Finance Business Partner - 14 month fixed term contract

About Our Client

A world-renowned organisation specialising in consulting for company employee benefits (pension, healthcare, wider offering to retain and excite talent pools).
Based across the UK and globally - this position will work hybrid (3 days per week) in the heart of the City of London.

Job Description

Finance Business Partner - 14 month fixed term contract
City of London
Financial Services consulting house

Consult with business leaders to understand their objectives, develop and analyze their plans, and provide them with the essential financial insights they need to make effective business decisions. A Senior Finance Business Partner Specialist makes an impact as a seasoned, professional individual contributor, ready to manage projects, work independently, help teammates thrive and collaborate with stakeholders across the company.

• Analytical/reporting responsibilities: performs variance analysis immediately following month-end as part of the control environment; provides Leadership with monthly and YTD analysis of key cost drivers supporting actual vs budget expense variances; includes providing an understanding of run rate expenses, internal/operating company business initiatives as well as cost efficiency initiatives and their impact on the results; reviews expense allocations and allocation methodologies as appropriate.
• Budgeting/Forecasting: works directly with Leadership on all budgeting/forecasting input, processing, reporting and analytical requirements (both capital and P&L); performs Excel and query-based analyses of financial data; initiates, develops and implements improvements to financial reporting processes; guides and educates finance peers and functions on the use of the global reporting tools.
• Controllership coordination: coordinates with Controllers on the monthly financial close; includes coordinating preparation of journal entries (which are processed by Controllers), coordinating on account reconciliations and account analysis; reviews all general ledger activity related to the functions and coordinates and/or provides month end accruals as appropriate.
• Manages and delivers special projects: implements standard reporting metric; partners with finance leadership to assist in the development of an integrated forecasting, budgeting and reporting process; standardizes procurement financial reporting, capex tracking and service and project spending analysis.

The Successful Applicant

• ACCA / CIMA / ACA / CA / MBA / CPA / or equivalent qualification.
• Strong commercial finance nous - ideally full P&L FP&A role or Finance Business Partner.
• Must possess strong Excel modelling to handle thousands of lines of cost and revenue data to draw decisions and messages on which the business can move forward.
• Might ideally come from Advisory, Consulting house, SaaS/Sales or Insurance - could equally come from Retail Bank, FinTech/Challenger, and or Commerce & Industry so long as broad understanding of WIP.

What's on Offer

• Base £75,000 to £80,000.
• Benefits package throughout the life of the 14 month fixed term contract.
• High likelihood of internal rotation to Permanent position due to high profile nature of this position.
• Pro rated bonus scheme.