Finance Business Partner

Overview

In this role you will partner with client leads and the UK finance team to deliver accurate month-end reporting, revenue recognition and cost analysis. You will drive best practice, own balance sheet areas, and support decision-making with clear financial insights. You’ll collaborate across departments to improve processes, including AI-enabled improvements, and act as an ambassador for finance. This is a chance to shape profitability drivers in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with client leads and act as finance point of contact for project queries
• Attend business and marketing catch-ups to understand project progress and spend timing
• Provide visibility of operating costs and drivers of profitability
• Develop reporting to aid decision-making and access to financial data
• Support monthly revenue reporting and reflect client updates in revenue tracker
• Own balance sheet accounts (accrued income, deferred income, cost of sale accruals) and resolve unusual balances
• Manage project pot reconciliation ensuring NetSuite balances align with client-level workings
• Oversee gross profit reconciliation for P&Ls and explain variances against forecast
• Post accruals and deferrals; prepare prepayments and ensure accurate cost reporting
• Collaborate with non-finance colleagues to clarify project budgets and balances
• Contribute to process improvements including AI and automation while maintaining controls

Key requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
• Experience with month-end processes including revenue recognition and cost reporting in a fast-paced environment
• Confident in business partnering with senior non-finance stakeholders
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills; NetSuite preferred but not essential
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Collaborative, solutions-focused approach

• collaborative
• solutions-focused
• strong communication with stakeholders
• NetSuite
• Excel
• financial systems

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