Finance Business Partner

4 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Wales & West Utilities Full time

Location- Bristol- Salary- £39,547 - £45,195- Contract- Permanent (Full Time)- Closing date- 3rd June 2024- Working hours
- 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 a Finance Business Partner 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.

**We’ll trust you to**:

- To provide a finance business partnering service to Performance Managers and First Line Manager’s, ensuring they understand their TOTEX cost base.
- To 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.
- Produce 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’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 £39,547 rising to £45,195
- 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**

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business - from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

**Interested?**

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



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