An exciting opportunity has emerged for a Finance Business Partner to join a prominent logistics company in Birmingham.
As the company navigates through an exciting expansion, they are seeking a proactive and hands-on candidate who can add significant value to their fast-growing business.
This position offers excellent career advancement prospects and substantial exposure to senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting on the Division's KPIs, including financial performance, variance analysis, margin analysis, cost control and forecasting
- Prepare weekly Flash analysis and monthly divisional reports and assist Division leadership with commentary and insights presentation to Group CEO and CFO
- To participate in the logistics leadership team and actively support the managers within the team to ensure overall targets are achieved
- To complete ad hoc duties and tasks allocated through line management chain from time to time
- The role involves working closely with the divisional leadership team to achieve revenue to enable informed business decisions.
- This person must have a strong detail focus and financial skills to process significant amounts of data to identify and extract key trends and exceptions.
- They must also have a good understanding of overall divisional performance and financial results.
- Lead divisional budget and forecasting processes from end to end
- Provide high quality analysis and insights to maximise and shape growth and gross margin
- Robust business modelling reflecting accurate cost to serve metrics for compliant service pricing for new business opportunities and contract renewals
- Compare and analyse depot P&Ls, identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Reconciliation of financial information from around the business
- Identify profit enhancement opportunities
- Ad hoc finance duties including working with the Controllership team on the implementation and testing of new processes, systems and controls as well as FP&A on central reporting
- Demonstrate a good understanding of overall divisional performance and financial results to Division and Group leadership
Requirements:
- Qualified ACA, ACCA, ACMA or equivalent
- Must have previous experience within a Logistics environment
- Able to present information and analysis in a format that is easily understood by the audience
- Resilient - able to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong relationship building and influencing skills
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