Rutherford Cross is delighted to be working with one of our key clients, currently seeking a Finance Business Partner to join the team in the North of England. This opportunity is a highly commercial role working closely with the Finance Director in the monthly preparation, production and reporting of the financial performance of the company’s contracts. You will also support the contract teams in their understanding of their contract’s financial performance and preparation of their annual budgets and have strategic input to the continued direction of the company.

Key Duties:

• Producing & reviewing accurate monthly contract accounts and reports to Managers, Directors & Group Board, including variance analysis
• Liaising with the Financial Controller to ensure that the accounting information is completed / processed accurately and within agreed timescales to enable the Management Information to be prepared, understood, and completed in line with company procedures and timelines
• Preparing analysis and commentary on contract performance. Investigating and resolving issues, in a diligent and logical manner within agreed timescales
• Reviewing and familiarising Finance related areas of Project Agreements for each contract
• Reviewing individual contract budgets, collating supporting documentation and analysis for consolidation and producing 5-year budgets for submission to the board
• Assisting in the preparation of year-end management accounts, financial accounts, and audit files. Including liaising and providing information to external auditors
• Identifying and implementing business process improvements / new IT systems, ensuring compliance with all group reporting information requirements and deadlines
• Ensuring all written and computer work / input is completed accurately and assuming responsibility for ensuring the business is operating with effective internal controls
• Maintaining good housekeeping within your work area
• Co-operating effectively with colleagues and Management
• Ensuring that the area in which you are working is safe for yourself and others who may be working nearby and that you comply with your responsibilities in accordance with the Company Health and Safety Policy
• Carrying out ad-hoc and routine control reviews, both operational and financial, and reporting findings via Finance Director to Management Team

The role suits a professionally qualified individual or someone who has a proven track record of working closely with a range of stakeholders within industry. You will also have a passion to be commercially visible across the wider organisation.

For more information on the business or role, please get in touch with Will Dodds at Rutherford Cross - [email protected].