Finance Business Partner

Eviden, part of the Atos Group, with an annual revenue of circa € 5 billion is a global leader in data-driven, trusted and sustainable digital transformation. As a next generation digital business with worldwide leading positions in digital, cloud, data, advanced computing and security, it brings deep expertise for all industries in more than 47 countries. By uniting unique high-end technologies across the full digital continuum with 53,000 world-class talents, Eviden expands the possibilities of data and technology, now and for generations to come.

The opportunity

A vacancy has arisen for a proactive and self-motivated finance professional to join the Finance team in the UK.

Working on key accounts, the successful candidate will lead on managing the effective operation and governance of all accounting matters. This will include taking ownership of all financial processes on the account such as month-end reporting, forecasting, audit, management of P&L, balance sheet management, budgeting, investment appraisal, cost challenge, new business support, order entry and working capital.

Applicants will have significant financial management experience of a major contract, possess excellent inter-personal and communication skills, and have an eye for detail.

Only UK citizen can be considered for this role.

Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Reporting to the Industry CFO
• Implementing and maintaining strong governance over key business and financial systems and processes
• Responsibility for the financial statements including order entry, revenue, project margin, and the balance sheet; the latter particularly includes the management and optimisation of working capital.
• Ensuring compliance with IFRS accounting standards and UK legislation.
• At month end, implementing processes to ensure deadlines are met, and variances or other items of interest are clearly articulated to the relevant CFOs and other stakeholders.
• Working closely with the Client Executive Partner and the Account Management Team on forecasts and budgets.
• Liaising with the customer on invoice billing and payment detail
• Responsible for the calculation in new deals or changes in the current contracts
• Compiling key business metrics and report on them to management
• Assisting in strategy formulation for the account, including account plans and performance against Initial Business Case/Current Business Case.
• Driving revenue and cost analysis programmes to identify and minimise errors/inefficiencies. Support decision-making on project/service delivery options (e.g. better quality, cheaper, alternative delivery team etc)
• Managing the production and review of ad-hoc analysis to support the Account Management Team (e.g. financial/accounting consequences of business decisions under consideration)

Signs of success

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a rich combination of experience, proven skills and personal attributes. See below to find out if you’re the person we’re looking for.

• Positive attitude, upbeat, aim to excel professionally
• Taking the time to get to know the team, demonstrating respect and working hard to improve
• Acting with integrity and doing the best, whether someone is watching or not
• Addressing problems – focussing not on who is right but what is right

Skills we can’t do without:

• Candidates should have a professional accounting qualification being CCAB/CIMA qualified is essential.
• Strong influencing skills to drive the desired outcomes
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Be able to explain complex financial issues effectively to both finance and non-finance staff.
• Be able to prioritise workloads and to cope with changing and conflicting demands

Skills we’d like:

• Strong Excel skills

Getting to know Eviden

You can look forward to joining a global powerhouse in digital transformation. We have 120,000 employees in 73 countries and an annual revenue of €13 billion. We are also number one in Europe regarding Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, providing end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business applications and Digital Workplace solutions through our Digital Transformation Factory. Additionally, we provide transactional services through Worldline, Europe’s leader in the payment industry. Our group is also the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and operate under the brands Atos, Atos Syntel, Unify and Worldline.

Let’s grow together.