Finance Business Partner

Job Description:

Introduction

Dentsu is the network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.

We're hiring for a Finance Business Partner to join our Global Functions team as part of Dentsu in London, partnering our Finance function.

The Global Functions Finance and Procurement teams support our Corporate Functions, Technology and Transformation Programmes as we transform our business supporting functions through a combination of platforms, process, and people. The positions will report to the Global Functions Finance Director and interact with our Regional Finance teams.

Purpose of the Role

As Finance Business Partner you'll be responsible for supporting the budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis of our Corporate Functions, both centrally and across all of our regions/markets. As part of this role, you'll work alongside the management reporting team, both onshore and offshore.

You'll provide support that all investments are correctly accounted for and closely monitored throughout the project life cycle, including implementation and execution of local governance and project control systems. You'll provide financial business partnering and decision support to the Functional Leaders to ensure their strategic and operational financial goals are delivered. This will include Project accounting, forecasting and budgeting for department spend, commercial management of contracts, and financial analysis & modelling for the Functions initiatives including target operating models and continuous improvement and benefits realisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the Finance Directors to support the future direction of the business function to identify financial and commercial risks and potential mitigations, preparing reports to highlight key financial developments and communicate these with Finance Directors, Global Functions CFO and Global Functional Leaders.
• Construction and presentation of monthly budget/forecasts by project and cost centres for current and future years.
• Analysis of functional budgets and forecasts, providing interpretation, insight and guidance and challenge through financial analysis to enable business partners to make key decisions and achieve targets
• Support the review of business cases at key intervals of the programmes. This should include detailed reviews of actual spend as well as forecast costs to complete.
• Completion of month end and subsequent delivery of high-quality monthly management accounts and reporting, including headcount reporting, variance analysis and appropriate commentary
• Working with the Procurement team to manage project contracts ensuring adherence to terms, compliance on key financial clauses and negotiation of new contract spend.

Qualifications + Skills

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA etc) with 2 years PQE
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and project cost control is preferred.
• Strong commercial acumen, with proven capability to communicate financial performance to senior stakeholders
• Clear record of being curious, robust and shrewd, driving improved financial performance within a business
• Strong communication, influencing, collaboration and relationship building skills, able to prioritise and meet tight deadlines with a strong ability to self-manage
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills. Use of D365 and SAP BPC and SAC is an advantage.

What we offer

This is a permanent roles. The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements, the team are currently in the office 2 days per week.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles - we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

About dentsu

Taking a people-centerd approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy - our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

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Location:
London

Brand:
Global Functions

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent]]>