Finance Business Partner

Overview

Would you like to help enrich the lives of learners around the world? At RM, we've been pioneers of education technology since 1973. We provide technology and resources to the education sector, supporting over 10 million students worldwide. We work with over 28,000 schools, nurseries, and education trusts in 115 countries to deliver customer-centric solutions that improve education outcomes. What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification; we partner with schools, examination boards, central governments and other professional institutions to enrich the lives of learners. RM Group operates through three businesses: Technology (Managed Services, Software and Infrastructure for Schools), Assessment (Software and Services) and TTS (Educational Resources). TTS has proudly supported the education sector for almost 40 years. Our in-house experts collaborate with teachers and educational experts to create unique and innovative resources that engage children and inspire a lifelong love of learning. Every TTS resource provides unlimited learning opportunities and is made to last, making the most of schools' and nurseries' limited budgets and ensuring years of classroom use. Visit our website to find out more:

We are seeking a qualified Finance Business Partner with a proven track record of successfully supporting Senior Leadership teams to deliver the objectives of the business and drive performance. This is a high-profile role that will bridge the gap between Finance and the TTS business so strong stakeholder management is critical to success. You will support business unit leaders across the sales, marketing, operations and customer services functions - many of which come from non-commercial backgrounds including teaching.The role requires the ability to understand complex business challenges, coordinating across multiple demands and priorities and interdependent deliverables.

This Finance Business Partner position is ideal for someone with strong financial expertise who enjoys partnering with multi-disciplined business teams to drive positive change in education.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Develop and manage budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling to support business objectives, challenging and driving performance to budget by department.
• Provide insightful analysis of revenue, costs, and profitability of the RM Resources business.
• Identify key financial trends and risks, offering data-driven recommendations
• Working with the accounting team on all reconciliations and consulting with the wider finance teams and transactional reporting team in India to ensure accurate flow of information

Business Partnering & Strategic Support:

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, operations and customer services teams to optimise financial performance.
• Work with the Sales and marketing teams to analyse trends, impact of marketing & promotional activity.
• Support & challenge Product Development teams through the development cycle including production/approval of business cases and on-going monitoring of performance.
• Transformation - Supporting business projects to improve process and transition the business across accounting systems and delivery to drive business growth.

Reporting & Compliance:

• Preparation of monthly results and management reporting including divisional packs for Group consolidation, developing the reporting suite to deliver meaningful, insightful and actionable views of business performance.
• Work closely with finance teams to maintain accurate financial controls and reporting standards.
• Support the group audit, liaising with the external auditors in preparation information and investigation of issues

Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or equivalent experience.
• Experience in business partnering, ideally within the education sector.
• A proven track record of leading the building of multi-year strategic plans for the total business with revenues of greater than £25m. Including full P&L, Balance Sheet and cashflows.
• Strong financial planning and analysis skills with the ability to create actionable options to improve business profit growth that delivers impacts to profit of greater than £0.5m
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to to lead and align colleagues from other functions/departments to achieve impactful outcomes .

• Experience of developing reporting suites that translate data into meaningful reports for all levels of the business, creating insight that is acted on by the directors and senior leaders in the business

At TTS we have My Work which provides office-based colleagues with multi location and hybrid working options. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process. As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available, some roles are also eligible for a performance-related bonus. There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign up for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM. To better reflect the society that we serve, we're committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. To achieve this, we create teams of talented people from different backgrounds and experiences and strive to be a business where our people can bring their whole selves to work. We also want to make the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us at . Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.