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We are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner to join the team in Hemel Hempstead. This is a full time position, 40 hours per week. Flexible and hybrid working is available for this role. The role would involve a reasonable amount of travel visiting the businesses in the division including future acquisitions.

The role is based in Hemel Hempstead, but flexible for the right candidate.

RSK has become a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions and in the years to come, we seek to further cement this position, working with our clients to tackle the issues that are defining modern generations. The world is now appreciating the scale of the environmental and societal challenges we collectively face and topics such as net zero, biodiversity, and social inequality are now front and centre in every sector of the economy. We will not only witness sustainable transformation over the next few years, in RSK, we will help to drive it.

As a result of our fast-paced acquisition strategy, our Geosciences & Engineering Finance team is expanding. The successful candidate for this new Finance Business Partner role will work with the businesses within the division, offering support as relevant to each business, ensuring accurate and timely financial information and appropriate processes and financial controls are in place.

As each of the businesses differs in size and complexity, this is a highly varied role, pivotal to successful on-boarding of new acquisitions, and is an exciting opportunity for the right person to make a real difference to the RSK Group.

Our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and retain talented people. Working for RSK is an opportunity to evolve as a professional, to innovate and to make a difference.

The role reports to Finance Director – G&E Division.

Key Responsibilities

• Analysis, review and challenge of Management Information, developing a close understanding of the levers of financial performance
• Play a vital role in the preparation of the annual budget and ongoing forecasting
• Ongoing management and improvements to cash flow, specifically Work in Progress and Debtors
• Administration of the capital expenditure approval process
• Working alongside the existing and newly acquired businesses, assess the adequacy of the existing financial processes and controls.
• As necessary, implement ways of working, relevant to the size and nature of new acquisitions. This will include the design and execution of an effective month-end close process encompassing key financial controls including balance sheet reconciliations
• Support in the development of Systems Notes, alongside the business and Group Internal Controls teams
• Help foster relationships between newly acquired teams and their division/ group finance colleagues
• Play a key coordinating role as or when the businesses migrate to core Group systems
• Assist in the planning and co-ordination of internal and external audits, ensuring timely responses to audit questions.
• Support ad hoc projects or activities as required.
• Management and development of Financial Analyst

Person Specification

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) with proven post-qualified experience
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships with senior management and colleagues (finance and non-finance)
• Highly analytical, have excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and multitask with the commitment to meet reporting deadlines
• Financial Operations experience in industry, implementing processes and controls
• Diplomatic, with the ability to influence and to effect change
• Adaptable and quick-thinking with a can-do attitude
• Good Excel skills and a working knowledge of various accounting systems

Salary and benefits:

• £65k - £75k
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, childcare vouchers and private health care
• Regular training and career development

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer

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RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.