Senior Finance Business Partner

5 months ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Capita Full time

Purpose of the role:
This role is ideal for an individual with project/programme accounting experience who has the ability to manage the finances of an £85m programme. You must be able to control the end-to-end process from cost control, financial reporting and managing receipts from a single government agency. It would help to have previous experience in programme management and long-term contract accounting. It is an opportunity to build the financial processes and relationships needed to manage financial aspects of a defined division of Selborne.

**Job title**:
Senior Finance Business Partner

**What you'll be doing**:

- Accountability for delivering quality reports and analysis to both the Authority and Senior Leadership Team within the Business Unit.
- Distil detailed understanding of overall financial data to summarised key points.
- Management and maintenance of the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow positions using the various consolidation software tools with the Capita Group.
- Through effective business partnering with relevant budget holders, produce and understand the monthly forecast. It is essential to ensure all movements are fully explainable and justifiable.
- Review and challenge budget holders with key emphasis on cost management, benefits tracking and earned value analysis.
- Ensure all revenue and cost deferrals/accruals are recorded, calculated correctly and managed so as to minimise risk.
- Present timely monthly reports and variance analysis that is meaningful and robust.
- Ensure effective cash management, invoices are raised in a timely manner in adherence to the provisions of the contract; and supplier invoices are reviewed and paid within the relevant contractual terms.
- Work with the business to produce an annual business plan and ensure handshakes are in place with all intercompany transactions within the Capita Group.
- Ensure all financial controls within the business are adhered to. Highlight areas for increased controls, generate business ‘buy in’ and implement additional controls as necessary.
- Risk analysis on the P&L both formally through the monthly reporting cycle and informally through relationships built within the senior management team.
- Provide support for reporting the financial impacts of any price performance mechanism.
- Ensure adherence to financial obligations in the agreement (e.g. indexation, cost certificates, open book requirements).
- Deputise for Financial Controller when required.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to team members.
- Providing information and advice to assist in making key financial decisions.
- Ensuring group policies and accounting standards are followed.
- Support both Internal and External Audit activities.

**What we're looking for**:

- Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) accountant.
- Ability to present to senior leaders
- High level of business acumen.
- Excellent Excel, written and oral communication skills.

**Desirable**:

- Experience working on large complex contracts with a significant impact from IFRS15. Experience with SAP as the core accounting system

**About Capita / Selborne**:
Selborne is a transformational training programme with a strategic goal of modernising Royal Navy training to deliver “better trained sailors to the front line quicker”. Selborne has consolidated many legacy contracts and in-house service provision into a single coherent training delivery mechanism with an initial value of circa £1 billion for the delivery of Naval Service Training across Royal Navy UK establishments. Selborne’s focus is to prioritise the quality and improvement of RN individual training outcomes through modernising the approach to training design and delivery through innovative solutions, underpinned by a deep collaborative working to enable operational success for the Royal Navy. As the prime contractor for Selborne, Capita leads the ‘Fisher’ industrial consortium in delivering this exciting and challenging major programme over 12 years.

**What's in it for you**:

- A competitive salary
- 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
- Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
- The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
- Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

**What we hope you’ll do next**:
**Location**:
Portsmouth
,

United Kingdom

**Time Type**:
Full time

**Contract Type**:
Permanent

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