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Job Title Junior Finance Business Partner

Department Finance

Reports to Finance Reporting Manager

Grade Grade 4

Purpose • To provide finance guidance and support to the Operations

Performance Managers and support the wider finance team. The
team provides a comprehensive management accounting service to
the Operations managers, the Executive and the Board, with
particular emphasis on financial control and performance
improvement.

• To provide a finance business partnering service to Performance

Managers and FLM’s, ensuring they understand their TOTEX cost
base. Provide regular challenge and review on their cost and provide
consistent, timely and accurate management information, including
KPI reporting.

• To work with the rest of the finance team and the Project
Management Office to ensure that all financial aspects of the Network
are well managed.

• Production of the monthly management accounts along with all

relevant Balance Sheet reconciliations. This will include posting
journals, accruals and pre-payments on SAP and producing
monthly and possibly weekly Management information from SAP
and other relevant systems.

• Responsible for creating and producing MI associated with

internal interfaces and committees.

• Manage large excel models for business initiatives and cost

modelling/budgets for a rolling 8-year period.

• Suggest and implement improvements.

• Liaise with external suppliers and relevant customers.

Key Accountabilities • Production of Monthly management accounts, MI and working

closely with Operations and the rest of the Finance team, and
Managers to assist in achieving company targets

• Lead Operational Performance Manager review meetings

(around the Network) and lead the financial performance review

• Provide support and expert guidance to Managers

• Reporting and dealing with Budget v Actual variances

• Assisting in Forecasting and Budgeting

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• Tracking and driving the cost benefits of any initiatives that are
introduced

• Assist with the production of external reports (RRP, Ofgem, CKI,

Auditors)

Technical Know-How & Skills
• Strong accounting skills and accounts experience necessary
• Commercially focused
• Ability to work on their own and confident to ask questions and
challenge work
• Ability to re-prioritise workload to meet unexpected deadlines
• Advanced excel skills
• SAP user preferable
• High level of concern for order, quality and delivery to strict
deadline
• Strong communication skills required to work with all stakeholders
of the business across multiple roles and departments
• Highly numerate and skilled at complex problem solving
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Expert user of financial systems, SAP experience, strong
spreadsheet skills
• Knowledge of non-financial systems, data-processes and activities
• Knowledge of financial policies and procedures.
• Strong presentation skills

Qualifications • Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or Qualified By

Experience

• Full UK driving license - travel of network required. Expected to

travel to meet with Operations Managers, PMs and other
Operations staff. As required expected to travel to Celtic Springs
(Newport, South Wales)

Main interfaces • Dealing with the Operational Performance Managers, Management

Accounts team, PMO, contractors and senior management.

• Detailed interaction with Operations and Finance managers.

• Interaction with the rest of the finance team to ensure that all
financial aspects of the Network are well managed.

Updated October 2021