NISH-002-26 Group Finance Business Partner

JOB TITLE - Group Finance Business Partner

LOCATION - Any NSG Office

DEPARTMENT - Corporate Overhead

POSITION - Staff

CLEARANCE - BPSS

Working at NIS

NIS Holdings Ltd has been delivering work programmes in the nuclear industry for over 40 years. Traditionally in the areas of decommissioning and waste management, NIS now has a broad customer base and provides a wide spectrum of services across the nuclear project lifecycle, ranging from expert consultancy support, R&D and engineering design to rekit and refurbishment, site installation services and high-hazard physical decommissioning works, amongst others. This work is delivered at NIS' own offices and purpose-built facilities and nuclear sites across the UK. The delivery and management of these projects and programmes of work is carried out by a skilled workforce composed of both white-collar and blue-collar personnel in technical, administrative, and physical roles.

Our core values of Passion, Integrity, Challenge and Collaboration drive performance and ensure we add significant value. If joining us as a member of staff, we will support your professional development in an exciting and challenging work environment that will enable you to use, develop and hone your technical expertise in a supportive and collaborative working environment.

The Role

To support and report to the Senior Group Finance Business Partner in delivering financial insight, forecasting, contract reporting and commercial analysis across the Group companies, whilst driving efficiencies and encouraging continuous improvement to maximise stakeholder knowledge and visibility.

Key Objectives

Management Reporting & Analysis

• Review monthly contract and divisional performance reports produced by cost engineers.
• Help introduce variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Support month-end reporting and reporting packs.
• Maintain dashboards, KPI trackers and management information (supporting the wider finance team

Forecasting & Budgeting

• Support monthly preparation for forecasts and annual budgets.
• Consolidate operational inputs and track forecast accuracy.

Contract Financial Management

• Attend monthly project reviews.
• Monitor performance against budgets and tender assumptions.
• Oversee contract risk and opportunity registers as well as managing central contingencies.
• Escalate significant risks and margin concerns.

Business Partnering

• Provide day-to-day finance support to operational teams.
• Attend contract review meetings and track actions.
• Support budget holders in understanding performance (supporting the wider finance team)

Commercial Support

• Support tender evaluations and pricing models where instructed.
• Assist with bid submissions and contract reviews where instructed.
• Support commercial and client audits.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA finalist, part-qualified or equivalent professional qualification - Essential
• Strong analytical and accounting skills supported by relevant professional study and practical experience. - Essential
• Evidence of continued professional development and commitment to completing a professional qualification - Essential
• Knowledge of project controls, cost engineering or earned value principles - Desirable
• Understanding of project, contract or commercial finance principles - Essential
• Awareness of forecasting, budgeting and management reporting methodologies - Essential

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience in financial analysis, assistant finance business partnering and/or management accounting roles - Essential
• Experience preparing, reviewing or supporting monthly management accounts and performance reporting - Essential
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes within a multi-business or operational environment - Desirable
• Experience analysing financial performance and identifying trends, risks and opportunities - Essential
• Experience working with operational stakeholders to improve financial understanding and performance management - Essential
• Understanding of contract profitability, margin analysis and project financial performance measurement - Essential
• Experience reviewing variances against budget, forecast and prior performance - Essential
• Experience consolidating data from multiple sources to support reporting and decision making - Desirable
• Knowledge of contract risk and opportunity management processes - Desirable
• Experience supporting month-end and year-end reporting activities - Essential
• Experience attending operational, project or contract review meetings and providing financial challenge where appropriate - Desirable
• Knowledge of financial controls, governance and compliance requirements - Essential
• Experience working within a project, engineering, construction, utilities or infrastructure environment - Desirable
• Exposure to cost engineering, project controls, EACs (Estimate at Completion) or contract forecasting processes - Essential

Skills & Abilities

• Strong numerical and analytical capability with the ability to interpret large datasets and draw meaningful conclusions - Essential
  
• Ability to identify key business drivers impacting financial performance and profitability - Essential
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to understand operational impacts on financial outcomes - Essential
• Strong business partnering skills with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively - Essential
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences - Essential
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines - Essential
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement within delegated authority levels - Essential

NIS Holdings are a Disability Confident Committed Employer