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A great opportunity has come available for a Finance Business Partner on a 6 month FTC to work for a key service provider.
This role would be a home based role with an expectation to be in the London office 2 days a week.

Day to day duties;
• Ensure timely and accurate production of month end reporting packs and forecasts
• Provision of month end & accounting support to both internal and external stakeholder
• Management of Risks and Opportunities tracker
• Detailed commercial understanding of the contract, working to optimise profit and protect the business from any Commercial/Partner/Internal risks
• Assist in management accounts review and analysis in accordance with strict reporting deadlines
• Overall responsibility for contract reporting, developing insightful MI & high-quality analysis to drive improved performance.
• Focus on Balance Sheet reconciliations to meet the standards needed by Senior Management in a risk-free manner with clear audit back-up
• Continually monitoring, searching and communicating around opportunity and risk, driving the team to convert the opportunities and mitigate the risk
• Process Improvements – re-visit every process of the contract operations to be able to define newer/ better processes that suits the needs of the global contract
• Development and maintenance of a professional and proactive business relationship with operations & commercial
• Ensuring that processes are consistently followed and challenged to maintain financial and commercial control
• Create, maintain and enforce policies and procedures to manage the commercial risk
• To perform any ad-hoc duties at the discretion of the SFBPs and more

Ideal candidate;
Must hold an appropriate professional qualification for the role (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent or a few papers left to qualify)
• Extensive experience working in a Finance organisation, preferably within a similar industry
• Experience in a similar role within a multi-site business is desirable
• Prior experience of working with an outsourced organization is desirable but not mandatory
• Capability of adding value in a commercially orientated environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of the business within their scope of responsibility.
• Strong management accounting experience

Should this be of an interest please APPLY.

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I am currently recruiting for a highly experienced Quantity Surveyor to work with a market leading FM provider working on one of their largest accounts, which requires a dedicated QS to head up all commercials. We have worked with this client for a number of years and consistently receive excellent feedback from candidates who join. If you are interested in hearing more details, please see below.
  
Day to day duties

• Working on a large FM contract but closely with the projects team who are delivering various multi-million-pound contracts
• Work within the Project Management team to manage all cost and procurement activities from initial enquiry from the Client through to sub-contract works being undertaken and completed
• Communicate effectively with colleagues within the Business Unit and so that information is disseminated effectively and participate in project groups and meetings as required.
• Ensuring a good understanding of Client's requirements and undertake feasibility studies to ensure their proposals will work suitably
• Attend client meetings, have good knowledge of project delivery activities, encourage active improvements & provide feedback to Clients .
• Working closely with the operations team
• Handling a variety of pricing issues

  
What the client seeks

• The client feels the suitable candidate must have worked on NEC3 contracts previously
• 3 years’ experience working in the FM/Project Delivery (Or similar) Commutable
• Experience at interfacing at all levels throughout an organisation
• PC literate – understanding of how to use the technology as a tool

  
Interested?
If you are interested in hearing more details about this vacancy, then please send over your updated CV and I will be in touch in due course.
  
 

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I am currently looking to recruit for a PFI Commercial Manager with a key client of mine, working across a selection of their largest PFI contracts in the South East & South West area.
Day to day duties

• Working closely with the Finance Business Partner on the account and under Lead Commercial Manager
• Handling client relationship piece on the contracts
• Clearly communicating the obligations and liabilities contained within these contracts to ensure that income is maximised, costs are minimised, whilst the service required is delivered (including contract deliverables, scope of services etc.);
• Manage full commercial governance to all subcontractors.
• Controlling costs and supporting the management of cash for the Contracts falling under their remit
• Identifying, managing and reporting on risks across the departments
• Supporting the management and mitigation of risks at all levels  
• Reviewing contractual change control processes (Variations, Early Warning Notices etc), including pricing;
• Rebutting unfounded contractual claims
• Leading the management of contractual claims / disputes with Clients and other Third-parties within their portfolio of contract
• Ensuring full commercial governance of all subcontractors including putting in place back-to-back agreements;
• To provide day-to-day commercial support to the account management teams.
• Ensuring improved financial and compliance performance for the provider
• Providing day to day commercial support to the account management teams.
• Supporting the Commercial Director in the satisfaction of contract and company objectives.
• Taking the Commercial lead with clients directly to identify and resolve variations from the contract deliverables.

What the client seeks

• PFI Expertise (desirable) – whether this be client, contractor or SPV side
• Excellent stakeholder management expertise
• Strong negotiation skills with stakeholders
• Someone who understands outsourcing contracts and is keen to continue in this sector
• Highly competent on Facilities Management contracts and strong negotiator directly with client
• Strong on legal disputes, claims and variations
• Suitable commercial experience;
• Highly organised and time focussed;
• Understanding and practical application of base UK law applicable to Facilities Management and Construction Contracts (Construction Act etc).
• Excellent communicator
• Excellent financial acumen with an ability to analyse complex data and documentation with accuracy;
• Strong negotiation skills;
• Sound understanding of risk analysis/management;
• Experience of leading Procurement activities;
• PC Literate with excellent knowledge of MS applications, in particular Excel

  

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I am currently looking to recruit for a Principal Commercial Manager with a key player in the outsourcing sector, working across a wide range of their FM contracts in the Midlands and North. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading outsourcing provider which have done particularly well over recent years with a number of new and exciting contracts.

Day to day duties

• Develop a high performing Commercial team on a day to day basis
• Lead or provide commercial support to deliver good P&L results to a value of c£140m p.a.
• Drive consistency of good valuation/commercial/procurement processes both pre and post Contract
• Supporting contract commercial team with cost control of project including providing and monitoring budgets and forecasts in conjunction with the Project Manager/Senior Commercial Manager; production of weekly/monthly cost and value reconciliations and forecasts and advising the Project Manager/Senior Commercial Manager thereof
• Support the bid director in winning strategic bids by use of good commercial strategy and process to deliver robust commercial solutions in bids
• Deliver the pre and post Contract opportunity and risk process including mitigation of risk
• Develop good strategies for further improving cash flows
• Clearly communicating the obligations and liabilities contained within these contracts to ensure that income is maximised, costs are minimised, whilst the service required is delivered (including contract deliverables, scope of services etc.);
• Manage full commercial governance to all subcontractors.
• Controlling costs and supporting the management of cash for the Contracts falling under their remit
• Identifying, managing and reporting on risks across the departments
• Reviewing contractual change control processes (Variations, Early Warning Notices etc), including pricing;
• Rebutting unfounded contractual claims
• Leading the management of contractual claims / disputes with Clients and other Third-parties within their portfolio of contract
• Ensuring full commercial governance of all subcontractors including putting in place back-to-back agreements;
• To provide day-to-day commercial support to the account management teams.
• Ensuring improved financial and compliance performance for the provider
• Providing day to day commercial support to the account management teams.
• Supporting the Commercial Director in the satisfaction of contract and company objectives.
• Taking the Commercial lead with clients directly to identify and resolve variations from the contract deliverables.

What the client seeks

• Excellent stakeholder management expertise
• Strong negotiation skills with stakeholders
• Someone who understands outsourcing contracts and is keen to continue in this sector
• Highly competent on Facilities Management contracts and strong negotiator directly with client
• Highly organised and time focussed;
• Understanding and practical application of base UK law applicable to Facilities Management and Construction Contracts (Construction Act etc).
• Excellent communicator
• Excellent financial acumen with an ability to analyse complex data and documentation with accuracy;
• Strong negotiation skills;
• Sound understanding of risk analysis/management;
• Experience of leading Procurement activities;
• PC Literate with excellent knowledge of MS applications, in particular Excel

 

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A leading Facilities Management company are looking to hire a Qualified Accountant on a permanent basis, for a Senior Finance Manager position. Salary on offer is £55-£65k + £6k car and up to 20% bonus.

Interviews taking place w/c 19th April

Initially you be home based, but when the Newbury office opens again, you'll move to a hybrid capacity, doing 2-3 days a week from home or the office, with some travel around local sites.

Reporting in to the Finance Director, you will manage 1 person in a broad and challenging position, covering the following responsibilities:

Role Summary

• Support in driving Financial and Contract Governance across the Account to ensure precise, timely and reliable reporting
• Guarantee suitable Financial Control is in place on the account and managed on a monthly basis together with, managing balance sheet reconciliations for the Account and ensuring timeliness / accuracy
• Monthly account business reviews and manage agreed Finance actions
• Recognise, anticipate and deliver customer (internal and external) needs while building good relationships
• Business Partner with stakeholders
• Manual accrual ownership - analysis, validate and contest operations team to achieve efficient processing of payments
• Monthly payroll evaluation - safeguard that correct costs are allocated to the account corporate P&L and any recharges managed
• Debt report - ownership of debt management
• Business Review - production of pack
• Drive Corporate profitability

Experience Required:

• Qualified Accountant
• Strong Management Accounting experience
• Confident Finance Business Partnering skills
• Ability to improve processes and assist in moving towards automation

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