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Finance Business Partner

  • Ligentia
  • Leeds – Hybrid, United Kingdom
  • Full time
  • Finance

Join Ligentia!

We’re looking for a dynamic Finance Business Partner to join our team.

This individual will play a crucial role in driving financial performance and supporting business decisions through insightful analysis and strategic planning. This role requires a proactive individual with excellent communication skills and commercial understanding.

Your Role:

  • Prepare trading commentary and analyse variances at customer and branch level.
  • Develop budgets, forecasts, and projections for P&L and Working Capital.
  • Ensure accurate accounting for customer rebates, commission accruals and bad debt provisions.
  • Identify and drive performance improvement initiatives for P&L and Working Capital
  • Collaborate with various departments to provide financial insights and support business decisions.
  • Conduct customer reviews and allocate credit terms.
  • Escalate overdue debt and resolve customer disputes.
  • Liaise with credit insurers and external auditors.

What You’ll Need:

Essential

  • Working towards a professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
  • Some experience in a similar analytical finance role.
  • Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proactive and able to work independently.

Desirable

  • Experience using and building reports using PowerBI.

Our Working Environment

We offer a hybrid working environment, requiring on average 3 days a week from our Leeds office for collaboration and team meetings. This balance ensures you have the flexibility to work remotely while staying connected with your colleagues.

Why Ligentia? Why now?

Accelerated growth in one of the most dynamic industries you can imagine. Brilliant customers including some of the world’s leading retailers and best-known brands. A tech vision and roadmap that will turn heads for all the right reasons. And colleagues with high commitment and unrivalled knowledge, combined with low ego. A flexible work environment that is collaborative, stimulating and shares genuine feelgood for the work we do together. However you look at it, Ligentia is a great place to be right now.

Ready to join us?  Apply now!

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