Summary: The Finance Business Partner at Equiniti plays a crucial role in delivering financial insight and analysis to support decision-making within the organization. This position involves collaborating closely with the Finance Director and business areas to manage financial processes, including month-end reporting, forecasting, and budgeting. The role requires a blend of technical accounting skills and business acumen to assess trends and risks effectively. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential for permanent placement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing support to the P&E Finance Director.
• Acting as the first point of contact for queries from assigned business areas.
• Completing the month-end process, including reviewing, analyzing, and commenting on performance.
• Managing the forecasting process, including P&L, headcount, balance sheet, and capex.
• Proactively assessing trends and risks within core activities.
• Supporting the annual budget setting exercise.
• Undertaking ad-hoc tasks and projects as required.

Key Skills:

• Fully qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Self-motivated with strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• High levels of personal accountability and flexibility to meet deadlines.
• Proven experience delivering results in challenging environments.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Ability to interpret financial information to identify business performance drivers.
• Excellent relationship building, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Prior experience and knowledge of accounting processes.
• Knowledge of financial reporting systems (Workday and Adaptive Planning desirable).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Crawley

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance