Finance Business Partner

Equans is looking for a Finance Business Partner to join in Lewisham on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package. This is an onsite role. The post holder will support healthcare contracts in London & South East.

The Finance Business Partner is responsible for leading a team of Finance Analysts/Management Accountants and delivering professional, timely and accurate financial reporting & forecasting for a range of business units within Sustainable FM. This is a broad role, which encompasses financial management, contractual support, risk and team management. This will also include direct self-delivery of the above for a range of business units.

What will you deliver?

• Being the first point of contact for the business when out of the ordinary requests/issues arise to ensure proper delivery to requests as well as ensuring appropriate level of understanding in the task is established.
• Lead a small team of Qualified & part-qualified finance professionals including managers and review their work.
• Structure, motivate, coach and develop your team.
• Take responsibility for the production and management of timely/accurate/compliant monthly financial results (P&L and balance sheet) for each of the service lines within your scope.
• Manage the forecasting exercises (budget and re-forecasts).
• Monitor, track and analyse the operational expenses in the month and recommend efficiencies where possible.
• Presentation of meaningful trends and variance analysis to enable your customers to make informed decisions.
• Provision of internal and statutory audit justifications as required.
• Take responsibility for the production of key financial indicators.
• Analyse and provide recommendations to site management to optimise the Company’s position (i.e. supplier payments, debtor days, etc).
• Evaluate and challenge - using appropriate data and analytics - the budgeting and operations of each site and service line: resource levels, performance vs. output specifications and suitable benchmarks.
• Ensure that support to general managers is optimised to minimise performance penalties.
• Analyse root causes/recommendations.
• Liaise with relevant staff to improve paper flow and cash flow, making suggestions where appropriate.
• Proactively analyse/audit contractual compliance and risks to provide sound support to site management and ensure that the business is gaining full entitlement of contractual arrangements.
• This can involve meeting with external clients when required.
• Monitor the monthly service fee and variations and draft contractual claims for each service when commercial shortfalls are apparent.
• Provide support to your manager and business leaders when tendering for new opportunities (pricing, modelling, etc).
• Take an active part in the optimisation of our management systems and reporting suite – to provide meaningful financial information to our customers in the most effective way.
• Lead transversal projects.
• Identify improvement areas and generate ideas from your team, and implement these ideas.
• Continuously identify, devise and deliver improvements on an incremental basis.

What can we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays).
• Life Cover equivalent to 2 times annual salary.
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers.
• Gym membership discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year.
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes.
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme.
• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app.

Who are we looking for?

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA qualified).
• Previous experience with PFI.
• Previous experience of people management.
• Good financial & commercial acumen.
• Ability to analyse complex data with high levels of accuracy.
• Good communicator and very strong inter-personal skills.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and customer service skills.
• Excellent planning & administration skills.
• Ability to manage own and others workloads to meet set deadlines.
• Being open to innovation and new ways of working.
• Innovative thinking and can do attitude.
• Strong IT skills with excellent working knowledge of ERP system, ideally SAP, as well as other systems in use within the business, e.g. Maximo, Planon, Coupa etc.

As part of our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do; should you join Equans you'll find a welcoming and open workplace where you're supported and encouraged to be your true self at work.

You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.