Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom Receptional Full time
Job Title: Finance Business Partner

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Business Partner to join our team at Receptional. As a key member of our finance team, you will play a critical role in supporting the company's growth and financial success.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Financial Management and Reporting: Prepare monthly management accounts and board reports, present financial figures and findings at monthly Board meetings, and develop and implement KPI reporting.
  • Compliance and Regulatory Responsibilities: Prepare quarterly VAT returns, ensure compliance with all tax and regulatory requirements, and prepare year-end accounts and reconciliations for external accountants.
  • Budgeting, Forecasting, Monitoring, and Strategic Planning: Prepare monthly payroll reports, set up payroll payments, and ensure accuracy, set annual budgets, and conduct monthly reviews to ensure alignment with financial goals, and develop and implement financial strategies to support company growth.
  • Risk Management: Identify financial risks, develop mitigation strategies, conduct regular risk assessments, establish and maintain robust internal controls, ensure continuous compliance with relevant financial regulations and standards, manage the company's insurance policies, and develop and maintain a crisis management plan.
  • Team Leadership and Development: Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team, ensuring high performance and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
  • Minimum of 5 years in a similar role, preferably in a growing company.
  • Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA) preferred.
  • Previous experience managing a finance team.
  • Ability to delegate and manage the work of others.
  • Strong technical accounting knowledge.
  • Excellent Excel skills, including formulas and modelling.
  • Experience with accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR).
  • Proficiency in producing management accounts and financial analysis.
  • Good knowledge of accounting software (e.g., Xero).
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to accommodate urgent requests.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Our Values and Benefits:

We take a different approach to benefits, with a focus on our five core values: Transparent, Forward-thinking, Dynamic, Collaborative, and Curious. Our benefits include:

  • Transparent pay scale and skills matrix.
  • Bonuses split equally among the team.
  • Free fresh fruit and healthy snacks.
  • Mental health training and first aiders.
  • Annual health check and flu jab.
  • Fantastic pension plans.
  • Enhanced pay for parental/adoption leave.
  • Modern, spacious office with table tennis.
  • Cycle-to-work scheme.
  • Your own high-spec PC.
  • Monthly rewards for top performers.

We're an award-winning agency that's remained at the forefront of digital marketing for over 20 years. We promise to deliver Smarter Digital Thinking for our clients, through our proprietary tools, customer insights, and talented team. Together, these enable us to deliver industry-leading results at speed. Our purpose is to create Better People, Better Lives. It means we hire people with potential and enable them to flourish, contribute research and insights that drive industry change, and get involved in Bedfordshire life, supporting local causes such as the King's Arms Project and Woodgreen Pets Charity. Our approach has been recognised by Investors in People accreditation and a UK Company Culture Award. We work across diverse sectors and are proud to have unmatched experience in sports, gaming, and financial services. Our clients include Away Resorts, Betdaq, Bill Plant Driving School, Bright Horizons, Casumo, Kiddi Caru, Plus500, and Skilling. We're always looking for enthusiastic people to join us across our teams: Business Development & Marketing, Content, Creative, HR, Finance & Development, Operations, Outreach, Paid Search & Social, PR, SEO.



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