Job Reference: J257-A-21-6134

Employer:

Greenbrook Healthcare

Department:

Urgent Care

Location:

National, any main site

Salary:

Competitive Salary

Summary of main purpose of role

The Finance Business Partner is responsible for supporting the Head of Finance to develop and deliver management accounting and forecasting services to Lewisham College and Southwark College. At an operational level, the overriding purpose of the role is to support the Head of Finance in driving efficiencies to allow reinvestment into the quality of teaching, learning and facilities. The role will work closely with budget holders in each college to ensure financial information is communicated clearly, consistently and actioned appropriately.

Essential criteria

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent)

Significant experience and track record in a finance business partnering role

Experience of preparing and managing budgets and forecasts

NCG

NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

AtNCGvalues are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things. Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation,we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with ourcore values. 1. Being both inclusive and diverse, 2. Trusting and respecting our communities, 3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively and 4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

NCG offers an excellent benefits package, including generousholiday entitlement,access to the Local Governmentpension scheme, company sick pay,free on-site parking, cycle to work scheme, free gym membership and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

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No agency applications will be accepted.

Turnitin is a global SaaS company dedicated to ensuring the integrity of education and research and supporting the development of original thinking skills. As the academic and research landscape evolves, Turnitin stays ahead of trends through advancements in technology and deep partnerships with education leaders, institutions, and practitioners. 

Turnitin’s proprietary content databases — built over 20 years — provide an unparalleled repository of 1 billion student papers, best-in-class scholarly content from top publishers in every major discipline and in dozens of languages, and 70 billion current and archived web pages. We promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all assignment types and subject areas so that educators can help students do their best, original work

Supporting Turnitin senior management, you must ensure that they have visibility and insights into their areas of the business. You will be working closely with the Regional VPs, the CMO and their teams, as well as being a key contributing member of the Turnitin Finance team.

Business Partnering is a key element to the role and also involves owning the P&L, budgeting, forecasting, balance sheet transactions for your area of the business/stream(s). You will be providing key commentaries and analysis to support strategic decision making and assist the Senior Director of FP&A to manage the overall business. You will also ensure consistency and sharing of knowledge across business streams, working closely with other Finance Business Partners within Turnitin globally.

This role will allow the successful candidate to be a part of a growing business, with financial, operational and commercial exposure. You will add value through supporting operational performance, delivering on short and long term initiatives.

This role will support Regional VPs, therefore experience of supporting Sales and Marketing functions will be required.  Experience of having worked as a finance business partner (FBP) in a SaaS environment is hugely advantageous.

Key Accountabilities 

• Provide a high-quality end to end financial partner service to the business, by providing expert financial advice and challenging the management team to support decision making that sustains the delivery of strategic and operational planning

• Improving business performance through productivity and efficiency measures

• Produce and co-ordinate period management accounts (P&L and capex), analysis and commentary and present to Senior Director of FP&A, whilst informing the business of monthly performance/trends and actions to improve

• Preparation and ownership of monthly forecasting and management reports as part of the wider FP&A team

• Providing value-adding financial insight, support, and challenge by building effective working relationships at all levels, including senior managers and with other departments in the business

• Supporting stakeholders and senior management with financial analysis to help aid decision making

• Identify trends to project the full year including recommendations on opportunities/ mitigating risks and a clear go-to for senior management for financial recommendations and analysis

• Lead the Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecast process for your stream(s) in line with the overall Finance timeline. Planning and delivering a process that is timely and accurate, as well as providing healthy challenge; understand key drivers for costs, across all locations/ sites/projects

• Maintain and enhance financial controls ensuring accuracy and robustness of reporting and continue to develop reporting for this business area

• Continually identify and implement improvements to business processes to increase efficiency and ensure all costs are recorded accurately in the accounts.

• Support ad hoc requests for analysis and information from Senior Director of FP&A, CFO and other Senior Managers & Executive within the business 

The Successful Applicant

An ambitious individual with drive and a commercial edge. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment willing to be hands-on, with the desire to immerse yourself in the operational side of the business. You will proactively seek opportunities to raise standards, and drive continual improvement throughout the business. The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

• 8 years of relevant work experience in a Finance department 

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering and/or MBA preferred

• Strong Excel skills and aptitude for using/suggesting other reporting tools and software

• Attention to detail, accuracy, resourcefulness, and ability to follow-through

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

• Self-starter with ability to work cross-functionally and as well as independently

• Strong team player and ability to learn quickly

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage tight deadlines

No agency submissions 

Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, creed, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or veterans status.

Turnitin is a global company dedicated to ensuring the integrity of education and meaningfully improving learning outcomes. For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Our products are used by educators to guide their students towards higher standards of integrity and by students, researchers and professionals to do their best, original work. 

Turnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Over 15,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Gradescope, iThenticate, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity and ExamSoft

As Turnitin successfully continues to execute on its acquisition strategy for growth, we are seeking an Senior Integration Manager.  The purpose of this role is to lead the integration of multiple companies effectively and efficiently from when the deal is signed through closing and to the conclusion of all integration related activities.  The candidate will lead a cross‐functional program working with leaders and executives across the organization to drive the strategy of how best the companies will come together with a focus of reaching the defined goals for the acquisition.  The Integration Manager will understand the operations of departments and functions in the company to drive forward a program structure to determine product, brand, go to market and organizational strategy.  With this, the integration leader must be able to navigate complex situations successfully, build cross‐functional relationships and bridge communication and culture between the companies.  

The successful candidate will have a passion for project management, process and operational improvement, and have at least 3 years' previous experience of managing acquisition integration projects. This is a 12-month contract with an immediate start required.

• Lead multiple M&A integration projects within Turnitin, successfully applying the Integration Playbook to integrate newly acquired companies
• Work closely with multiple workstreams to drive integration deliverables, support and track progress
• Host regular Integration Steering Meetings
• Track and report on all integration projects and their workstreams, tracking performance and identifying and managing risks, producing consistent and clear status reports for project teams and senior leadership audiences
• Contribute to the Integration Playbook, ensuring it continues to evolve to meet the needs of the business and deliver successful integrations
• Build effective and collaborative relationships with stakeholders in the acquired company. 
• Facilitate and confirm the completion of the playbook workstreams and handover of responsibilities to the department
• Perform integration retrospectives to ensure that the process is continually improved
• Lead an expanding team of project managers.  

What we are looking for

• Proven work experience as a M&A Integration Project Manager or similar role with experience in project management and process implementation, from conception to delivery
• Able to think strategically with an understanding of the big picture while having an attention to detail
• Be agile and perform effectively in multi-tasking fast-paced environments
• Excellent verbal and written communication as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to lead by influence and strong teamwork skills
• A candidate who will be culturally aware in working with internal and external stakeholders across the globe.
• Self-managing and working virtually
• Excellent team player who can work with virtual, global, and cross-functional teams
• Capacity to manage high stress situations and to drive to a decision
• Experience of a number of collaboration tools and multiple sources of data
• A track record of thinking outside of the box to deliver smooth acquisition and integration processes.
• Ideally have experience in integration of consulting or professional services businesses and able to understand how to drive and protect value in these contexts.
• An ability to prepare and interpret project plans, and step-by-step action plans

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, creed, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or veterans status.