Description
Senior Finance Business Partner
As one of Vodafone's strategic partner we are seeking Senior Finance Business Partner to join their team on an initial 6month contract based in Newbury. The Group Enterprise inside Sales function covers three geographic hubs servicing 6 local markets and Vodafone Global Enterprise with ambitious expansion plans. The Finance business partner will support the Head of inside Sales to provide business cases and full financial support for the expansion plans and Inside Sales Strategy. The role is responsible for leading on financial strategy and supporting key business cases as well as advising on all financial areas.
Key Accountabilities
- Providing financial business partnering to the Inside Sales leadership team for ad hoc requests and opco requests
- Assessment and reporting of risks and opportunities related to any new hub proposals or expansion of existing missions
- Resolving financial risks related to the expansion plans
- Reporting to senior finance management the financial impact of Inside Sales strategy
- Completion of budgeting assessment for expansion plans ready for budgeting at 5+7 and 9
- Completion of FP&A documents through the budgeting cycles relating to the expansion
- Working with current FBP for Inside Sales to streamline the current recharge model
- Communicating the strategy and key financial impact assessments to senior management and current FBP for Inside Sales
- Regular travel across Europe will be needed to support expansion plans
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Qualified accountant with Telecoms experience
- Preferable experience in complex recharging models
- Ability to work to tight deadlines with limited information
- Ability to drive results through others
- Experience in forecasting and budgeting in complex organisations
- Experience partnering an Inside Sales or sales function or equal in culture preferable
- Strong interpersonal, communication & coaching skills, getting management buy in to finance concepts.
- Analytical, intellectual capacity to learn very quickly and interpret financial models
- Proven experience in driving transformation projects and balancing project management with operational demand.
- Full competence across Microsoft office suite (especially Excel & PowerPoint)
- Experience of large matrixed blue chip organisations preferable Commercially savvy/good depth of business understanding preferable
If you have any interest please do send me your CV or call me
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age