Financial Business Partner - Marston Holdings Ltd : Job Details

Finance Business Partner

We are looking for an experience Finance Business Partner to join our team on a permanent full time basis.  

Marston Holdings Limited is a parent company formed of eight brand entities that each specialise in key areas of our overarching business. In a nutshell, we are the UK's largest judicial services company and pioneers in clean air technology, offering services that support local and central government, utilities, and private sectors through the delivery of market leading integrated technology-enabled solutions from design and implementation to management and recovery.

The role reports to the business unit Head of Finance who sits on the Finance Leadership Team as part of a small, focused team of business decision support partners. The successful candidate will partner with operational leads and BI functions, gaining an enhanced and deeper understanding of business drivers to influence business decision making and in turn financial performance by:

Role and Responsibilities

This role will be the internal and external customer facing role and will rely on the FP&A and transactional processing teams to provide the underlying financial information.  The overall Finance team comprises 70 heads, with the majority of staff located in the Oldham area.

• Interpreting and articulating financial results, trends, and key variances versus financial plans
• Identifying, developing, and embedding new and more insightful ways of communicating analytical outcomes that drive business performance, including where appropriate financial business KPI’s
• Assessing potential new opportunities alongside the business development team
• Working with the FP&A team to strengthen the financial planning cycle and output
• Initiative & Synergy tracking vs budget and forecast
• Evaluating and tracking risk and opportunities for specific areas of the business
• Initial point of contact for lines of business in relation to financial analysis
• Deep dive analysis to inform the business and drive performance
• Weekly performance reporting
• Monthly review and communication of financial results
• Lead the lines of business Budget and Forecast preparation
• Line Management of two members of staff
• Ad hoc projects for the business unit

Person specification

• Fully qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Commitment to local and regional travel
• Confident in the use of Excel
• Experience working with finance systems (D365 and/or TM1 is desirable)
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels internally, and externally
• Strong business planning and analysis skills
• Experience of overseeing group finance processes

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of up to £60,000 DOE
• Contract: Permanent 37.5 hours a week        
• Hybrid working model
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Package NB subject to eligibility criteria
• Enhanced Health Cash Back Plan
• Staff benefits designed to suit your lifestyle, from discounts on high street and online shopping to travel, socialising and wellbeing
• Pension Scheme

If this sounds like the job for you, please apply....

New starters will be subject to clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service. In addition, the post holder is expected to keep the Company updated if their personal circumstances change.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we will consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.