Finance Business Partner

at  Aramark

Aramark UK has an exciting opening for a Finance Business Partner to join our well-established Finance Team. You will be specifically aligned to our Workplace Experience Group.
The primary focus of this role is to support the Finance Director, Director or Operations’ and Sales Directors in all activities associated with growing our business. This will involve producing financial models for prospective clients in response to tenders, evaluating our current operating and commercial models to support retention of clients and reviewing baseline performance to support sharing of best proactive to deliver commercial outcomes (not limited to P&L, will include cashflow and capital structures)
The role will also include certain planning and reporting tasks throughout key periods within the financial year, for example the annual planning cycle, rolling forecast cycle and month end close including balance sheet reconciliations.
This is a full time and permanent role which can be home based but if office working is your preference, we have offices in Leeds and Farnborough.

• Support the sector teams in producing and understanding quality financial information – developing understanding and financials and process as required.
• Leading the commercial modelling and completion of client returns for new Business proposals, partnering with the Sales Directors to close new business
• Liaising with the sector Directors of Ops to produce financial models and client returns used for key retention business.
• Take ownership of keeping Salesforce up to date for the Workplace Sector
• Lead the key metrics process for the sectors in terms of data collation and commentary as to meaning (ATV/SPC/Penetration)
• Support in the monitoring of the Risks & Opportunities schedule, updating delivery and mitigation plans.
• Create the culture where cash and collection of is valued as highly and profit.
• Develop a strong understanding of the financial systems and processes to ensure things are done quickly and efficiently – challenge the status quo to improve process.
• Prepare key balance sheet reconciliations for the line of business and ensure integrity of the balance sheet – act as the lead in ensuring Blackline process is followed.
• Engages the business in supporting the financial agenda and ensures the teams understanding of the key processes
• Can support the operational teams to develop financial understanding and processes
• Develops an understanding for the “why” and can articulate this to non-finance colleagues to show importance of Data/Information and the commercial impact this has on the Sector