Finance Business Partner

A key member of the Sigma Finance team, providing hands-on financial support to the relevant division. The role involves producing meaningful and insightful financial information for the Divisional Director and Senior Leadership team, with a strong focus on using financial information to accurately project future performance. This includes developing existing processes, preparing month end packs and variance analysis at workstream/scheme level. The role needs to ensure clear, accurate financial reporting and ongoing control of the divisional balance sheet. The role will provide a direct interface between the divisional commercial and operational activities and the central finance function with regular involvement and interaction with our key clients.

Key success measures will include timely and accurate reporting, clean annual audits, accuracy of forecasting and improvements to controls and systems. A business partnering approach is critical in this role to be the first point of call for the divisional director and commercial/operational management to support the stakeholders in achieving their own objectives and reporting on the division’s performance.

The role will involve the following:

• Production of monthly management accounts and rolling forecasts for the Division that comply with accounting standards and Sigma policies, delivered to agreed timetables and outputs.
• Produce key variance and trend analysis to produce insights that will assist in decision making.
• Production of the divisional operating budgets and forecasts, helping identify risks and opportunities.
• Production of the divisional open book contract budgets for agreement with the respective client (where applicable).
• Weekly meetings with General Managers across the business units to review scheme profitability, process development, orderbook/pipeline and assist in ad hoc analysis.
• Weekly reviews with the Divisional Director/Commercial Manager to review performance, exception reporting and orderbook/pipeline.
• Financial analysis of workstream and project profitability and presenting back to stakeholders.
• Ensure the completion of balance sheet reconciliations to timetable and sign-off with the Business Partnering Controller, identifying potential adjustments (scoresheet).
• Driving process improvement and leveraging functionality of existing systems to ensure effective and efficient financial management within the company.
• Help maximise cash within the division supporting the Accounts Receivable team through proactive, effective and proportionate management of working capital, fostering a culture of cash-backed profit.
• Provide financial input and support to tenders and commercial proposals as required by the commercial manager.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience working in warehousing, logistics or fulfilment-based business would be an advantage with a strong understanding of best practices.
• Excellent analytical skills with experience of producing management accounts, variance analysis, financial modelling, processes and systems.
• Strong knowledge and experience of Excel, with ability to clearly and succinctly present financial information to stakeholders.
• Experience of Finance / ERP systems, and other Office software experience.
• Strong communication skills across all stakeholders.
• Clear and concise reporting skills.
• Ability to deliver key messages.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Planning, organising and adhering to tight deadlines.
• Ability to use own initiative and a problem-solving mindset.
• Flexible approach and a “can-do” attitude.

Qualifications:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA).
• At least 2 years’ experience working in a similar environment.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• A day’s ‘birthday leave’ to be taken within your birthday month.
• Opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday.
• Opportunity for hybrid working.
• Ability to participate in the Octopus EV salary sacrifice scheme.
• Ability to participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Healthshield cash plan with discounts on high street stores.
• Free external financial advice - offering support for mortgages, pensions and insurances.
• Enhanced family friendly pay.
• Free tea, coffee and fruit on all sites.

Opportunity to be involved with:

• Group Colleague Board.
• Mental Health First Aider Community.
• Quarterly Corporate Events/Charity Involvement.

Sigma is committed to providing colleagues with opportunities to progress their career, supported by a range of training and development activities and interventions. If you think you’ve got what it takes to join our growing, winning team we’d love to hear from you.