Finance Business Partner - Transformation

About Azets

Azets is the #1 provider of business-critical, professional services to SMEs across the UK and Nordics with an integrated, scaled platform and tech-enabled offering, uniquely positioned for considerable growth.

Azetsdelivers value to its clients through its highly talented people, through the application of innovative, leading edge technologies and withafocus on our clients and on quality. Backed by HGCapitaland PAI partners, Azetswas established in August 2016.

Azetsprovides outsourcing, audit, accounting, payroll, taxation, financial and other advisory services to a broad range of businesses and individuals in its chosen markets. The Group as offices in the UK,Ireland,Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estoniaand Romania and support client businesses in over 60 countries around the world.

The Groupis undergoing significantambitioustransformation,whichhas led to the requirement for a high performing central Finance function.

We are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner on a fixed term basis (12 months) to provide support to the Transformation function. The role is flexible in location (Newcastle or London preferred) and will require some travel.

Reporting to the Corporate Director – Finance, you will proactively engage with senior business leaders to provide strategic and operational finance support for key transformation initiatives within the group’s Value Creation Plan.

You will provide robust finance leadership and management in support of relevant business leaders to achieve business goals and support future growth objectives:

• Acting as trusted partner to business leaders

• Acting as the “shop window” of finance – owner of business relationships not processes

• Utilising insightful financial information and analysis to create actions which support or challenge business decisions

• Ensuring effective support for investment and spend decisions including for example robust ROI on investments, ongoing review of spend

• Ownership of financial models, budgets and forecastsfor VCP initiatives
• Approval of spend drawdownrequests made against budget and forecast, and ensure adherence to financial governance processes
• Working closely with the Group Transformation Director and PMO function
• Conducting financial justification for project approvals
• Act as a catalyst for change and challenge decision-making based on sound financial and commercial reasoning

• Strong transformation/project experience, ideally within a fast pacedPE environment.
• Candidates should hold a recognised accounting qualification(ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Team player with strong communication skillsto build good relationships at all levelsis critical, with experience of working in a matrix business a distinct advantage
• Strong initiative and go-get attitude with a desire to understand the financial numbersis essential
• Excellent excelmodellingskillsare essential