Overview

Finance Business Partner (18 Months FTC)

Why choose us?

Choosing to work for SMS means choosing to make a difference. We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone. Through our range of innovative energy solutions, we are delivering the future of smart energy working closely with private and public sector partners we are playing a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK economy by 2050.

Benefits

• 25 personal holiday days per year (with additional 8 public holidays) increasing to 30 personal days after 5 years of service (includes options to buy and sell)
• Hybrid working options
• Automatic enrolment into our Employee Ownership Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity leave. Paternity and Adoption leave.
• 24/7 free and confidential employee assistance service
• Simplyhealth health plan offers a wide variety of benefits from cashback on everyday healthcare treatments like optical, dental and physio treatments. Discounted gym memberships and free 24/7 online GP
• Life Insurance (4 x annual salary)
• Pension matching scheme (up to 5% of salary)
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering internal and external accredited courses, secondments and study support

Role

The Finance Business Partner will play a key role in supporting the commercial finance function, developing the working relationships with operational leads for the ESL Metering and Data business areas. This position focuses on maintaining and improving accurate financial reporting of these areas whilst driving efficiencies and improvements across the business. This role is offered on a 12-months Fixed-Term contract and the working hours are 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• To deliver comprehensive financial information and commentary on performance against budget / reforecast including review of Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
• Preparation and review of month end journals.
• Focus to reduce aged debt by understanding drivers and customer issues.
• Preparation of annual budget forecasts and reforecasts for relevant business units.
• Ownership of financial data with focus on business drivers, key messages and no surprises.
• Continuous improvement of processes and flow of information between departments.
• Reporting of business specific KPIs for example aborts, utilisation, job mix.
• Preparation of month end business pack for review with Operational leads.
• Weekly and Ad hoc meetings with operational leads.
• Mentoring of finance assistants / analysts within the team promoting and supporting a learning environment.

Qualifications

• A professionally qualified Accountant.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, financial modelling and ERP systems (D365 preferable).
• Excellent reporting skills and are commercially astute.
• Experience in mentoring, coaching and developing team members.
• The ability to work closely with, and build relationships, with different departments.
• A problem solver and analytical thinker.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• A motivated self-starter with a flexible working attitude and the ability to adapt to a fast paced environment.