Finance Business Partner in Barnsley

An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at AmcoGiffen, supporting the East and West regions and providing strong commercial and financial assurance across live contracts. This role is well suited to a post qualified accountant, including candidates making their first move out of audit, who are looking to build a career in finance business partnering within a project based construction environment.

What We Offer

• Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Company contributory Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Medicash Health Cash Plan & Rewards
• Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
• Consistent learning opportunities
• Internal development programmes dedicated to supporting the development of our colleagues and future business leaders including Purposeful Leadership, Women in leadership and much more.
• A safe place to work
• Employee forum’s that provide a platform for having your voice heard

About the Business

AmcoGiffen delivers maintenance frameworks, capital delivery and complex civil engineering across the UK, including bridge reconstruction, environmental infrastructure, highways, tunnels, station works, lineside civils and utility installations. Our clients include Local Authorities, Network Rail, energy companies and environmental organisations. Join our dynamic, fast-paced environment working on multi-disciplinary projects for a diverse range of clients.

The Role

As Finance Business Partner, you will provide commercial insight, challenge and assurance across a portfolio of contracts, with a particular focus on contract accounting and the financial integrity of CVRs/Cost Value Reconciliations. You will partner closely with non‑financial colleagues, supporting contract performance, identifying trends and risks, and ensuring compliance with revenue recognition and accounting standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Business partnering with project, commercial and operational teams across the East and West regions
• Providing financial assurance and challenge to Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs)
• Applying contract accounting principles, including revenue recognition standards
• Reviewing and interpreting contract performance data to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Producing insightful financial analysis, forecasts and management information
• Supporting working capital management, including WIP, debtors and contract cashflows
• Advising stakeholders on commercial risk and financial implications of project decisions
• Supporting tendering activity and contract set‑up from a finance perspective
• Working to tight commercial and financial deadlines in a fast‑paced environment
• Contributing to continuous improvement in financial controls, reporting and processes

About You

We are looking for a confident, commercially aware finance professional who is comfortable working in a business‑facing role.

Essential:

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified, with some post‑qualification experience
• Experience in contract accounting (construction/contracting sector advantageous)
• Knowledge of revenue recognition standards
• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to evaluate trends in contract performance
• Confidence partnering non‑financial stakeholders at all levels, from Project Manager/Quantity Surveyor through to Operations Director and Regional Managing Director/Regional Commercial Director.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and persuade
• Ability to manage risk and maintain control while working to tight deadlines

A first move from audit will be considered.

Skills Required

• Contract accounting
• Financial and commercial analysis
• Business partnering and stakeholder engagement
• Financial reporting and CVR assurance

Diversity, Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing

At AmcoGiffen, we value individuality and believe that diverse teams create stronger outcomes, better decisions and more inclusive workplaces. We are committed to building an environment where everyone feels supported, respected and able to succeed, regardless of gender, background or life stage. We actively encourage applications from women and under‑represented groups, and we are focused on increasing female representation across all areas of our business through inclusive recruitment, development opportunities and supportive working practices.

Health, safety, wellbeing and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and are embedded through our SPIRIT values: Safety · Professionalism · Innovation · Respect · Integrity · Teamwork. If you are a recently qualified accountant looking to step into a true Finance Business Partner role within a dynamic, project‑driven business, we’d love to hear from you.

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent. We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork. AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now! For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team: tom.peach@amcogiffen.co.uk Recruitment Manager.

The Benefits

We offer excellent career prospects, a competitive salary, and outstanding training development and support opportunities. You can expect to receive a range of benefits (role dependent) including:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Westfield health scheme
• Minimum 25 days' holiday
• Private medical insurance