Finance Business Partner - T&L (12 month FTC)
KPMG International Cooperative, Liverpool
Finance Business Partner - T&L (12 month FTC)
Salary Not Specified
KPMG International Cooperative, Liverpool
- Full time
- Temporary
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 24 Nov | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 6c9a79ce9da944dd961ae25c2acd09e1
Full Job Description
- Build strong and trusting relationships with key stakeholders
- Tracking and reporting of all performance KPIs - especially those that have a P&L impact
- Prepare commentaries, MI packs and briefing papers, both standardised and ad hoc, in accordance with business priorities
- Drive standardisation and efficiency in use and production of MI in general, challenging exceptions
- Manage deep dive performance reviews as required on a routine basis clearly articulating outcomes and actions that need taking
- Support Deal Board and other pre-engagement forums; especially around engagement budgeting and forecasting
- Manage in-flight commercial reviews to gain a deeper understanding of margin leakage and commercial learning points
- Lead the Finance work-stream in relation to Business planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Responsible for deploying processes to the lowest required level, co-ordinating activity and working with stakeholders as appropriate
- Stewardship over the P&L, ensuring that the accounts accurately reflect the financial position of the business
- Manage cost management processes and spend controls
- Ensuring that the BP team take appropriate action to understand and challenge all cost items and escalate issues
- Ensure Finance processes and policies are adhered to. Challenge deviation and always be forward thinking about improvements
- Own the Working Capital KPIs for the business area being supported and, with the Working Capital Managers, ensure the business is taking sufficient action on WIP and debt items and EL/EM underperformance is escalated
- Day to day management of team, including understanding and supporting training needs and dealing with performance issues
- Manage the workload of the team through effective demand management and prioritisation
- Support recruitment across Business Finance as required
- Play a role in the leadership of the finance community, including active participation in manager meeting and similar forums
- Be an advocate for change programmes delivered by Finance / KBS, including automation tools, self-service, standardisation and any other changes in ways of working, With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.
A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) or significant relevant experience of accounting in an operational or professional services environment - Experience in a similar role
- Resilient and able to work with multiple and highly demanding stakeholders
- An ability to work at both a strategic and a granular level - choosing when each is appropriate
The KPMG Business Services function is a cornerstone of our UK business. Operating from 20 UK locations and sitting with KPMG Central Services we do work that matters. Within Central Services we are part of a community of experts across a wide range of critical activities who help grow, run, and protect KPMG in the UK. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Business Support, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Sales and Marketing, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm, which we support with diligence and expertise. KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is. Why Join KPMG as a Finance Business Partner - Tax & Legal With a turnover in excess of £2billion and a payroll of close to 17,000 partners and staff across 22 UK offices, our Finance team covers a huge spectrum of work. It spans everything from being closely involved in supporting the organisation's business strategy to tightly managing critical business functions like employee payroll, expenses, accounts payable and billing., Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients. We're KPMG Business Services (KBS). We're a cross-functional team, bringing together experts across a wide range of critical activities which help to grow, run and protect our business. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Operations, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Market Development, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm. We work shoulder to shoulder with our client-facing teams and we focus on delivering our services in ways which help to drive efficiency, improve quality and enhance our firm's brand and reputation.
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