Senior Finance Business Partner

Your newpany

Our client, a future focussed utilities business, has an exciting job opportunity for amercially astute qualified senior finance professional to join them as Senior Finance Business Partner.

Your new role

A Senior Finance Business Partner, you will :

Collaborate with and support the Scotland Operations Regional management, to provide financial insights, analysis, and support for decision-making, strategic planning, and performance improvement. This includes financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement.

Be the first port of call for the regional management for Operations division, for all things related to finance.

Act as a trusted and accessible point of contact, providingmercial and financial decision support, proactively challenging costs by understanding cost drivers and provide insight into functional costs and strategic initiatives, enabling the most cost-effective and efficient operation.

Provide financial leadership during the periodic forecasting and budgeting process ensuring the business can meet its targets in an optimal way, as well as during business meetings and periodic reviews

Advise senior managers on actual performance against budgets and forecast

What you'll need to succeed

You will be a results-orientated team player with superiormercial acumen and will be professionally qualified with CA / ICAS / ACCA or ACMA and possess experience working in a similar role.

Additionally, you will be

Highly collaborative, yet suitably challenging

Capable of delivering in a high-demand environment.

Able to deal with large volumes of data

A strongmunicator with the ability to ‘tell the story’ in a concise and effective manner, adapted for the audience

Capable of efficiently managing changing deadlines and quick turnarounds

What you'll get in return

• Hybrid working (typically 2-3 days in office)
• Salary circa £80,000 - £85,000 DOE, plus :
• Annual performance bonus of up to 20%
• 28 days’ holiday plus 8 statutory holidays – plus option to buy 5 additional days
• Double-match pension scheme : up to 12%
• Private medical insurance
• Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long-term illness
• Excellent family-friendly provisions - maternity / paternity / adoption / surrogacy / shared parental leave
• Financial support to cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions relevant to your role.