Finance Business Partner

Company Description

We connect the world’s top investors and business leaders to the insights that shape investment decisions. From private equity firms and hedge funds to leading consultancies, our clients count on us to find the exact expert they need — fast.

Since 2007, we’ve grown to 1,500+ people across global financial hubs, becoming a trusted research partner to thousands of decision-makers. This is where ambitious people come to accelerate their careers.

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, the Finance Business Partner will be responsible for supporting with pulling together the budgets and forecast models and uploading them to the Finance Planning system. You will be responsible for tracking the monthly reporting of actual spend for support functions against the relevant Budgets and forecasts, together with supporting and constructively challenging spend across the business.  The role will also govern the capital investments, ensuring they are documented and the progress of these is tracked periodically.

Responsibilities

• Monthly reporting:

  • Maintain month-end reporting packs (roll forward monthly and provide analysis and insight against the latest budget/forecast)
  • Work with accounting teams to ensure accuracy of the month-end results - calculating accruals for opex and capex
  • Produce insightful commentary for the monthly variance analysis against the forecast
  • Maintain a strong relationship with operations and advise them on finances - breakdown of costs against budgets
  • Provide detailed and accurate monthly staffing vs. budget per department to help with recruitment decisions

• Budgeting and Forecasting:

  • Work with the business to understand commercial requirements, support, and constructively challenge decision-making
  • Own the input and upload of budgets and forecasts in NSPB
  • Maintain key insights on drivers of spend in various budget lines
  • Analysis of variances against comparators such as prior year and previous forecasts - produce variance bridge and waterfalls
  • Record and track KPI measures underpinning the budget assumptions

• Investment KPI tracking

  • Track and record investments, ROI and govern the approval process
  • Work with the business to understand and record the impact on KPIs

• Procurement tools tracking

  • Support the procurement team by maintaining a group-wide log of all 3rd party tools 
  • Work with tool owners to understandthe  commercial requirements of the tool, together with volumetrics where appropriate
  • Support the procurement team through the application of insight and data to support the procurement process
  • Be the first point of approval for 3rd party spend

• Other responsibilities

  • Track procurement renewals against the budget
  • PO checks and approvals
  • Participate in standardising and automating reporting packs

Qualifications

• A self-motivated person who is willing to get involved and work as a valued member of the finance team
• Experience working with non-finance professionals
• Part Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA) 3 years PQE
• Desire to be part of a growing business and working hard to achieve the company’s growth plans
• Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment
• Able to work to tight deadline as well as under pressure
• Strong communications skills
• Comfortable in a non-hierarchal environment and a genuine team player
• Experienced and diligent worker with a good eye for detail and enquiring mind
• Strong systems competence, previous experience with NetSuite is desirable
• Strong Excel modelling skills , Word and Powerpoint

Shift Timings:

2 Days Work From Office from 9am IST to 6pm IST

3 Days Work From Home from 9am BST/ GMT to 6pm BST/ GMT to support collaboration with the UK Team.

Additional Information

We ensure every team member is able to bring their best self to work as well as in their lives outside - take a look at our benefits:

How will you be rewarded? 

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary reflective of your skills and experience.
• Time Off: Benefit from 18 days of paid time off (PTO), 8 fixed holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 8 casual leaves. PTO increases with tenure.
• Learning & Development: Receive a personal development reimbursement yearly for customised learning programs. Additionally, a dedicated budget supports studies and job-related qualifications.
• Health & Well-being: Access private medical insurance, maternity benefits, and engage in various events promoting mental health.
• Life Cover: Automatically enrolled in Life Insurance cover from your date of hire, providing coverage 4x the annual CTC.
• Flexibility: Embrace our work-from-anywhere policy and hybrid work options
• Fun at Work: Unwind in our breakout area with games like foosball, Table Tennis, and PlayStation5.
• Snacks & Refreshments: Stay energised with daily snacks, tea, and coffee provided.
• CSR Days: Contribute to social responsibility with 2 CSR days annually – take time off to volunteer.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Third Bridge is proud to foster diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local laws.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying. 

We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway and we will be happy to consider your application