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At Fisher German our clients are at the heart of what we do. We offer the widest range of land and property services in the UK across rural, residential, commercial, utilities & infrastructure. Our team of over 800+ professionals operating from 26 offices, has the skills, experience and expertise to help clients make informed decisions.
We are looking for a Commercial Accountant / Senior Finance Business Partner who is an expert in what they do join the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Team based in our Ashby-de-la-Zouch Head Office, with hybrid working opportunity. The core purpose of this role is to initially cover a Senior Finance Business Partner on their maternity leave. In the long term, this role would develop into a commercial accounting function at Fisher German.
The role will be based from our Ashby de la Zouch office, it will be full time (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5.30pm) however we can be flexible on start/finish times as long as our core hours of 10am - 4pm are covered.
In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:
- A discretionary bonus scheme
- Private healthcare
- A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus your birthday off and two extra half days allocated for Christmas Eve & New Years Eve
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
- An online money saving portal and access to a 24/7 mental health & wellbeing service.
- Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)
Duties will include:
- Finance Business Partnering with a business Division
- Direct line management responsibilities
- Producing relevant and accurate management reporting for the firm month and year end
- Direct involvement in producing the annual budget and monthly forecasts
- Develop a process of tracking recovery of costs of sale
- Develop financial models for quoting and costing projects
- Scenario modelling for various business initiatives
- Review business plans and forecasts with a forensic approach and promote clarity and understanding
- Direct involvement in implementation of the finance dashboards in PowerBI
- Direct involvement in implementation of the financial planning software
- Ad hoc reports and tasks as required
The successful candidate will have...
- Previous experience in the Finance Business Partnering role (essential)
- People management experience (desirable)
- Ability to apply quantitative methods in financial modelling, i.e. building trends, gap analysis, sensitivity analysis etc
- The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at various levels across the business
- The ability to translate financial jargon into terms non-finance colleagues will understand
- Excellent communication skills at a variety of levels
- Proficient Microsoft Excel skills, specifically pivot tables, formulas, v- and h- lookups, financial modelling
- Be comfortable manipulating a large volume of data
- Ability to manage large workloads effectively and efficiently
- Strong attention to detail
- Preferably CIMA qualified or studying at least studying at the Management Level
Why Fisher German?
We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.
What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.
We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12 property market sectors and 24 services.
Bring Yourself to Work
It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.
