Overview

Role:

Finance Business Partner (6 month FTC)Location:

Shoreham by Sea, UK – HybridRole ID:

2025-3036Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.Role Purpose

Support the business partnering stream and, in conjunction with the Senior Finance Business Partner, provide financial support and insight to project and operational leaders across the UK, North America, and Europe clusters. This includes delivering accurate monthly forecasts, analysing financial performance, and driving accountability through robust reporting and variance analysis. The role plays a key part in ensuring margin, utilisation and cash targets are met, and financial controls are consistently applied. This role ideally requires a September start and will initially be a 6 month fixed term contract.Key Responsibilities

Partner with project managers and business leads to monitor project financial performance and investigate variancesManage the Results Analysis process in line with the monthly timetable, the agreed Business Review actions and risks and opportunitiesSign off the final revenue position each month in consultation with the Regional Finance ManagerCoordinate the Project Review process (PRT), including maintenance of PSR key information such as dates, CP updates and notesPrepare and review monthly forecasts and contribute to the annual budget cycleSupport monthly reporting, including commentary on results, risks and opportunitiesMonitor and drive improvements in working capital, focusing on invoicing, WIP and debtor follow-upReview and maintain project financial data in ERP systems, ensuring accuracy and alignment with accounting policiesAssist in the preparation of business cases, commercial reviews, and margin analysisContribute to monthly portfolio reviews, supporting challenge and decision-makingProvide first-line finance support to operational teams, including timesheet accuracy, cost centre coding and internal complianceSupport internal and external audit requests and contribute to the completion of ICQ and ACC submissionsUndertake ad-hoc financial analysis and support improvement initiatives as requiredKey Competencies And Experience

Commercially minded, with the ability to interpret data and communicate financial insightConfident engaging with stakeholders at all levels and building strong working relationshipsDetail-focused, proactive and organised, with the ability to meet reporting deadlinesComfortable working with complexity across multiple business units and time zonesAdaptable and willing to challenge the status quo to improve outcomesPart-qualified or qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)Experience in financial analysis, management reporting, or project accountingProficient in Excel with working knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP or ChangepointExperience in professional services, consulting, or project-based environments is desirableWorking here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We\''re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.Benefits

Our core benefits include 25 days\'' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person\''s potential, and we\''ll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a ''disability confident'' employer.Next steps

Once you have submitted your application, a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that timing can vary depending on application volume for each role, and in some cases we may start reviewing applications prior to the closing date. If you require adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process, Ricardo is a Disability confident employer; please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com.Seniority level

Mid-Senior levelEmployment type

ContractJob function

Finance and Sales

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