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The Business Partner is part of a focused team that is responsible for all commercial and operational finance matters relating to specific contracts in the portfolio within the Healthcare & Education sector including forecasts, month end and monthly reports, as well as contributing to the commercial direction and development of PUFM and the delivery of the overall business plan/budget. The sector Finance team is supported by the Corporate finance team who provide support to the individual Business Units.
Contract: Initial 3 month term
Location: Ipswich - Hybrid working
As part of your role, your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Be a Finance contact with the External Auditors for all their Contracts
- To financially appraise the Operational activities of the relevant contracts and new mobilisations to ensure that operational performance issues are brought to the attention of the CFD and Operations Team responsible for the contracts.
- To be the point of Contact for the Operations Director providing the financial support and business analysis required for the effective and profitable running of the contracts.
- To provide Finance training to the Contract Managers and their teams. Participant in Operation meetings as required by the Regional Operations Director.
- Preparation of the management accounts and liaise with Corporate Finance and Operations to ensure accuracy of contract accounts.
- Production, analysis, and interpretation of timely and accurate key financial and non-financial reports/data.
- Completion of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.
- Completion of specific performance analysis related to contract performance, as necessary including margin optimisation.
- Preparation of budgets, forecasts and variance reports for the relevant contracts and assisting with consolidation of the BU budgets and forecasts to the agreed deadlines.
- Analyse un-invoiced revenue and aged debtors to ensure this is compliant with internal revenue recognition rules.
- Be the Finance SME for relevant contracts and develop a strong working relationship with the contract management teams, and the wider BU.
The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria:
- Must have the right to work in the UK.
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience.
- Proven experience in management accounts, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to communicate financial insights clearly.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems (e.g, Dynamics, Power BI).
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships across teams.
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