Company description:
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.
Job description:
Role Title: Finance Business Partner / Strategic Cost Accountant
Division: Finance
Location: Glasgow, Liverpool, London
Contract: Fixed Term
Working pattern: Hybrid
About the Role
Support the Head of Strategic Costs Insight (and wider Strategic Finance team) across a range of projects and regular reporting.
What youll 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)
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