[Hiring] Finance Business Partner @Inspired

Role Description

Inspired is a market leading, technology-enabled provider of energy and sustainability solutions in the UK - supporting businesses to transition to net zero carbon and manage their response to climate change. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner: Optimisation to join our successful Finance team. This role is home based with occasional travel to offices required.

The successful candidate's responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Business Partnering
  • Act as the finance lead for a portfolio of Optimisation projects.
  • Partner with Project Managers and Commercial Teams to improve financial performance.
  • Provide financial insight to support operational decision-making.
  • Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve project profitability.
  • Support operational teams in understanding project financial performance.
• Financial Planning & Forecasting
  • Prepare monthly project forecasts and annual budgets.
  • Analyse project cost performance against budget.
  • Produce accurate cash flow forecasts.
  • Review committed costs and forecast final account positions.
  • Monitor project margins throughout the project lifecycle.
• Financial Reporting
  • Produce monthly management reports.
  • Analyse project variances and explain financial movements.
  • Prepare profitability reports by project, contract and business unit.
  • Present financial performance to senior management.
  • Develop dashboards and KPI reporting.
• Commercial Support
  • Review contract profitability.
  • Support pricing decisions during tender submissions.
  • Evaluate commercial risks and opportunities.
  • Assist with business cases for new projects.
  • Support contract negotiations with financial analysis.
• Cost Control
  • Monitor labour, plant, subcontractor and material costs.
  • Identify cost overruns early and recommend corrective actions.
  • Review project overhead allocations.
  • Ensure project costs are accurately captured.
• Working Capital & Cash Flow
  • Monitor project cash generation.
  • Support applications for payment and revenue recognition.
  • Improve debtor collection performance.
  • Monitor retention balances.
  • Review payment schedules and supplier commitments.
• Financial Governance
  • Ensure compliance with company financial controls.
  • Support month-end and year-end reporting.
  • Review project accruals and provisions as necessary.
  • Ensure revenue recognition complies with accounting standards for construction projects.
  • Assist with audit requirements.
• Performance Improvement
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements.
  • Develop financial models to support business decisions.
  • Improve reporting automation using Power BI or similar tools.
  • Promote continuous improvement across finance and operations.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Forecast accuracy.
• Project margin achievement.
• Budget adherence.
• Cash collection performance.
• Working capital improvements.
• Timely month-end reporting.
• Cost savings delivered.
• Stakeholder satisfaction.
• Financial control compliance.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Significant Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Experience supporting large capital projects.
• Experience within construction, engineering or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong understanding of project accounting.
• Knowledge of percentage-of-completion accounting (IFRS 15).
• Understanding of cost value reconciliation (CVR).
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Requirements

• Strong financial modelling capability (Desirable).
• Experience with Power BI (Desirable).
• Experience with Sage (Desirable).

Benefits

• Training and development opportunities.
• Company pension.
• Life insurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity.
• Benefits portal, with a wide range of benefits.
• 4pm finish on Friday.