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In Europe, we work closely with our clients to provide tailor-made and specialised services to international organisations in the space, immigration and defence sectors. We offer individual services for various public institutions.
In the field of immigration, we are a proud partner of European Homecare and ORS for public sector clients and are committed to helping European governments support refugees when they arrive, accompany them during their stay and promote their integration into local communities. For over 30 years, we have been making a positive contribution with flexibility, care, neutrality and loyalty.
We’re looking for a Business Partner (Finance), to reinforce the team in our Germany office!
We look forward to meeting you!
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Key Purpose
The key purpose of a Business Partner (Finance) is to support Serco business leaders to deliver profitable and sustainable growth for services. The Business Partner is responsible for providing dedicated, commercial and financial decision support aligned to strategic and customer priorities, to win good business and improve shareholder value. The Business Partner will work with a portfolio of business to challenge assumptions, influence decisions and make recommendations for efficiency improvements in order to sustain growth.
Reason for Role
To act as a trusted point of contact for business leaders, transforming financial and non-financial information into insight which influences decision making to improve financial performance of Serco services
Structure and Reporting Relationship
The role supports a portfolio of contracts and is located at Essen. The role will report into the Senior Business Partner for Immigration Europe. The role will have a strong relationship with EHC Directors and Managers.
Role Essentials
Act as a trusted, visible and accessible point of contact to business leaders; providing commercial and financial decision support; challenge and insight into business profitability to drive future performance.
Understand the customer landscape and their drivers to provide contract / service pricing, cash and margin optimisation recommendations, ensuring an acceptable balance of risk and return.
Production of financial records, compliance, business financial plans and forecasts.
Understand the value drivers of the business and provide guidance on contract / service performance including ROI, scenario planning, KPI analysis and benchmarking.
Support the portfolio strategy through market, competitor and portfolio analysis; and inform market entry and exit decisions.
Provide challenge and decision support for new business, drawing upon the Pricing and Deal Architecture and Legal teams, as appropriate.
Develop customer relationships to support successful commercial and financial negotiations regarding variable revenue, rebids and change notices.
Support business leaders to deliver contractual obligations through identification of over and under delivery, performing root cause analysis, and making recommendations.
Drive contract / service cost optimisation projects through profitability analysis and efficiency recommendations.
Proactive identification, assessment and management of financial and commercial risks.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders through the sharing of knowledge and collaboration.
Unsere Anforderungen – das bringt Sie mit:
Essential technical, professional skills knowledge and essential experiences.
Track record of collaborating with business leaders in a complex business environment
Experience of adding value in a commercially orientated bidding and contracting environment.
Knowledge and understanding of the business within their scope of responsibility.
Evidence of ability to influence, negotiate, listen to and resolve conflicts with key decision makers.
Ability to highlight problems, offer innovative and practical solutions, and drive through their execution.
Strong commercial acumen, as well as demonstrable experience of understanding relationships between key financial and non-financial business value drivers.
Translate business requirements into open, honest and transparent insight to solve business challenges.
Ability to interpret and deal with incomplete data; and the capability to exercise judgement where there is ambiguity
Evidence of building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Evidence of building trust with a team; allowing direct conversations and not sanitising messages.
Demonstrates diligence, integrity and personal gravitas.
Adaptable, energetic and a continuous learner
Education: Business Degree (Finance)/(Abgeschlossenes Studium der BWL mit Schwerpunkt Finanzen/Rechnungswesen)
Tools: Working knowledge of various financial systems ideally including SAP, Datev, Navision & Lucanet
Über uns
Why should you join Serco ?
At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.
Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.
A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression
Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work. We are a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
We are diverse and inclusive organisation
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to supporting the needs of all our colleagues. It’s a mix of people from different backgrounds, experiences and opinion that keeps our culture strong and vibrant.
We believe in equity so we strongly encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their abilities in an interview. We also welcome a conversation about any adjustments that would make the interview process more accessible for you. Wherever possible we are open to discussions around flexible working and we operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas.
In the UK we are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader in the government’s scheme and hold the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard; in Belgium we are partner of Diversicom and member of Charter der Vielfalt in Germany.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to The Serco Europe Recruitment Team
Important
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