Finance Business Partner

Description:

Linde Material Handling are looking to recruit a Temporary Finance Business Partner to support our regional businesses in the North West of England and Scotland.

Working closely with the regional Director of Business Controlling, and other budget holders, you will be responsible for the reporting and controlling of actual and budgeted financial performance, at both a detailed and summary level.

The main responsibilities of this role include:

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* Provide business segment expertise for new trucks and specialism within commercial and financial approval sign off for new orders, pricing including break clauses and li-ion finance.

* Truck inventory controls and forecasting of shipments.

* Trade Receivables Management including account reconciliations, query resolutions and customer visits

* External Finance portfolio management, including co-ordination of overdues, invoice queries and customer relationships

* Supporting the Budget and forecast process.

* Controlling of business performance against monthly rolling forecasts for Sales, EBIT and cash, identifying and closing any gaps and improvements in accuracy. This will require working closely with operational teams

* Control and approval process on overhead expenditure and truck buybacks

* Regular review of Balance sheet and support for the Provisions held and consistent process in line with total company guidelines.

* As part of business partnering/challenge to business there will be requirement to visit Customers and other Regions and Head office sites to attend as appropriate any steering, forecasting, business review meetings

* Active participant in monthly depot meetings to drive performance and analysis of depot P&L’s – After Sales, Rentals, New and Used trucks.

* Providing business commentary for Senior Directors to highlight business trends, benchmarking and any risk to financial performance against budgets.

* To implement improvements of finance processes and systems in order to achieve an effective and efficient way of working consistently for achievement against defined objectives and service targets.

To be considered for this role, you will:

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* Be a fully qualified accounting professional (preferred but not essential)

* Have prior proven experience in a Senior Management Accounting / Business Partnering / Analyst role (preferred but not essential)

* Have previously worked in large complex/matrix organisations (preferred but not essential)

* Have worked in a manufacturing or leasing/contract hire environment (preferred but not essential)

* Be competent using Excel at an advanced level and have strong IT skills

* Have strong stakeholder management skills, being confident communicating with all levels of Management

* Have a professional manner

* Be commercially aware and show a forward looking focus

* Have experience of value added reporting and business segment specialism

What We Offer:

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* Salary dependent on experience

* This role will be based in our Region North West office in Warrington, with some travel to our Scotland office in East Kilbride, to meet business requirements

* Hybrid working pattern with flexibility once you have had training within the organisation

Additional Information

Linde Material Handling is a leading global manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse trucks, and a provider of intralogistics solutions and services. As an innovation leader, we deliver progressive products and tailored solutions, which meet all individual requirements that an application or company may have.

Linde is part of the KION Group, which is the largest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse trucks in Europe, measured by units. Within the KION Group, we are helping to shape the future together with our strong brands Linde, STILL and Dematic and represent the very best our industry has to offer. The KION Group is a global enterprise made up of around 41,000 employees in more than 100 countries.

Our culture is shaped by the shared values of the KION Group: integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence