Finance Business Partner – Retail in Northampton

The role is commercially focused, supporting contract and operations managers. The key to being successful in this role is adding value – working with operational teams to ensure pricing models accurately reflect what we are charging our clients and also ensuring our systems hold that information in order to leverage Power BI and automate month-end processes.

Responsibilities

• Work with operational teams to build pricing models.
• Implement a process for maintaining libraries of pricing models.
• Maintain good working relationships with operational and commercial teams while providing commercial and financial input where required.
• Review and analyse large data sets (shift data).
• Build process workflows to ensure strong controls around revenue recognition.
• Act as the link between operations and central finance functions to drive improvements and accuracy.
• Be a key driver and facilitator for implementing new processes for revenue accruals and provide evidence of the approach to external auditors.
• Ensure the accurate accounting of accrued and deferred income on a monthly basis.
• Maintain a close working relationship with OTC and RTR to ensure accurate billing data.
• Understand and challenge current business practices, identifying and implementing initiatives to continuously improve processes.
• Develop controls to prevent accounting errors in recording revenue.
• Support and drive the integration of processes after carrying out comprehensive testing on different options and approaches.
• Support the wider objectives for Business Services.

Person Specification

• ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or CIPFA qualified, ideally with some commercial experience.
• Advanced Excel skills (preferable).
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and the ability to prioritise a changing workload and use initiative.
• Good communication skills with the ability to present complex financial information to non-financial individuals.
• High level of integrity with a commitment to embedding a strong governance culture.
• Hard-working, energetic, capable of delivering high-quality work to tight reporting deadlines, and demonstrating a desire to progress within the company.
• Able to produce concise and informative reporting under tight deadlines.

Benefits

• Virtual GP access for you and household members via video or phone.
• Salary Finance scheme allowing access to 50% of earned pay before payday for a small fee.
• Choice of up to five extra days’ holiday each year.
• Optional purchase of critical illness insurance, dental treatment, technology products at an affordable cost.
• Access to high-street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms, and more through the MiDeals platform.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Life cover up to four times your salary.
• Enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan.
• Mitie Stars recognition programme with monthly cash prizes and a chance to win up to £10,000 at year end.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need reasonable adjustments, please let us know.