Finance Business Partner- Glasgow- Hybrid Working- Salary £53,000 Plus Bonus

Rutherford Cross is working in partnership with a large scale business, offering great scope for career development to appoint a Finance Business Partner.  This is an exceptional opportunity for a qualified accounting with industry experience to partner with operational counterparts on a range of interesting projects.

Duties include:

• Working with the Senior Finance Manager, Project, Operations, and Commercial teams in improving and maintaining the processes used to operate and control project financial performance
• Liaise appropriately with all  stakeholders. As well as managing the interests of the parent company, this will entail being cogniscent of & managing both the peer / joint stakeholder & supplier / customer relationships,– which can be inter changeable – and will sometimes involve leading on presentations to said stakeholders, as required / tasked by the Senior Finance Manager
• Deputise for the Senior Finance Manager as appropriate & as above
• Ensure that company policies are implemented consistently and that the core values  are upheld, especially those concerned with fairness, equal opportunity and work-life balance
• Responsibility for the timely and accurate recording, preparation and presentation of project financial information
• Ownership for the completeness and accuracy of all financial information presented at the Quarterly, Monthly or Weekly Project reviews
• Provision of all the necessary financial requirements in a professional and timeous manner
• Provision of ongoing financial advice and support to the Programme/Project Managers and their teams
• Responsibility for ensuring that costs to complete and their assumptions are properly supported and disclosed. Ensure that project financial forecasts are aligned with project programmes
• Ensuring projects operate an appropriate with effective set of financial controls
• Ensuring project risks and opportunities, mitigation plans and savings plans are properly calculated and disclosed at the project reviews.
• Maintaining effective systems and processes to enable the accurate recording of all project costs including contract and subcontractor accruals, outstanding purchase orders, GRNI, timesheet bookings, WBS and coding notifications etc.
• Maintaining the actual, budget and forecast financials for appropriate overhead costs centres
• Ensuring that the projects adhere to an appropriate WBS structure and costs budget. Provide project variance analysis where appropriate
• Provision of information to Internal and External Auditors for projects

Candidate requirements:

• Qualified Accountant.
• Strong business/process analysis skills.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills at all levels.
• Project accounting experience.
• Experience of working with Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors.

On offer:

• Salary up to £53,000
• Annual bonus
• Pension matched at 7.5%
• Life insurance 4* salary
• 28 days holiday plus 11 stats
• A range of corporate partnership schemes
• Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week in the office
• Excellent career development prospects