Finance Business Partner

Volkerrail Group; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in Preston is seeking a Finance Business Partner to cover maternity leave, with potential for a permanent position. Responsibilities include producing management accounts, supporting commercial teams, and ensuring financial controls. Ideal candidates are qualified accountants or part qualified with experience in financial reporting tools. The role offers competitive benefits such as salary, annual leave, and medical care.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Additional annual leave on birthday

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Shopping vouchers and discounts

Training and development opportunities

Enhanced maternity benefits

Employee Assistance programme

Virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Production of monthly management accounts and reports.
• Identifying areas for improvement and proposing solutions.
• Ensure accurate reporting and insightful ad-hoc analysis.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in monthly project reviews.
• Monitoring of overhead costs.
• Supporting commercial teams with budgeting and forecasting.
• Cashflow and working capital management.
• Driving projects to completion.

Skills

Excel to advanced level

Highly numerate and analytical ability

Understanding and application of accounting standards

Ability to exercise own initiative

Ability to communicate effectively

Detail conscious

Ability to work under pressure

Leadership to junior team members

Education

Qualified Accountant or part qualified with relevant experience

Tools

Reporting/consolidation tool

Job description

Part of the VolkerWessels UK Group, VolkerStevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group’s business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.

VolkerStevin are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our team. This position is initially to cover maternity leave, though a high possibility of becoming a permanent position due to our growing order book already established contracts. the initial placement is for 18 months.

Key Accountabilities:

• Production of monthly management accounts and reports
• Identifying areas for improvement in process or controls and proposing solutions
• Ensure accurate reporting, presentations and insightful ad-hoc analysis to the business
• Involvement in monthly project reviews with the business
• Monitoring of overhead costs including ensuring the integrity of overhead budgets and forecasts.
• Supporting commercial teams and business leads with ad-hoc contract analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
• Ad hoc projects and analysis as required

• Overhead and tendering analysis, making recommendations to support the wider business and the impact of new business won.
• Review of monthly overhead fluctuations with key stakeholders.
• Cashflow and working capital management
• Set up and ongoing financial control oversight of any JV or special project arrangements
• Act as a key individual on driving projects to completion across the business.
• Client cost audit support
• External audit support in relation to contract results and associated balances

Developing effective working relationships throughout the Business Unit, at all levels and across all areas to support business objectives

Key Competencies required for this Career Level:

Technical:

• Excel to advanced level
• Highly numerate and analytical ability
• Understanding and application of accounting standards

Behavioural:

• Ability to exercise own initiative
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Detail conscious – able to deliver accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure and produce accurate time critical information
• Lead by example to junior members of the finance team demonstrating best practice and what good looks like.

About you

• Qualified Accountant (or part qualified with relevant experience)
• Experience of using reporting / consolidation tool to prepare report

If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerStevin is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at [e-mail]

Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to [e-mail]

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.