Global Finance Business Partner

Role:Global Finance Business Partner

Location: Manchester

Thanks for checking out our job opening; we are excited that YOU are interested in learning more about NCC Group.

We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are brilliantly creative, we embrace difference and we want you to join in our mission, to make the world safer and more secure.

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The Opportunity:

The prime responsibility of this finance role is to support the Group Commercial Finance (GCF) Director in the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting of the capability (department), acting as a trusted advisor. The GCF team are highly visible and take a lead role in evaluating the financial performance of the Group against strategic objectives, through the use of models, accounting software and MI analysis tools. This function acts as the analytical engine of the company to provide insights and decision support to optimise performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Become a trusted advisor to the capability leadership teams, identifying opportunities for improvement and providing robust financial evaluation to inform and influence decision making.
• Ability to articulate to GCF Director what is “good, bad, getting better, getting worse” and make recommendations.
• Provide monthly analysis of departmental performance against budget, forecast and prior years, identifying risks and opportunities, and apply a solution-based approach to problem solving.
• Ensure that all data and reporting is robust and accurate, highlighting inaccuracies and driving continuous improvement.
• Adopt a rhythmic approach to stakeholder management, by creating timely reports in consistent formats, which are understandable to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Lead the execution of forecast, budget and strategic planning processes for the departments.
• Evaluate any potential investment opportunities and provide post investment appraisal of any such opportunities.

Desirable Requirements:

• IT confident; Excel and PowerPoint essential, experience in Adaptive, Workday and Kantata advantageous.
• Experienced in managing stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret diverse and complex data and summarise for stakeholders
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Positive attitude, resilient to change and a continuous improvement attitude

Behaviours:

• Focusing on Clients and Customers
• Working as One NCC ​
• Always Learning​
• Being Inclusive and Respectful​
• Delivering Brilliantly

About NCC Group

The NCC Group family has over 2,200 members located all around the world, providing a trusted advisory service to 15,000 customers. Born in the UK, we have now have offices in North America, Canada, Europe, Asia- Pacific and United Arab Emirates.

We are passionate about helping our customers to protect their brand, value and reputation against the ever-evolving threat landscape. We fuel that passion with investment in our people and our business.

Our values and code of ethics are at the heart of how we operate – we work together, we are brilliantly creative and we embrace difference. We treat everyone and everything with equal respect.

We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe to be authentic, sharing their personal experiences to represent the diversity of the world they live in, and have equal opportunity to achieve their best.

About your application

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us to retain your details, please email [email protected]. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Policy. We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to BS7858 screening as a mandatory requirement.