Finance Business Partner

Overview

Montagu Evans is a UK property consultancy that helps clients unlock value from complexity, because that’s where the most meaningful opportunities live.

Our purpose is to bring clarity, creativity, and conviction to the complex. We are experts who collaborate to create value, not just preserve it and our team is built for impact, not oversight.

We specialise in high-value, complex assets across the property lifecycle, where political, technical or commercial challenges demand a joined-up approach.

The Finance team are an integral part of the firm and the Central Management Services department. The team is responsible for managing the firm’s finance function in all areas: from credit control, to accounts payable, expenses, management accounting, billing, payroll, cash flow, budgeting and forecasting, as well as business partnering with the firm’s fee earning departments.

We work with all areas of the firm and, in conjunction with other teams within the Central Management Services function, support andadvisethe firm’s partners, departments and fee earners. Financealsoprovides financial information on a regular basis to the executive committee and to the salary andremunerationcommittees.

The team currently consists of aChief Finance and Operations Officer(CFOO),Head of Finance,aFinance

Business Partner(FBP),Financial Controller(FC), Senior Management Accountant,3

Credit Controllers,Accounts Payable Manager, Partnership Accountant, and 2 assistant accountants.

This role will report intothe

Head of Finance, jointly business partnering with the incumbent business partnertoprovide business partnering and financial analysis support toall areas of the business. In addition to working closely withthe wider finance function on billing, reporting,forecasts and budgets.

The individual will be responsible forsupportingfee earnersinthedepartmentsto help prepare forecasts and budgets, provide financial analysis on profitability and pricing for new, prospective and current jobs, and provide that partnership link between the fee generating departments and the central finance team. Theywill act asa central contactfor any financial analysis and internal and external departmental reporting, including to clients.

The role will support the fee-earning departments in maintaining(and improving) WIP schedules, reconciling these to the Finance system, communicating monthly forecasts to the Senior Management Accountant and providing appropriate support(and challenge) to Heads of Department as to revenue trajectory. A key part of the role will be ensuring that reporting is accurate,timelyand robust, so that partners, departmentheadsand senior management can rely on it when making commercial decisions.

The individual will also provide feedback and recommendations for improvement on departmental billing and process issues.

Despite being a well-established function in the firm, the role holds considerable scope for growth and development. Central to the role is improving reporting,forecasting and billing practices and processesforthe departments, and beginning to create/adopt standardised procedures for pricing work and calculating profitability. The individual will work closely with fee earners to ensure that delivering value and driving profitability are embedded into the department’sdecision-making processes.

This role would also liaise with the departments administrative and support staff, ensuring all financial administrative tasks and duties are completed with timely, efficient processes.

We are looking for a qualified finance professional (1+ PQE), with a proactive approach and a keen eye for detail. The individual will need to be “hands on” and able to work closely with team members, whilst…