Finance Business Partner

Purpose of Role
This role is pivotal in the success of Connected Kerb, owning the end-to-end reporting and forecasting process for our delivery projects. You will be responsible for the reporting and analysis for the firm’s projects, ensuring installations, operations & maintenance of our chargers are aligned to budget. This role is also responsible for ensuring timely billing and external reporting. You will be successful because you are highly organised, forward looking, good with data and passionate about ensuring the fiscal health throughout the entire project life cycle. Join a team of highly creative, collaborative colleagues and partner with our Account Management, Operations & Maintenance and Delivery teams to ensure our projects are financially sound.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide end‐to‐end project accounting management from project creation to close‐out contracts.
• Prepare the monthly Project Accounts – Prepare the month end financial reports and gross margin analysis, working closely alongside Project Managers, Account Managers, and the sales team to ensure all project costs and revenues are recorded and analysed accurately and on time.
• Prepare & post the monthly concession accounting journal entries, and maintain the register ensuring supporting documentation for fair value & client contribution IDNO rebate & connection costs tracking, and ensuring these are accounted for correctly on a monthly basis.
• Monitoring cost of sales accruals & hardware journals to ensure correct timing and levels of cost recognition.
• Complete a review of fair value for concession projects on a regular basis, feeding into an annual impairment review.
• Prepare all month end journals to account for our Operations and Maintenance activities, working closely with the Operations team to ensure all costs are captured & accuracy of project allocation.
• Feed into the company business plan, taking ownership of Delivery & Operations & Maintenance departmental forecasts.
• Provide reforecasts when required with a valuable ‘look ahead’ for the senior leadership team.
• Review project contracts for financial details and understand contract terms to ensure compliance and timely sales billing.
• Assist with the year-end audit, liaising with the auditors specifically around revenue recognition and cost capitalisation.
• Work closely with Chief Delivery Officer & Chief Network Operations Officer, establishing successful business relationships and ensuring accurate and consistent billing and financial reporting at the project levels.
• Month end reporting, identifying and highlighting risks.
• Provide variance analysis and value add commentary.
• Implement and execute proper controls to proactively support, monitor and communicate budget.
• Review project WIP, revenue, backlog, budget variances, and profitability, and ensure all billable expenses are billed; track latest comments on project and WIP status.
• Ensure sales invoices are raised and issued to customers in a timely and accurate manner.
• Monitor payment and follow up overdue invoices where necessary.
• Prepare claims and back up documentation for grant funding and associated audits, ensuring deadlines for claims are met.
• Automate where possible, to ensure timely billing to clients.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Ideally part-qualified or newly qualified ACCA or CIMA.
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail, high level of accuracy and effective in prioritising work.
• Recent experience working in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, utilities, or infrastructure sectors.
• In-depth understanding of forecasting complex and long-term projects.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience in preparation of project reports and the analysis of variances.
• Review and challenge of financials with management team.
• Highly desirable – experience with or exposure to concession accounting.
• Evidence of attention to detail, such as experience of distributing complex or confidential information without requiring review.
• Strong interpersonal skills, the ability and willingness to work and co-operate effectively with people from different organisational levels, both internally and externally as may be required.
• A flexible and resilient approach to work, able to use initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Candidates must be able to work in the UK without restrictions.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• Competitive Pension Scheme - via Royal London.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working model.
• 28 days of holidays and generous Family Leave policies.
• Central London location (Soho).
• Lots of opportunities to socialise!

Why should you choose Connected Kerb as your next career move?

• We are passionate about people and will work with you to define opportunities to develop your career.
• Lots of opportunities to really develop your expertise.
• A flat organisation, where exceptional talents can make a real impact.
• A diverse and exciting work atmosphere, working with passionate and talented teams.

Connected Kerb is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Connected Kerb. Please note, we do not accept speculative CVs and we are not accepting CVs submitted by recruitment agencies.