Assistant Finance Business Partner

We are pleased to be recruiting for an Assistant Finance Business Partner on behalf of our client, a cleaning and security services company with over 30 years of history.

This is a full time, hybrid role, with 3 days in their London office a week.

Main Responsibilities

• Assisting with the preparation/completion of budgets / Forecasts
• Owning full month end close adhering to monthly timetable ensuring prepayments are accurate, timely and align to audit requirements
• Provide full month end variance reconciliations - Act vs. Budget / vs. Forecast
• Monthly financial / operational reviews to take place with all site managers to ensure strict controls are in place to monitor opportunities and risks to the financials
• Monthly completion of forecasts to be completed following month end to ensure any potential risks are highlighted early to allow for intervention / rectification.
• Assist Finance Manager with audit sign off
• Assist credit control with any outstanding aged debt
• Adhoc invoicing support
• Quick resolution of any disputed balances, through escalation to Commercial Manager.
• Deal with ad-hoc supplier / customer queries as and when they come through
• Own Contract Change (CES Change) process in CHASE to ensure accurate rostering and invoicing
• Support and maintain contract data within SAP Contract Module
• CES support i.e. checking formulas are flowing through correctly, supplier costs are up to date etc.

Requirements

• Previous experience within a Commercial / Finance Team within a similar environment.
• Looking to career progression into a Finance Business Partner role.
• Full understanding of finance processes / practices, who is working towards a finance qualification.
• High level of verbal and written skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve tight deadlines essential.
• Ability to deliver accurate and timely information to the Finance Business Partner.
• High level of organisational skills.
• Ability to communicate with and provide support to customers, employees and teams at all levels.
• Strong level of IT skills - MS Office but mainly Excel. Ability to create multiple tier spreadsheets.