Lead Finance Business Partner

The Lead Finance Business Partner is responsible for leading a team of Finance Analysts/Management Accountants in addition to the management of the Finance Business Partner, and deliver a professional, timely and accurate financial reporting & forecasting, for a range of business units within Sustainable FM. This is a broad role, which encompasses financial management, contractual support, risk and team management.  

Bouygues E&S is a successful and growing subsidiary of the Equans group. This makes Bouygues E&S an exciting place to work – the size of a FTSE 250, part of a renowned multinational group, with strong values and real opportunities for people who want to invest in their careers.

Key activities

• Lead a small team of Qualified & part-qualified finance professionals including managers and review their work. Structure, motivate, coach and develop your team.
• Take responsibility for the production and management of timely/accurate/compliant monthly financial results (P&L and balance sheet), for each of the service lines within your scope. Manage the forecasting exercises (budget and re-forecasts). Monitor, track and analyse the operational expenses in the month and recommend efficiencies where possible.
• Presentation of meaningful trends and variance analysis to enable your customers to make informed decisions. Provision of internal and statutory audit justifications as required.
• Being the first point of contact for the business when out of the ordinary requests / issues arise to ensure proper delivery to requests as well as ensuring appropriate level of understanding in the task is established.
• Take responsibility for the production of key financial indicators. Analyse and provide recommendations to site management, to optimise the Company’s position (i.e. supplier payments, debtor days, etc.)
• Evaluate and challenge - using appropriate data and analytics - the budgeting and operations of each site and service line: resource levels, performance vs. output specifications and suitable benchmarks.
  Ensure that support to general managers is optimised to minimise performance penalties. Analyse root causes /recommendations.
• Liaise with relevant staff to improve paper flow and cash flow, making suggestions where appropriate.
• Proactively analyse/audit contractual compliance and risks, so that to provide sound support to site management, and ensure that the business is gaining full entitlement of contractual arrangements. This can involve meeting with external clients, when required.
• Monitor the monthly service fee and variations and draft contractual claims for each service when commercial shortfalls are apparent.
• Provide support to your manager and business leaders when tendering for new opportunities (pricing, modelling, etc.)
• Take an active part in the optimisation of our management systems and reporting suite – to provide meaningful financial information to our customers, in the most effective way. Lead transversal projects.
• Identify improvement areas and generate ideas from your team, and implement these ideas.
• To continuously identify, devise and delivery improvements on an incremental basis.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Private health care
• 360 health check
• 2 days volunteering leave per year
• Company share scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Employee assistance programme

Why Bouygues E&S Solutions?
Bouygues Energies & Services Solutions (BYES) is an international business operating in over 25 countries and employing over 13,500 people. The company is part of the Bouygues Group – a global brand employing over 130,000 people in 80 countries within the construction, engineering, civil works, energy services, telecommunications, and media sectors.
In the UK, Bouygues Energies & Services is a leading provider of facilities management (FM), energy services, highways, and complex engineering solutions across the public and private sectors.
We place a strong emphasis on continual development, both professional and interpersonal. Currently over 2% of the Company’s payroll is spent on Learning and Development activities. We have our own international and local training centres, delivering technical and management courses.

Be Yourself!
Here at Bouygues we value the creativity and innovation that our diverse workforce brings, encouraging people from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented communities to apply. By joining us, you will be inspired to bring your full self to the workplace, speak up and share your unique ideas. You will also have an opportunity to join our employee led diversity & inclusion communities such as WeLink (women network), Encompass (LGBTQ+), Kaleidoscope (BAME), Disability and Wellness peer support network, Parents and Carers network.
We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
We value your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal details. If you choose to apply for this role, please do not include any sensitive data on your CV which reveals (directly or indirectly): your race or ethnic origins, your political, philosophical or religious opinions, or your membership of a trade union, your social security number, or information which relates to your health or sexual orientation or to any criminal convictions.