Skills

Communication Stakeholder Management Project Management Accounting Recruitment

Job Specifications

Key Responsibilities

The Finance Business Partner is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:

Trusted partner for the Global Support division and unit supported, maintaining strong relationships with the management team
Influencing the business and senior leaders through the provision of commercial, tactical, and strategic insights.
Delivering requirements autonomously and under limited supervision
Delivering high quality business commentary and presentations right first time, including excellent “story telling” skills.
Support and lead business cases including one off and on-going impacts, consideration of approach taken (i.e. zero based, rolling), advising on reasons for incurring costs, the risk position, returns and benefits realisation, & sign off.
Support and lead cost base management: working with the unit management team to ensure committed to budgets are delivered. Use of multiple techniques including KPIs, zero based builds, rolling forecasts, and analytical reviews to drive improvement in the cost base.
Support and lead managing the impact of acquisition and disposal activity on the unit.
Support and lead cross divisional initiatives and end to end financial management including the unit recharges. Building and maintaining relationships with peers across divisions.
Support and lead on actuals activity including ensuring performance is managed including effective review, sign off, and high quality commentary to your unit’s management team and the divisional head of FP&A. Maintain effective working relationships with SSC support. Ensure the balance sheet has integrity with no material issues, and support SSC control processes as needed.
Support the divisions vision and business strategy. Enforce and communicate Informa’s Group Finance policy and ensure adequate governance & controls are in place. Support external and internal audits as needed.
Support statutory charges and tax compliance as needed

People Management Responsibilities

Management of direct report (s)
Lead in Recruitment & Selection processes where needed
Support people development, focussing on both performance and development
Plan and prioritise the work ensuring resource management is considered
Ensure a robust communication structure is in place to ensure all key messages are communicated.
Escalate team issues where needed
Act as a role model to others
Work with HR to ensure all people management processes and policies are being adhered to

Skills & Abilities

Ability to effective work with a units management team
Ability to manage stakeholders in a global divisional environment
Ability to work in a dynamic, complex, and uncertain environment
Good project management & prioritisation skills, ability to manage multiple priorities so deadlines are achieved
Good communication and stakeholder management skills, ability to write reports and create PowerPoint presentations in a succinct and direct manner
Strong excel skills
Credibility, professional integrity and gravitas to challenge at unit management level in the organisation

Knowledge & Qualifications

Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
Knowledge of dealing with acquisitions and disposals

About the Company

Impellam is a connected group offering unparalleled workforce and STEM talent solutions expertise to provide organisations with mission-critical skillsets to future-proof businesses. Our blended approach fuses extensive workforce solutions expertise, with access to deep communities of STEM talent. As one of the largest workforce and STEM talent solutions companies in the world, we help clients to get the best possible ROI from £5bn of workforce spend and 2,900 supplier relationships, across nearly 80 countries. What’... Know more