Commercial Finance Business Partner

Dalton Recruitment has a fantastic, newly created opportunity for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join a successful and growing UK business, currently employing around 1000 employees and turning over £60m through a multi-channel business.

With potential future succession in mind, the position is a rounded finance role with a slant towards future financial planning. It will be a key role in providing robust financial planning support to the Head of Commercial Finance and Finance Director along with the wider senior leadership team.

Key responsibilities include forecasting, budgeting, financial planning and analysis, financial modelling both for revenue streams and fleet costs. This role will also assist in any new system implementations as and when they occur. There is an accounting and historical reporting function already in place which complete all day to day transactional and reporting requirements.

A background in financial reporting is essential to understand the impact of commercial proposals on their accounting function both from a reporting and taxation perspective. The role will interact with all levels of the organization, including customer account managers and the senior leadership team, with a view to adding value and commercial awareness to the groups financial outlook and helping to drive the business forward.

The role offers an attractive salary + bonus and benefits package with "3 in, 2 from home" hybrid working (with sensible flexibility around this).

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

The below list is not complete or exhaustive and will be flexed as needs arise - within the flexible nature of an SME environment the right person will be able to adapt quickly to the latest upcoming needs of the business.

Forecast

• Monthly review of actuals vs budget and forecast with account managers
• Prepare consolidated forecasts for discussion at monthly board meetings
• Support the business to deliver adhoc forecasting and financial business reviews

Budget

• Support and run the annual financial budget setting process
• Prepare new external client contract budgets and models
• Update rate cards used in costing new business
• Track and be aware of statutory increases to be passed on to clients

Compliance & Reporting

• Estimate corporate tax instalments
• Manage German & Irish company statutory reporting
• Lease reporting to US parent company

Systems & Processes

• Improve automation of current monthly financial forecasting and budgeting
• Implement new streamlined management reporting to provide better information to the business and finance.
• Work with Fleet Management company and HR to implement improved processes around damages, fines, driving behaviour and sustainability targets

Essential knowledge & Skills

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified accountant (or equivalent) with PQE experience
• Advanced excel skills (INDEX MATCH, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, PIVOTS, CHARTS)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Highly Desirable experience

• Experience with budgets and forecasts
• Previous experience of stakeholder management
• Experience with system implementations

The position has been created in line with business growth and demands and offers a genuine opportunity for development and promotion down the line. What is needed is a proactive, curious, inquisitive approach to delivering a very visible and critical Business Partnering service across the client's commercial landscape.

Dalton Recruitment Ltd is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this role. We will always try to respond to all applications individually but due to the high volume we receive, this may simply not be possible. So if you do not hear back from us within 3 working days, please accept our apologies but please also assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion