Financial Operations Specialist

5 days ago


Pontefract, Wakefield, United Kingdom Optimum Recruitment Group Limited Full time
Finance Business Partner Opportunity

Optimum Recruitment Group Limited is proud to be working with a well-established business based on the outskirts of Pontefract, who are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner.

About the Role

We are seeking a fully qualified accountant with post-qualification experience and solid finance business partnering skills to join our client's team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a strong financial counterpoint in all site-based decisions, both strategic and operational.

Key Responsibilities
  • Business Partnering: Connecting the finance team with the operational business, raising risks early and communicating the story of what is happening on-site.
  • Financial Forecasting: Ensuring complete and accurate profit and cashflow forecasting for projects, working with various departments, challenging assumptions and reporting to business stakeholders.
  • Reporting: Producing clear, accurate, monthly and weekly reports on project progress.
  • Stakeholder Management: Influencing a range of stakeholders, across levels of seniority and departments, building relationships and responding at speed to queries.
  • Financial Risk Assessment: Carrying out financial risk-assessments of any new potential commercial decisions.
  • Project Management: Risk-managing project stacks, advising key stakeholders early of potential risks and planning contingencies.
  • Commercial Analysis: Providing commercial recommendations based on a deep understanding of the business, cost benefit analysis and accurate analysis of development options.
  • Operations Monitoring: Constantly monitoring the operations from a commercial perspective, proposing options to minimise costs and maximise revenue wherever possible.
  • Sales Analysis: Analysing and benchmarking sales, advising on base loads, pricing and variables where appropriate.
  • Communication: Giving regular clear, concise presentations to all levels of management, the finance team, CFO, chairing or contributing to meetings with the board, explaining finance to non-finance professionals and exercising tact in sharing risks and concerns.
What We Offer

The salary banding for this role is between £45,000 - £60,000 (depending on skills and experience) plus benefits.



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