Assistant Finance Business Partner

Looking to build your finance career? Become an Assistant Finance Business Partner at Buro Happold. 

This person can be based in our Bath office on a hybrid working model. 

Are you a proactive and detail-oriented finance professional looking to gain experience in a leading global consultancy? We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our UK+ Finance team on a 6-month fixed term contract.

At Buro Happold, you’ll be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where finance plays a key role in driving project success and business performance.

About The Role

As an Assistant Finance Business Partner, you will support the delivery of high-quality financial insights and reporting across a range of projects. This role combines both management accounting and financial support, offering excellent exposure to project finance within a professional services environment.

You will work closely with Finance Business Partners, Project Directors and operational teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and support decision-making.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Support the preparation of monthly project and management accounts.
• Assist with annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes.
• Help monitor project performance, including revenue, costs and provisions.
• Collaborate with the Project Operations Team to support project delivery.
• Contribute to financial reporting and monthly commentary for project leadership teams.
• Support project approvals, closures, and governance processes.
• Assist with journal postings, invoicing and month-end activities.
• Liaise with regional and group finance teams to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Produce ad hoc analysis, reports and presentations as required.

About You: 

We’re looking for someone who is organised, approachable, and confident working with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with financial systems.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Proactive, collaborative and able to use initiative.

Desirable: 

• Experience within professional services, engineering or construction sectors.
• Familiarity with systems such as Agresso or Deltek Vantagepoint.
• AAT qualification (or working towards) or equivalent experience.

Why Join Buro Happold?

At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.

What we Offer You: 

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities. A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.
A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. 

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