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    Bristol
  • Sector
    Corporate Services
  • Finance Business Partner, Bristol, BS1

    Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid Working
     Competitive salary, car allowance, healthcare & benefits

    About this opportunity

    We are looking for a qualified finance professional to join our commercial finance team in Bristol as Finance Business Partner supporting key UK business units across London & The South, as well as our UK Advisory division. 
     
    Following significant growth of Gleeds' UK business, and strategic development of our finance function to provide robust support to the UK regions, we are now looking for a commercially minded finance business partner who can work proactively to guide, advise and partner with key internal stakeholders.
     
    You will advise on commercial strategy, using your knowledge and experience to influence commercial outcomes, enhancing financial performance & fee generation, maximising cashflow and margins for our services, through a pragmatic and "back to basics" approach.
     
    As Finance Business Partner, you will report into our UK Commercial Finance Director. Alongside your core responsibilities, you will also deliver key projects for the commercial finance function to enhance & improve the service. 
     
    In your new role as finance business partner you will benefit from: 
     
    • Working closely with and as part of an established internal finance function
    • Exposure to high profile public & private sector, schemes & major national frameworks
    • Delivery internal finance projects and support on key transformation programmes
    • Take ownership of your own regions, impacting regional growth resulting in enhanced responsibilities
    • Being part of one of the UK's "Great Places to Work" and have a say in how we can continue improving Gleeds for our people
    • A competitive salary, car allowance, private medical cover
    • A comprehensive benefits package covering health & wellness, Cyclescheme, & access to discounts on a range of services & products
    Core responsibilities for your role as finance business partner are as follows:

    • Act as trusted adviser to senior management and their teams, building strong partnerships, including time on site / in office.
    • Challenge and then hold the business to account.
    • Provide real time analysis and deliver insight that links financial reporting to business performance, being a radar across the business to identify and attend to issues as they arise.
    • Turn data into information allowing effective debate and robust decision making.
    • Support and or deliver change to ensure operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered.
    • Own accounting approaches and standards - the business do not decide.
    • Project Profitability review and challenge.
    • Provide commercial bid support.
    • Provide audit support.
    As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:
    • Competitive salary, benefits package & car allowance
    • Opportunities to develop and grow your career
    • A contributory pension scheme
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Our global travel scholarship programme
    • Flexible working arrangements
  • Who we’re looking for:

    Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills

    As Finance Business Partner, you will need to meet the following criteria:
    • People and quality focused, with excellent attention to detail.
    • Evidence of ownership and delivery of projects, incorporating new ideas and thinking.
    • Engaging personality, team player, with a good bed side manner.
    • Solution orientated and innovative, with the desire to bring forward ideas and to get involved in all areas of the business.
    • Excited by operating in a changing multi-site, multi service environment.

    Qualifications

    You will need to be a fully qualified (exam & time served) for this position, holding chartered status in one of the following:
    • ACCA
    • ICAEW
    • CGMA
  • About us

    Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.

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