Finance Business Partner

3 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Wales & West Utilities Full time

**Finance Business Partner**

**Job details**

**Salary**: £36,348 - £41,539

**Business Area**:Finance

**Location**:Bristol

**Contract Type**:Permanent (Full Time)

**Working hours/pattern**:37 hours per week, Monday - Friday

**Who are we?**

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

**What we’re looking for?**

We’re looking for Finance Business Partners to provide finance guidance and support to the Operations Performance Managers and support the wider finance team.

The team provides a comprehensive management accounting service to the Operations managers, the Executive and the Board, with particular emphasis on financial control and performance improvement.

You will provide a finance business partnering service to Performance Managers and FLM’s, ensuring they understand their TOTEX cost base. Provide regular challenge and review on their cost and provide consistent, timely and accurate management information, including KPI reporting.

**We’ll trust you to**:

- To provide finance guidance and support to the Operations Performance Managers and support the wider finance team. The team provides a comprehensive management accounting service to the Operations managers, the Executive and the Board, with particular emphasis on financial control and performance improvement.
- To provide a finance business partnering service to Performance Managers and FLM’s, ensuring they understand their TOTEX cost base. Provide regular challenge and review on their cost and provide consistent, timely and accurate management information, including KPI reporting.
- Manage large excel models for business initiatives and cost modelling/budgets for a rolling 8-year period.
- Production of the monthly management accounts along with all relevant Balance Sheet reconciliations. This will include posting journals, accruals and pre-payments on SAP and producing monthly and possibly weekly Management information from SAP and other relevant systems.

You can read a full job description **here**.**

**You’ll need to have**:

- Accountancy qualifications (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or be qualified by experience
- Full UK driving licence as travel around our network is required
- Strong accounting skills and accounts experience necessary
- The ability to re-prioritise workload to meet unexpected deadlines
- Strong communication skills required to work with all stakeholders of the business across multiple roles and departments
- Expert user knowledge of financial systems, SAP experience, strong spreadsheet and presentation skills
- Knowledge of non-financial systems, data-processes and activities, financial policies and procedures

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role

**What’s in it for you?**
- A competitive salary starting at £36,348 rising to £41,539.
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working opportunities
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
- 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
- “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
- Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
- Enhanced pay for parental leave
- Retail discounts and cashback scheme
- Annual salary review
- Company Sick Pay
- In-house Occupational Health Team
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Comprehensive training

**The way we do things**

Wales & West Utilities is a values-based business.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you

To apply, click the link below.



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