Senior Finance Business Partner

JLL Company, City of Westminster

Senior Finance Business Partner

£70000

JLL Company, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 11 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: a4813ae9a9cf46f4afcc306d457b88e4

Full Job Description

The mission of this role is centred around fuelling the business with timely, accurate insight and analytics. Alongside this, we strive to protect and help drive the sustainable business growth & expansion of the Integral and JLL Business.
Your core mission as Senior Finance Business Partner is to monitor the sector financial performance and business growth. You will represent finance, actively contributing as a member of the team, helping stakeholders understanding, controlling, and improving the Integral Business. This will be achieved by bringing insight to decision-making, improving visibility on the cost drivers, adding financial acumen into the strategic initiatives, as well the day-to-day activities.
You will report directly to the Divisional Finance Director with the option of hybrid working.
Responsibilities
+ Business Partnering - Strategically partner with the operations team in achieving financial targets & driving profitable growth through in-depth analyses, sharing of key financial insights (standard and ad-hoc reporting) and in taking day to day and strategic business financial decisions.
+ Presentation & Strategic acumen - Building & sharing the story behind the numbers, propose recommendations, align corrective actions with sector Leadership Team and co-drive the execution.
+ Financial planning - Includes developing coherent and robust annual forecasting, estimates and supporting the strategic direction for the sector and developing these into short (Forecast), medium (Budget) and long-term plans. Analysis of actual results vs. budget or forecast and presenting results, identifying, recommending or supporting cost savings and/or performance improvement initiatives.
+ Process Improvement - Be source of proposals regarding existing processes improvement and simplification in alignment with finance overall and the operations team.
+ Working Capital - Actively manage operating cashflows and working capital positions to achieve contractually agreed positions and maximise Company cashflow. Drive both profit improvement and cash generation initiatives.
+ Support - Supporting the DFD in delivery of strategic actions, including scrutiny and challenge on spend trends through the sector and maximising profitability. In addition, the development and implementation of best financial practices, system rollouts and line management of the admin and credit control team.

+ ACCA/CIMA Fully Qualified Accountant
+ Solid track record and experience in finance with previous experience in a business partnering role
+ Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
+ Willingness to travel as required.
+ We are looking for a strong analytical and numerical mind who is confident to work with complex and big amounts of data. You can communicate efficiently with senior management and have excellent excel skills involving Pivot tables and sumifs formulas.
+ You possess a can-do attitude with a positive forward-looking mind-set and the ability to navigate through ambiguity and to challenge the status-quo.
+ Ability to work under pressure, organised with an ability to handle multiple assignments.
+ To enhance organizational effectiveness, you are a team player who works cooperatively with others and finally a problem solver who identifies causes of problem situations and recommends solutions.
Location:
+ Bristol / London / Birmingham / Manchester preferred, but can be flexible for the right candidate

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology to our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry; and we support them through professional growth, flexibility, and personalized benefits to manage life in and outside of work. Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades, and technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, we empower you to shape a brighter way forward so you can thrive professionally and personally., We're JLL-a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 102,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That's why we're committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We're using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.
Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we're honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.
Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we're headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.