative but also offers great opportunities for career development. This role is based in the Sheffield office on a hybrid basis three days in the office per week (we can also consider candidates who wish to be based in the Leeds or Manchester Offices, so long as you are prepared to travel to Sheffield one day per week).

This is a commercial role which manages senior stakeholder relationships across the international group. The successful candidate will get the opportunity to be heavily involved in decision making in your area of specialism and will gain exposure to all the main senor stakeholders of the international business, this opens up an extensive offering for longer term progression within the company.

What will you be doing?

• Serving as the key financial interface between the international group and the Finance department.
• Lead the annual planning and budgeting process for the practice group and support the delivery and maintenance of group led strategic plans.
• Contribute to the wider commercial review and playback of the budget to the Finance Leadership Team and contribute to the presentation of the firm-wide budget for approval by the Executive and Board.
• Undertaking the re-forecasting process to actively monitor and manage financial risks and opportunities.
• Enabling the practice group to achieve its objectives, make decisions and plan appropriately through the effective understanding and use of financial analysis.
• Interpretation of monthly finance MI into insightful commentary, analysis, and articulation of required management actions.
• Monitoring performance against long-term strategic and short-term operational plans and assisting the partners to formulate the necessary actions to be taken to achieve agreed financial targets.
• Working on ad-hoc projects including financial modelling for required initiatives, such as lateral hires, partner promotions, practice area and geographic expansion.
• Monthly reporting for the Executive and Board, highlighting key issues for discussion and proposing actions/solutions.
• In conjunction with Commercial Finance Business Partner colleagues, supporting the Head of Finance Business Partnering in the overall financial management of the practice areas including conducting thorough annual financial reviews.
• Supporting the development of the Finance Analysts through mentoring and guidance.

What skills do we need?

• ACCA / ACA / CIMA qualified with proven PQE experience.
• Finance Business Partnering experience with senior stakeholders.
• A high degree of commercial acumen with exceptional analysis and financial modelling skills and evidence of applied strategic thinking/planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and has strength of personality to ensure the Finance view is clearly communicated.
• Capable and confident in presenting to large audiences face-to-face or via technology.
• Ability to be able to travel occasionally within the UK and internationally.

What's on offer?

• Salary of between £60,000 - £70,000.
• This role could be recruited on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis (minimum 4 days)
• Hybrid working.
• 10% annual bonus plus many other corporate benefits.

Send us your CV below, or contact Kayley Haythornthwaite for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.