Finance Business Partner

Reporting to: Head of Finance 

Dept/Pillar: Finance

Hours: 37 (potentially flexible)

Grade/Salary: From £51,721 (dependent on experience etc)

Contract Type: Permanent

Vetting Level: NPPV 3 + SC

Role overview 

As Finance Business Partner you will play a vital role in providing insight and analysis to support strategic initiatives.

Reporting to the Head of Finance you will be responsible for management accounting and variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, tax preparations, supporting project accounting, business partnering across the wider organisation and assisting in the continuous improvement of financial processes and systems.

You will be part of an empowered team, playing a pivotal role in influencing and adding value to the organisation.

My Team and the BlueLight Team 

In this role you will work closely with the Head of Finance, Finance officer and the Commercial Accounting team as well as other colleagues across the organisation, contributing to the BlueLight Commercial culture of being a high-performing team delivering commercial excellence to make a real difference.

We are intent on optimising technology to plan and deliver work visibly, collaboratively and efficiently. We are fully remote and agile and being a part of the team here is exciting and unique!

We care about your wellbeing and you will have opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

My Responsibilities and accountabilities 

• Management of the day to day accounting function, overseeing purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking functions, financial statements
• Ownership of monthly management accounts pack, together with variance analysis and commentary in accordance with the reporting timetable
• Review and in-depth reconciliation of revenue recognition
• Management of project accounting, project variance analysis and reporting, with support to the wider organisation
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Financial modelling to support business strategy
• Review of VAT, Corporation Tax 
• Contribution to establishing more effective processes and controls to ensure the integrity of accounting records
• Supporting a continuous improvement program, to include the utilisation of technology and a new financial system to streamline financial business processes
• Act as a trusted business partner to the wider organisation, providing valuable financial insights
• Coordinate statutory audit and accounts processes, working closely with external auditors
• Deputising for Head of Finance as required
• Undertaking any other work as directed by your line manager in connection with your job as may be requested

Qualifications & Accreditations

You are someone who has attained:

• Qualified ACCA / CIMA / ACA and/or a minimum of 3 years’ experience within a similar role

Experience & Knowledge

You are someone who has:

• Strong management accounting skills
• Proficiency in financial modelling and forecasting
• Excellent technical accounting knowledge
• Experience with complex revenue recognition

Skills

You are someone who is:

• Analytical, skills with an evidence-based approached, skilled at understanding data and making judgements, visualisations, able to work on complex issues, communicates recommendations and solutions in a clear and concise manner
• Broad technology competence with solid experience with technology/systems/software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrable skill in turning complex concepts into simple language
• Effective organisation and prioritising skills
• Excellent attention to detail

Personal Qualities

You are:

• Performance focussed takes accountability for delivering work to a high standard to time for self and others
• Agile and flexible
• Collaborative natural inclination to work with a range of people to deliver success
• Dynamic, pro-active and self-motivated with the ability to operate successfully in a complex, fast paced environment

Our Values

Our values guide our behaviour. They inform how we act, the decisions we make and how we collaborate with each other and the organisations we work with. They were shaped by our Teams purposefully designed to ‘inter-connect’. They remind us of ‘how to be’ in all we do and strive to achieve as a diverse and agile company.

• Be the best
• Be responsible
• Be a team
• Be open
• Be the difference

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We foster a work environment that is inclusive as well as diverse, where our people can be themselves. We value every idea and perspective towards helping us to evolve and innovate.

What We Offer - Total Rewards Package

• Starting salary £51,721 p.a. (DOE dependent on experience)
• Quality equipment for successful remote working, laptop, mobile phone, monitor, chair & desk and a Welcome ‘kit box’
• 12% employer pension contribution
• Support for your development for your Role and future career development (a framework to achieve this)
• Pension salary sacrifice scheme
• Life insurance 4 x salary
• 28 days annual leave (rising on service)
• Birthday Leave (1 x extra day per year to be used in birthday month)
• Paid bank holiday leave
• Occupational sick pay
• Wellness – free vouchers for eye test and flu jab
• Employee Assistance Programme for health and wellbeing
• 1 x annual professional subscription
• Learning Management System – access to free training & e-learning (more than 80,000 learning resources)

CLOSING DATE:  1st January 2025

POTENTIAL INTERVIEWS: W/C 13th January 2025

*Please let us know confidentially if you require any adjustments in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience, this can be prior to applying or when you apply.

“The legal bit”

The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including medical screening and vetting (carried out externally NPPV3 +SC* ) due to the nature of our business this is important. As standard you will need to satisfy:

• Employment eligibility check (right to work in the UK)

• Residency qualification (meaning you must have a 5 year 'checkable history' in the UK, ideally you have been and you are a resident in England or Wales for the last 5 years).

• Employment references (last 3 years or educational / personal reference where applicable)

*NPPV3 +SC: Vetting process | Warwickshire Police

This level of vetting grants the applicant to have unsupervised, unrestricted access to police premises and systems and could include those working in areas where the police roles have been identified as designated posts. NPPV3 allows access to classified police material or information up to SECRET and occasional access to TOP SECRET