Finance Business Partner

Equiniti is a leading provider of technology and solutions for complex and regulated administration and payments. Our technology platforms are used by 70% of the FTSE 100, Government and other large corporates, particularly in banking, insurance and otherfinancial services. We have 1,700 clients, make £160 billion worth of payments through our systems every year, hold records for 70 million shareholders, look after pension schemes for 8 million pension scheme members, and provide services which touch 28 millioncustomers. Over a third of the UK population has dealt with Equiniti at some point during their lives.

Equiniti is a company that has been built with strong values at the very core of our offering. Dealing with some of the most successful companies and government agencies in the UK, excellence, integrity, professionalism, partnership, commercial and innovationare therefore at the heart of everything we do. We employ c.5000 people in the UK, India, Poland and the US.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

Monthly reporting / Business partnering
- Support preparation of monthly results for the MyCSP entity working closely with the MyCSP Financial Accountant, wider EQP finance team and MyCSP Head of Finance
- Preparation of monthly cost centre reporting and monthly meetings with Functional Heads of Department to understand and challenge variances to budget/forecast
- FTE reporting across MyCSP functions
- Support budget and forecasting process - ownership of staff costs and functional cost centres, work with cost centre managers to prepare and manage budgets
- Monthly revenue forecasts - work with revenue owners to collect, collate and challenge revenue forecast data
- Preparation of Inter Company accruals and accurate tracking
- Support the development, modelling and reporting capability using the Equiniti Group’s planning tool, Adaptive Insights and Workday
- Provide support to the Financial Accountant and Head of Finance as required
- Provide support to cost centre owners

Project Financials / Commercial support
- Track and provide analysis into large chargeable and transformational projects
- Owner of the Project financial pricing model
- Work with projects leads and sales lead to support the development of internal migration project financials
- First line review of project business cases
- Oversee timesheet reporting against projects, provide meaningful analysis and investigate variances with Project Managers and PMO
- Project accruals and preparation of supporting data for invoicing clients

Other responsibilities
- Owner of overpayments financial model - liaising with scheme finance team to ensure robust process/reporting and identify financial risks
- Further develop major project and programme tracking models to provide meaningful financial and risk insights
- Gainshare - preparation of detailed gainshare workings for major client
- Utilise financial and performance MI to identify and proactively drive areas for performance improvement
- Work closely with the Offshore FP&A function to achieve business outcomes, including accuracy of the overall numbers
- Provide cover for the other finance team members as required
- Production of ad-hoc analysis / insight as requested
- Support the production and monitoring of business cases as appropriate.

Skills, qualifications, knowledge and mobility.
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Demonstrable Experience in a similar management accounting / business partnering role
- Ability to drive results, having a track record of high performance and examples of delivering financial and process improvements
- Advanced excel modelling skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate finance issues to non-finance staff
- Experience of working with and supporting senior staff to develop budgets and understand variances
- Exhibiting a Growth Mindset; having an inquisitive mind, desire to learn and take on stretch goals
- Self-motivated with an ability to organise and work independently
- Team player

Desirable Skills
- Knowledge or Workday and Adaptive insights
- Basic understanding of VBA

Mobility Requirements

Domestic - Occasional travel required within the UK

MyCSP Benefits

Being a permanent member of the team at MyCSP, you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer and just one aspect of what makes us a unique employer.
- 28 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Performance related bonus
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- MyCSP Discount - 7.5% off major retailers
- Annual Dividend