Finance Business Partner

Location/s: Reading, UK
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit 
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy. 

Overview of the role

At Mott MacDonald, we employ brilliant people and trust them to do brilliant things. As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll be at the heart of delivering high-quality financial services across the Division, helping shape strategic decisions and driving performance. Whether you’re deepening your specialism or broadening your experience, you’ll be surrounded by experts who collaborate, share knowledge and support each other to succeed.

You’ll lead the delivery of accurate, timely and relevant financial advice to both internal and external clients. Working closely with the Divisional Finance Manager, you’ll contribute to the development and execution of divisional strategies and business plans, while championing continual improvement and ensuring compliance with professional and legislative standards.

This is a role where your insight will make a real difference. You’ll build strong relationships across the business, helping non-financial stakeholders understand and act on financial information. You’ll also support the development of others, sharing your expertise and encouraging a culture of learning and excellence.

What you’ll do

Service delivery and collaboration

• Lead the delivery of professional financial services across the Division
• Ensure advice is accurate, timely and tailored to client needs
• Build strong relationships to enhance financial understanding and performance
• Support knowledge sharing and professional development across teams

Strategy and improvement

• Assist in shaping and delivering divisional strategies and business plans
• Lead improvement initiatives around WIP, UNCON and progress evaluations
• Attend project control meetings and support working capital management

Quality and compliance

• Stay current with professional standards and best practices
• Ensure outputs comply with relevant legislation and internal policies
• Undertake quality checks and verification activities
• Promote safety and wellbeing in all aspects of work

Reporting and analysis

• Support the production and interpretation of monthly management accounts
• Monitor project profitability, utilisation and overheads
• Assist in budgeting and forecasting processes
• Provide cost analysis and financial insights to project teams

Training and systems

• Provide training on project control systems and finance fundamentals
• Help staff understand and manage project financials, including revenue and profit recognition
• Support compliance with group directives such as insurances and registrations

Essential

• Part qualified (AAT) or qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Proven experience in a finance business partner or similar role
• Strong Excel and financial software skills, ideally with ERP system experience
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with non-financial stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to travel to other offices for meetings and workshops

Desirable

• Experience preparing financial data to support bids
• Ability to create and update dashboards
• Presence in the office 2–3 days per week
• Experience in annual budgeting and forecasting

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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