Finance Business Partner

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Introduction

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the worlds leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo Japan and now present in over 145 countries and regions it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media CXM and Creative while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands people and society.

Were hiring for a Finance Business Partner as part of dentsu in London.

Purpose of the Role

As Finance Business Partner youll be responsible for supporting the budgeting forecasting reporting and analysis of our Corporate Functions both centrally and across all of our regions/markets. As part of this role youll work alongside the management reporting team both onshore and offshore.

Youll provide support that all investments are correctly accounted for and closely monitored throughout the project life cycle including implementation and execution of local governance and project control systems. Youll provide financial business partnering and decision support to the Functional Leaders to ensure their strategic and operational financial goals are delivered. This will include Project accounting forecasting and budgeting for department spend commercial management of contracts and financial analysis & modelling for the Functions initiatives including target operating models and continuous improvement and benefits realisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Finance to support the future direction of the business function to identify financial and commercial risks and potential mitigations preparing reports to highlight key financial developments and communicate these with Finance Directors and Global Functional Leaders.
• Construction and presentation of monthly budget/forecasts by project and cost centres for current and future years including controls around Intangible asset accounting.
• Analysis of functional budgets and forecasts providing interpretation insight and guidance and challenge through financial analysis to enable business partners to make key decisions and achieve targets
• Support the review of business cases at key intervals of the programmes. This should include detailed reviews of actual spend as well as forecast costs to complete.
• Completion of month end and subsequent delivery of high-quality monthly management accounts and reporting including headcount reporting variance analysis and appropriate commentary
• Working with the Procurement team to manage project contracts ensuring adherence to terms compliance on key financial clauses and negotiation of new contract spend.

Qualifications Skills

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA CIMA ACA etc) with PQE
• Experience with budgeting forecasting and project cost control is preferred.
• Strong commercial acumen with proven capability to communicate financial performance to senior stakeholders
• Clear record of being curious robust and shrewd driving improved financial performance within a business
• Strong communication influencing collaboration and relationship building skills able to prioritise and meet tight deadlines with a strong ability to self-manage
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills. Use of D365 and SAP BPC and SAC is an advantage.

What we offer

• This is a permanent role.
• The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements.
• As well as a competitive salary youll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu we embrace diversity and inclusion valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation benefiting our employees partners and communities.

We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race ethnicity nationality religion gender gender identity sexual orientation age disability marital status or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected supported and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

We recognise the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process please contact us at quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.

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