Trainee Finance Business Partner

Type: Trainee
Region: West Midlands

Job Description

The team and I are currently partnering with a Global Vehicle Manufacturer based in the West Midlands who are looking for a Trainee Finance Business Partner to join the team on a three year FTC.

Our client are looking for an ambitious finance graduate with 1-3 years post graduate experience and a strong understanding of MS Excel and the ability to asses, identify and correct any mistakes on existing spreadsheets as well as create your own from scratch.

The role offers a salary of up to £32,000 (dependent on experience) and requires travel to the office once per week, after an initial training period.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Working as part of the Commercial Finance team acting as a Finance Business Partner for all levels of internal stakeholders up to Director level
• Chasing and obtaining all necessary information for month end closure
• Completing all month end activities including accruals and prepayments
• Acting as first point of contact for an MS Excel queries, assessing faulty spreadsheets, identifying cause of issue and fixing
• Liaising with the operational management team to provide financial expertise and advise
• Creating, analysing and providing detailed reporting to identify areas for improvement or optimisation of commercial strategy

Experience required:

• 1 – 3 years post graduate experience in a finance role
• Commercial Finance experience is preferred but not required

Person specification:

• Extremely confident with MS Excel, able to develop and produce new spreadsheets and amend existing faulty ones
• Recent Finance Graduate looking to progress within Commercial Finance
• Studying/desire to study professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, etc)

Benefits:

• Car Scheme
• Pension (ex. 5% employee/7% employer)
• Flexi time
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Working hours:

• 37 hours per week
• Monday – Thursday, 8am-5pm and Friday 8am – 3:30pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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