Finance Business Partner Infrastructure

Job Description

Job Title: Finance Business Partner Infrastructure

Working Pattern:Full Time
Working Location:Bristol

Grade: Level C

As Finance Business Partner for Infrastructure you will work closely with the Infrastructure programme teams alongside wider Finance stakeholders to ensure each project is accounted for correctly. This requires a strong understanding of financeand Government accounting regulationsto define the most appropriate accounting policy and treatment for each project.

You will also help to define and shape Finance IT system requirementsin support of a new facility.

Why Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress powering protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

This role sits within the UK&I Future Programmes Business Development and Early Life Cycle (UK&I FP BD & ELC) Finance team supporting the UK&I FP BD & ELC organisation.

You will report to the VP Finance UK&I BD & FP & ELC and will support the Infrastructure programmeswithin the portfolio.

The Finance team is responsible for the integrity of the accountsand ensuring that costs on Government contractscomply with relevant costing and recovery processes.

Well provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive innovative culture that invests in you gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office home or another remote location. Its a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum were all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

• Partner with the Infrastructure programme team to ensure the team understands the financial implicationsof transactions and proposed decisions before they are enacted.

• Recommend and agree the accounting treatmentfor each infrastructure project ensuring compliance with Government accounting contract and financial accounting rules and that each project is reflected correctly in the accounts.

• Ensure all infrastructure costs to be charged to contract are allowable and ensure the organisation recovers costs to contractwhere appropriate recommending and implementing new accounting policies/processes as required.

• Review cost recovery of costs impacting cost rate areasto ensure the most appropriate method of cost recovery is used.

• Interface with the MoD / Industryas part of infrastructure governance reviews.

• Act as Finance lead for new ERP system set-uprequired in new manufacturing facilities including understanding and defining finance and cost accounting methodology and system requirements plus definition user testing and implementation.

• Act as Finance lead as required for the new manufacturing facility following go-live.

• Hold financial accountability for infrastructure including cashflow reporting and forecasting.

• Develop and maintain appropriate financial KPIs including robust risk and opportunity management.

• Support internal governance and audit as appropriate.

• Work as part of the UK&I BD & FP & ELC Finance team to ensure actuals budgets and forecastsare completed in line with timelines.

• Work with the Senior Business Partner UK&I BD & FP & ELC to ensure consistency and supportacross the portfolio.

• Provide support to the Finance Analyst and Project Accountant UK&I BD & ELC.

Who were looking for

To start you will require a minimum Security Check (SC) clearancewithout any caveats to that time this role may require you to hold Developed Vetting (DV). Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of the work and protection of certain assets you must hold UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work.

Essential Requirements

• Post qualified and ideally with Infrastructure industry experience

• Qualified accountant(CIMA / ACCA)

• Eligible for SC Clearance

Preferred Requirements

• Strong analytical skills

• Ability to build effective relationships with a diverse range of individuals and teams

• Drive for process improvement

• Ability to deal with ambiguity and work with others

• Experience with SAPand Excel

• Infrastructure contracting

• New IT system implementation

• Government cost accounting principles

We are an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of caring and belonging we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people Rolls-Royce

For further information please contact: Bryony French

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