Senior Financial Business Partner

21 hours ago

StocktononTees, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom Wood PLC Full time
Job Description

Wood PLC is seeking a highly skilled Financial Business Partner to join our team for a 9-month temporary assignment. As a key member of our finance team, you will provide senior-level business and financial management expertise to our Business Line operations and finance leadership.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide leadership and guidance to the Finance Lead to support the management of the wider Finance team.
  • Work closely with Senior Accountants on Business Line contracts to understand results and forecasts, keep action logs, and ensure actions are closed out in a timely manner.
  • Attend all Business Line contract reviews to ensure that reported financials are appropriate.
  • Produce a Consolidated Monthly Financial report pack that provides robust commentary on variances across the Business Line.
  • Provide a balance of support and challenge to Business Line Contract Managers/Operations Directors on all areas of financial performance.
  • Review and challenge SGA spend and work with the Overhead accountant to accurately budget and forecast for direct and indirect overheads.
  • Support the business by bringing actionable insights to line management and ensure follow-through on implementation.
  • Actively monitor and drive improvement in DSO by providing support and challenge to the business in unbilled review sessions, monitoring Time to Bill metrics, and holding the billing team to account.
  • Ensure forecasting accuracy and predictability through the rolling forecast vs monthly results process.
  • Responsible for the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts for New Work, including validation/challenge of the accuracy of backlog, inputs from BD (CRM Data), and Operations.
  • Responsible for the consolidation and roll-up of full Business Line budgets and forecasts for review.
  • Assist the Senior Finance Manager in driving sustainable working capital improvements by working with Business Line management, project managers, supply chain, and other relevant areas.
  • Work collaboratively and cohesively with other Finance Business Partners to ensure an effective control environment exists within the business, maintain consistency within the function, and promote best practice within the team.
  • Lead the Finance effort for any new contract start-ups.
  • Work with Operations to identify trigger points where tax input is needed and work with our colleagues in tax to find the most compliant and cost-effective solution.
  • Support IFCQ/Insurance renewals data collection exercises and action any findings.
  • Identify profit-generating initiatives and opportunities that improve financial outcomes.
About Us

Wood PLC is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects, and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and offer a competitive salary with regular salary reviews, commitment to continued professional development, and global connections.

Qualifications

We are looking for a fully qualified professional with relevant accounting/business experience, excellent commercial awareness, proven leadership and people development experience, and ability to work in a matrix environment. You should have good systems experience, preferably an ERP system, and be proficient in Excel and PowerPoint. If you meet some but not all the criteria, please apply as training can be provided to support you in the role.

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