Finance Business Partner - SP

at  MLL Telecom Limited

The Service Provider Business Unit currently has revenues of c. £7.5m p.a. but this is targeted to double over the next 12-18 months following recent contract wins. The business unit provides services to mobile network operators (MNOs) and encompasses MLL’s Field Force as well as back-office project management and associated support roles.
Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance this role is key to creating a supportive and insightful relationship that facilitates the link between financial performance and operational performance, enhancing visibility of the financial strategy and ensuring business decisions are influenced by and aligned with the financial strategy.
The purpose of the role is to be the Finance Business Partner for the Service Provider Line of Business. This will include, but not be limited to production of month end results including commentary, liaison with Project Managers to understand commercial drivers behind the numbers, ad hoc modelling for commercial bids and owning production of the annual budget.
This is a great role for a qualified accountant looking for true commercial exposure and interaction across the business – especially with project managers and the sales teams plus line management experience.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Produce monthly financial analysis of divisional results providing tailored commentary to different stakeholders.
• Responsible for producing budgets and rolling reforecasts of results for the division working closely with both Sales and Operations teams to understand the risk profile of revenue forecasts. Critical to the budgeting process is understanding the different cost drivers within the business unit.
• Financial modelling of bids providing insight on both profitability and cash flows using NPV to assess opportunities.
• Identify and influence operational decision makers to help generate operational efficiencies.
• Become a trusted member of the Divisional Management Board working alongside operations, sales and C-suite team to drive both strategic and operational improvements.
• Provide robust challenge of accounting judgements being made. Strong understanding of IFRS 15 will be beneficial.
• Line management of a direct report providing suitable on the job coaching.
• Support SG&A cost centres with analysis of overtime and other costs
• Identify, report and analyse KPIs to influence the business.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA ideally, ACCA/CIMA)
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, and strategic planning skills
• Experience of management reporting and explanation of key drivers of variances
• Ability to think strategically, challenge current processes and introduce improvements
• Ability to think laterally and anticipate issues and opportunities
• Strong systems skills, particularly Microsoft Excel. Working knowledge of Power BI would be beneficial.

Accountability requires some kind of honest review to reflect how we are doing against our responsibilities. This is not simply about a contract or project plan, it is about a mindset, an air that is portrayed as ‘we have got this!’