Assistant Finance Business Partner in Wakefield

Location: Wakefield
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Recruiter: Ipsum
Job Hours: Full-time

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Assistant Finance Business Partner

Wakefield

Assistant Finance Business Partner

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Your New Company

The UK’s Utility sector is ever evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer requirements. At Ipsum it’s our vision to be the leading customer service focused provider of specialist utility and infrastructure solutions, operating on both public and private networks.

To support our continued growth we are looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partnerto join our team, supporting the Power division. We are looking for someone who is passionate, not just about the industry, but also about supporting our teams to in delivering essential services 24/7/365 that really make a difference to local people and communities.

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What we offer ​

We are committed to supporting and developing our people to achieve their full potential. As a fast-growing ambitious business, we can offer our people opportunities to acquire a wide range of skills and gain broad and varied experience to enable them to progress in their career. Investing in our people and enhancing our expertise and flexibility enables us to deliver the highest standard of service to our customers. ​

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Our benefits

We really value our people and so we like to look after them. If you work for us, you’ll enjoy a great range of employee benefits:​

  • Career development including professional qualifications and accreditation
  • Health & Wellbeing Benefits:Employee Assistance Programme including mental health support and access to counselling Access to 24/7 virtual GP Occupational Health support
  • Tax efficient benefits via salary exchange (salary sacrifice): Cycle to WorkGroup Personal Pension Scheme
  • Employee Discount Scheme – discounts on hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, mobile phone/broadband providers, gym memberships and more!
  • Established local social committees with calendar of regular social events 
  • Life assurance cover
  • Flexible working
  • Long service awards 
  • Opportunities to volunteer and make a difference via local community projects and initiatives

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    Your new role

    Your role will provide high quality control and support to the Finance Business Partner and Divisional Head of Finance for our Power division.

    Principal Accountabilities:

  • Ensuring controls are well maintained and adhered to
  • Ensuring close control of working capital playing a pivotal role in the company and wider group investment
  • Preparing accurate financial and commercial information
  • Working with external auditors re annual audit
  • Working closely with finance/commercial processing teams to ensure control compliance
  • Debtor and Creditor reviews with respective teams
  • Maintenance of key tax control accounts
  • Review and oversee payroll process ready for finance partner sign off
  • Preparation and control of cashflow and working capital for finance partner review
  • Ensuring best practice controls are adhered to and enhanced
  • Maintain accurate and up to date P11d records

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    About you

    Essential qualifications/ skills/ experience

  • Part qualified accountant, with a desire to progress and challenge
  • Excellent Excel and system skills and experience
  • Experience of working in an accounting role
  • Willingness to challenge everything and not accept the status quo
  • Ability to influence and to motivate
  • Ability to respond to pressure
  • Ability to work at pace and desire to succeed
  • Team player able to build good relationships and confidence at all levels

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    Desirable qualifications/ skills/ experience

  • Commercial experience

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