At a Glance
- Tasks: Support strategic finance projects and deliver insightful cost reporting.
- Company: Join Rathbones, a rewarding workplace focused on investing in your future.
- Benefits: Hybrid working, clear career progression, and the chance to share in our success.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and exposure to executives.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by optimising costs and influencing senior decision-makers.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with strong financial analysis and communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
A rewarding place to work. At Rathbones, we invest in everyone's tomorrow that includes our people. We are always looking for future talent, and we can help you build a rewarding career with clear paths to progression and the opportunity to share in the success of our business.
About the Role:
- Support the Head of Strategic Costs Insight (and wider Strategic Finance team) across a range of projects and regular reporting.
What you'll be responsible for:
- Support the provision of high-quality, insight-led reporting on cost performance, efficiency opportunities, and cost impact of strategic projects.
- Cost-savings target delivery tracked against business cases/plans, with risks and variances flagged.
- Identification, quantification, and communication of cost-optimisation opportunities to decision-makers.
- Opportunities to gain direct exposure to Executive members through ongoing work.
- Ability to challenge cost owners on costs incurred and delivery of savings.
- Long-term potential for more autonomous work and development of skillset and profile within the organisation.
- Timely delivery of high-quality Executive-level cost reporting with positive stakeholder feedback.
- Delivery of agreed cost-savings targets or timely reporting on savings shortfalls.
- Clear tracking and explanation of synergy realisation, including early identification and escalation of delivery risks or shortfalls.
About you:
- Challenging the business on optimisation of the cost base to support strategic decision-making ongoing and via special projects.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work collaboratively across the Finance team and wider business.
- Driving continuous cost improvement aligned to corporate strategy.
- Experience of synergy tracking and modelling.
- Assisting with preparation of Executive-level reporting on cost base and opportunities.
- High level of attention to detail, with strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ensuring cost performance, efficiency opportunities, and financial impacts of strategic initiatives are clearly understood by senior leadership.
- Strong presentation and report-writing skills.
- Ability to adjust quickly to shifting priorities and organisational change.
- Working with the core Accounting team to provide Finance Business Partnering services to the business as required.
- Strong financial analysis experience, ideally within FP&A, commercial finance, cost management, or strategic finance.
- Ability to interpret complex financial data and turn it into clear, actionable insight.
- Involvement in synergy/CTA business cases.
- Ability to work on confidential cost-optimisation projects as required.
Professional Experience and Qualifications:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
Finance Business Partner / Strategic Cost Accountant employer: Rathbones Group Plc
At Rathbones, we pride ourselves on being a rewarding employer that invests in the future of our people. With a strong focus on career progression and a collaborative work culture, our Glasgow, Liverpool, and London locations offer unique opportunities for professional growth and direct exposure to executive leadership. Join us to be part of a team that values insight-led decision-making and supports your journey towards meaningful success.
