Finance Business Partner

Thrive on openness, respect, and collaboration? Good. Us too. Join Buro Happold as a Finance Business Partner and thrive in a team that values mutual responsibility and creating a meaningful legacy. 

We are looking for a key addition to our well-established finance team. This role uniquely combines both statutory and management accounting skillsets.

The successful candidate will be responsible for producing comprehensive end-to-end management accounts, accurately reporting revenue and costs on various projects, and supporting junior team members with month-end BAU (Business as Usual) and ad-hoc tasks.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.  

Your next role

Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.  

We are looking for a passionate candidate who can inspire and motivate at every level.

Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, excellent learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.  

You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy. 

Key duties:

• Preparation and control of monthly management and project accounts
• Preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Hold regular finance project reviews for assigned portfolio, acting as a business partner to provide guidance and challenge to project performance
• Review of debtors to manage risks for project portfolio
• Knowledge of project and operational risks and opportunities within the region and project portfolio
• Working collaboratively with the Project Operations Team
• Financial and commercial decision support
• Presentation of financial analysis and monthly financial commentary to project Leadership teams.
• Liaison with other Group and Regional finance teams.
• Control and ownership of multiple cost centres within the business.
• Quarterly WIP reporting for project portfolio.
• Point of contact for financial issues on assigned cost centres.
• Compilation of any ad hoc reports, presentations, and information requests.
• Ensure adherence of local finance systems and processes.
• Meeting all financial deadlines.
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement within all aspects of the role.

Your skills and experience:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA Finalist or Fully Qualified.
• Highly resilient with outstanding communication abilities and a proven eye for detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel with the capability to establish and manage financial support systems.
• Self-assured and proactive, capable of leading in challenging situations, and able to work independently using personal initiative.
• Experienced in operating at a comparable level of responsibility, delivering technical accounting and financial insights while guiding and supporting both strategic and tactical decision-making.

• Exceptionally organised with a demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Adopts a positive and collaborative approach to fostering and developing relationships with key non-financial stakeholders.

• Experience in the professional services or engineering/construction industry would be advantageous.

• 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.

At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.  

Apply today and be a part of our legacy.   

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how 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. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences 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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