Job Title: Financial Business Partnering Manager
Location: Reading or Swansea (HYBRID)
CONTRACT ROLE (6-9 Months)
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.
With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.
Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.
The Role:
ICON PLC is currently recruiting a Finance Business Partnering r Manager to join the growing Finance department, based in our Swansea or Reading office on a Permanent hybrid working basis.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain responsibilities in a range of Financial and Business Partnering activities, become commercially focused and be instrumental in the growth and development of a team.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team providing support for their continuous development and progression
• Overseeing the finances of a portfolio of projects ensuring:
• Minimisation of costs through project efficiency reviews
• Revenue maximisation through review of ‘scope creep’ and management of subsequent recoveries via contract amendments
• Appropriate assignment of resources to each project
• Timely invoicing and minimisation of aged debt
• Accurate forecasting of study costs, revenue and cashflow
• Provision of ad-hoc business partnering support to non-finance Operations team members
• Accurate and timely revenue recognition on a monthly basis
• Responding to audit requests from both internal and external auditors
• Timely and accurate revenue recognition during the month end close process
• Developing strong working relationship with external clients through provision of client reporting, contract costing negotiations and routine finance reviews.
• Providing internal reporting on key monthly KPIs.
• Contributing to process improvement and being a catalyst for driving change

What you will need:

• Fully qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in an industry financial role, some level of financial analysis reporting of benefit.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential together with a proven ability to develop strong relationships with Executive and Senior Business Leaders.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles combined with a business focus.
• Excellent Excel knowledge, PowerBi an advantage
• Good systems experience, Oracle, Hyperion, PowerPoint an advantage.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team
• Candidate should be ambitious, able to multi-task & work well under pressure
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That’s why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture -one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.
At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career -both now, and into the future.
ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

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• Managing a team providing support for their continuous development and progression
• Overseeing the finances of a portfolio of projects ensuring:
• Minimisation of costs through project efficiency reviews
• Revenue maximisation through review of ‘scope creep’ and management of subsequent recoveries via contract amendments
• Appropriate assignment of resources to each project
• Timely invoicing and minimisation of aged debt
• Accurate forecasting of study costs, revenue and cashflow
• Provision of ad-hoc business partnering support to non-finance Operations team members
• Accurate and timely revenue recognition on a monthly basis
• Responding to audit requests from both internal and external auditors
• Timely and accurate revenue recognition during the month end close process
• Developing strong working relationship with external clients through provision of client reporting, contract costing negotiations and routine finance reviews.
• Providing internal reporting on key monthly KPIs.
• Contributing to process improvement and being a catalyst for driving chang