Finance Business Partner

2 months ago

Bedford, United Kingdom Receptional Full time
DescriptionWe are seeking a dedicated and proactive Finance Business Partner to join our team. 

The Finance Business Partner is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end finance operations, financial forecasting, management reporting, and strategic financial planning. This role involves enhancing financial procedures and controls, supporting company growth initiatives, and managing the finance team. The Finance Business Partner will also handle ad-hoc projects and requests as they arise, ensuring the company's financial health and compliance with all regulations. 
About Us: Are you looking for a role where your colleagues are bright and engaged, the work is rewarding, and there’s plenty of opportunity for progression? At Receptional, we love working with challenger brands that are changing the world. It means we’re growing fast and looking for enthusiastic people to grow with us. Receptional is a multi-award-winning team of creative and digital marketers that have been working with some of the world’s best-known and challenger brands for 25 years. We offer a variety of services to our clients ranging from one-off projects to multi-channel campaigns.  A major part of our success is the people that work for us. We hire diverse people with potential and enable them to flourish with training and progression with both team and individual training budgets to support your growth. This is a company where you can build a career, we are long-term focused and reward great performance with clearly defined career progression paths. We place culture at the center of our business with an array of annual initiatives ranging from charity to social events. Work/life balance is of utmost importance to us. We believe in providing a supportive and collaborative environment to enable you to reach your full potential.  An Award-Winning Team: In the last 25 years, Receptional has won multiple awards, not only for the work we do with our clients, but also for our exceptional team culture and dedication to nurturing and advancing our team members.  Our commitment to providing a supportive environment encourages personal and professional growth, ensuring that each member not only contributes to our success but also thrives individually.  A small selection of the awards we have won together: 
  • Employer of the Year for Luton & Bedfordshire at the SME Business Awards 2022.
  • SBC Marketing & Services Provider of the Year 2022
  • Best Agency Culture (Silver Award) 2022 at the UK Agency Awards
  • The Financial Services Forum's Agency of the Year Award 2023 
  Our values are what drives us: At Receptional, we're propelled by a shared ambition to redefine the digital marketing landscape.  Our values are the pillars that support our journey towards innovation and excellence. As the perfect teammate, you will be:  Dynamic: Embrace change, energise the room, and pivot swiftly to navigate the evolving landscape of digital marketing. Forward-Thinking: Anticipate the next big thing, innovate solutions, and set trends that keep us and our clients ahead of the curve. Curious: Always question, always learn. Your thirst for knowledge fuels our growth and leads us down unexplored paths to success. Collaborative: Together, we achieve more. Share ideas, unite efforts, and celebrate the victories as a team. Transparent: Communicate with clarity and honesty, building trust and fostering an open environment where ideas and feedback flourish.
Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial Management and Reporting
  • Prepare monthly management accounts and board reports.
  • Present financial figures and findings at monthly Board meetings.
  • Prepare and continually review forecast reports.
  • Meet monthly with department teams to ensure accurate forecasting.
  • Review monthly accruals, prepayments, and similar accounting entries.
  • Develop and implement KPI reporting 
 Compliance and Regulatory Responsibilities
  • Prepare quarterly VAT returns and review before submission.
  • Ensure compliance with all tax and regulatory requirements.
  • Prepare year-end accounts and reconciliations for external accountants.
  • Act as the main point of contact with external accountants.
 Budgeting, Forecasting, Monitoring, and Strategic Planning
  • Prepare monthly payroll reports and coordinate with external payroll providers.
  • Set up payroll payments and ensure accuracy.
  • Set annual budgets and conduct monthly reviews to ensure alignment with financial goals.
  • Develop and implement financial strategies to support company growth.
  • Conduct financial analysis to identify risks and propose solutions.
  • Drive the continuous improvement of end-to-end accounting practices and financial controls.
  • Oversee the development and monitoring of budgets and forecasts.
  • Regularly review financial performance and provide insights to senior management.
 Risk Management
  • Identify Financial Risks: Proactively identify potential financial risks, including market volatility, liquidity risks, and operational risks.
  • Develop Mitigation Strategies: Develop and implement strategies to mitigate identified risks, ensuring the company's financial stability and integrity.
  • Regular Risk Assessments: Conduct regular and comprehensive risk assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of current risk management strategies and identify new potential risks.
  • Internal Controls: Establish and maintain robust internal controls to safeguard the company’s assets and ensure the accuracy of financial records.
  • Compliance Monitoring: Ensure continuous compliance with relevant financial regulations and standards, updating policies as necessary to reflect changes in the regulatory environment.
  • Insurance Management: Manage the company's insurance policies, ensuring adequate coverage against potential risks and reviewing policies annually for cost-effectiveness and coverage adequacy.
  • Crisis Management Planning: Develop and maintain a crisis management plan to ensure business continuity in the event of unforeseen disruptions.
  • Reporting and Communication: Prepare and present risk management reports to senior management and the board, communicating key risks and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies.
  • Training and Awareness: Conduct regular training sessions for staff to raise awareness of risk management policies and procedures, fostering a culture of risk awareness within the organization.
 Team Leadership and Development
  • Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team, ensuring high performance and continuous improvement.
  • Delegate tasks effectively and ensure the finance team meets its objectives.
 Continuous Improvement & Innovation
  • Explore and Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance financial processes.
 Ad-Hoc Projects
  • Handle ad-hoc financial projects and requests as they arise.
  • Support company initiatives with financial expertise and insights.


Skills Knowledge and ExpertiseEssential Skills
  • 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 BenefitsEvery half-decent agency has a beer fridge and free fruit. It’s all a bit samey, a bit bleugh. We take a different approach, with benefits based around our five core values. But there is, of course, free beer and fruit, if you want it. Transparent
  • We have open, honest conversations and strive to communicate clearly and constructively​.
  • Company-wide meetings every Monday
  • Whole-team business reviews every quarter
  • Twice yearly appraisals
  • Transparent pay scale and skills matrix
  • Bonuses split equally among the team
 Forward-thinking
  • We invest in innovation, thought leadership and wellbeing, to improve our people and work.
  • 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
 Dynamic
  • We’re flexible in our work and value creative thinking. 
  • Modern, spacious office with table tennis
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Your own high-spec PC
  • Monthly rewards for top performers
 Collaborative
  • We’re an integrated team. We see strength in diversity and value collective expertise​.
  • A focus group to make everyone’s voice heard
  • Quarterly days out - from canoeing to falconry
  • Team fundraising for our charity of the year
  • Celebrations for Pride, Black History Month and more
 Curious
  • We’re inquisitive and think beyond the brief. Information and experience make us smarter.​
Founded in 1999, shortly after Google, Receptional is an award-winning agency that's remained at the forefront of digital marketing for over 20 years.  A team of 50+ creative and technical marketers, we're a dynamic, forward-thinking bunch that believes in being transparent, collaborative and curious.  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.
Receptional constantly aims high and finishes higher. Our work has been frequently rewarded in recent years, resulting in us being named Search Agency of the Year by The Drum and Best Integrated Search Agency at both the UK and European Search Awards.
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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