Finance Business Partner

Job description

ENGIE is a leading energy and services company focused on three key activities: production and supply of energy, services and regeneration. Our 17,000 employees combine these capabilities for the benefit of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the UK & Ireland.

We enable customers to embrace a lower carbon, more efficient and increasingly digital world. Our customers benefit from our energy efficient and smart building solutions, the provision of effective and innovative services, the transformation of neighbourhoods through regeneration projects, and the supply of reliable, flexible and renewable energy.

ENGIE improves lives through better living and working environments. We help to balance performance with responsibility, enabling progress in a harmonious way.

Globally, the ENGIE Group employs 160,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €60.6 billion in 2018.

ENGIE are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner to be based at  Wyvern House, Winsford CW7 1AH. This is a permanent  full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.

General Overview 

The Finance Business Partner will an effective partner to the business, providing support, challenge and improvement to operational performance of the contract.      

Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:

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Finance communicator to / from the Operating Contract to Finance.

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Liaise with the client and maintain a positive client relationship

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Partner with the Contract team by providing financial information and interpretation, undertaking proactive analytical and other investigations, contributing to developing a better understanding of the business and improving operational performance.

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Provide accounting, reporting and financial expertise as required for the sector / contract

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Work with contract management to ensure that plans, budgets and forecasts for the contract are both challenging and achievable.

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Excellent cash management from transaction to revenue recognition in the P&L

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Partner with the contracts to shape and manage performance KPI’s.

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Liaise with the Shared Service Centre to ensure efficient provision of service alongside contract compliance.

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Source and inform the central team of the specific requirements and specifications of the sector / contract.

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Work with the Head of Finance to manage the delivery of all financial processes to their region.

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Provide proactive input into contract negotiations and contract decision making initiatives.

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Turn complex data and concepts into workable solutions that everyone understands

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Understand and manage WIP in a Services contract environment to maximise cashflow

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Attend contract / sector committees and meetings as required, including meetings with the client.

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Intervene where required to support compliance and alignment objectives.

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Good communicator and strong inter-personal skills

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Good financial & commercial acumen 

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Excellent problem solving, analytical and customer service skills

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Challenge operations on profitability and delivery solutions to increase bottom line performance

Qualifications and Required Experience:  

·  Qualified and 3 years relevant experience 
·  Previous experience in a Finance Business Partner role in a contract driven business
·  Previous experience partnering with operations 
·  1 year working knowledge of SAP ERP system
·  MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Advances excel skills required and ability to manipulate large amounts of data

For more information about ENGIE, please visit:

http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The ENGIE Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.

If you are a disabled applicant and meet the minimum outlined in the job description, you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities at interview.

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Oct 11, 2019