The Finance Business Partner supports Liberty Blume Operations leadership through financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, revenue assurance, capital allocation, profitability analysis, and performance improvement. The role provides financial reporting, challenges cost efficiency, supports business cases, assesses risks and opportunities, and translates business developments into financial impact. It also requires stakeholder management, strategic commercial thinking, and knowledge of US GAAP, accounting principles, and SOX guidelines.
We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to join us in Bradford and Leeds.
This role will be within Liberty Blume Operations which consists of three key pillars - Business Solutions, Procurement and Financial Solutions.
The Finance Business Partner will support the Liberty Blume Operations pillar and leadership team, and is responsible for ensuring financial discipline and transparency, ensure assessments on Capital Allocation are rigorously applied and help shape and execute the Liberty Blume growth strategy.
What will you be doing?
Influence strategy from a financial perspective
- Provide finance business partnership to the Liberty Blume Leadership team and supporting in realising their (financial) objectives
- Challenge the business to improve the efficiency of the function and optimize cost base
- Support in ensuring services are correctly priced, maximising profitability, and charged to customers (Revenue Assurance)
- Ensure the production of monthly financial information to enable the leadership teamto monitor the performance of the business
- Act as financial interface between business stakeholders and other parts of the finance community
- Enable an efficient process and tooling to facilitate financial reviews for monthly actual and forecast as well as budget cycle
- Work with business on specific business cases to ensure optimal allocation of capital and maximise returns for Liberty Blume
- Responsible for forecast accuracy and overview of risks and opportunities
- Challenge performance and initiate improvement /close the gap initiatives
- Provide support to the Liberty Blume Finance Director in realising their (financial) objectives including customer profitability
- Support the wider Finance Business Partnering team where appropriate, to ensure an efficient team dynamic
General and Leadership
- Responsible for the financial translation of business issues and developments
- Participate in substantial operational and financial review meetings with management
- Internally focus activity and resources to improve service to the finance community
- Create and foster a proactive approach to smarter, cost effective support and implementation models that challenge status quo
We tend to look for people with:
PREFERRED EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:- Qualified accountant with demonstrable experience in business partnering / stakeholder management
- Analytically strong and pragmatic with a long term vision
- Commercial and strategic mindset to help set and execute overall strategy
- Ability to apply sound business practices and building relationships with senior management
- Result driven, output focused team player
- Being able to build bridges and create support for improvements
- Being able to translate budgets in business cases into operational impact assessments
- Proactive and self-reliant/ independent self-starter
- Fits into ambitious, result-driven, down-to-earth culture
- Strong organisational and operational skills, able to plan effectively, anticipate on issues and solving problems
- Knowledge of USGAAP, Accounting principles & SOX guidelines
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
- Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
- Matched pension contribution up to 10%
- Access to our car benefit scheme
- Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
- The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team
Who we are:
#LibertyBlume a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!
Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We’re eager to hear from you, no matter your background.
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