Head of Finance Business Partnering

Newbury, England, United Kingdom

11/11/2024

We understand that the best business partnerships are genuine, and trust comes easily when you have the right partner beside you. That’s why we place relationships at the heart of everything we do.

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We take partnerships seriously and are looking for a new Head of Finance Business Partnering to join our Group Finance team at Gamma.

This is a pivotal role working our Executive team on financial reporting, insights and budget activity. You’ll work closely with the wider finance teams to be able to provide expertise, advice and challenge decisions using data and analytics.

What will you be doing day-to-day? 📞

• Be the key finance point of contact with Gammas Executive Committee members in the following areas-
• Opex management and decision support.
• Identifying and quantifying potential risks and opportunities to budgeted performance across Gamma’s cost centres.
• Adopting a “value for money” mindset and challenging cost centre leads as required.
• Identify potential inefficiencies and cost savings.
• Providing ad hoc insight and analysis.
  
  
• Create processes to enable Group-wide reporting of central functions
• Identify revenue and market growth opportunities on the back of these Exco relationships
• Business case preparation and review by working closely with other Gamma teams to pull all the information together (business teams, as well as other finance teams – Commercial/Procurement/Product)
• Return on investment analysis
• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the business, including product managers, operations, and development teams.
• Share knowledge/insights through the production and presentation of analysis & reports.
• Become a key liaison point between Gamma’s cost centre managers and the Finance team e.g. General Ledger and FP&A teams.
• Help maximise the opportunities for improved operating expense managing arising from new functionality and processes delivered by current finance transformation projects (including a Microsoft 365 ERP and OneStream consolidation systems rollouts)
  
  

What you’ll need 🚀

• A proven background partnering with executives in a fast-moving environment
• Experience working within a large, complex organisation and managing multiple senior stakeholders
• Excellent data and analytics to provide meaningful insight to our business leaders and be confident to have challenging conversations – be the role of ‘trusted advisor’ and finance challenger’
• Able to analyse and draw conclusions from large, complex data sets but also able to provide support and opinions in areas where information may be limited or there are areas of ambiguity.
• Able to work in a fast-moving environment and with an innovative approach
• Comfortable switching from a ‘hands-on’ and operational mindset to a broader commercial/strategic one as needed
• Qualified accountant with commercial experience
  
  
  

What do we offer? 💰

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Private Medical Insurance
• Electric Vehicle (EV) scheme
• Pension plan
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Share-save scheme
  
  
  

A few things to note ✨

This role is based from our Newbury office with hybrid working. We have parking and very close to the train station. Some travel to other office will be required a needed.

If you feel you could be a good fit for Gamma but do not think that you meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply as you could be the person that we are looking for! Gamma is an equal-opportunity employer. We care about inclusion and believe in having diverse teams where everyone can be their true authentic selves.

We value each person and their range of backgrounds and actively encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We don't discriminate based on any protected characteristics e.g., race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability, or age. We are a family-friendly employer with a culture based on trust, autonomy, and flexibility so that you to create a work-life balance and enjoy working here at Gamma.

Please note we only use recruitment agencies registered on our preferred suppliers list and as such, any speculative CVs received will not be considered. Agencies cannot work on this role unless released by Gamma's recruitment team.

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