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We are currently looking for a fully qualified Accountant to join a leading business in Norwich. You will be working alongside different business departments, providing financial information, tools, analysis and insight to executives, challenging their thinking, helping them make more informed decisions and driving business strategy.

Your role is to provide 'real time' support and analysis, to be a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making.

Key responsibilities:

Providing analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business strategies

Improving the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on business performance

Providing effective commercial procedures, or initiating change, to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered

Building partnerships and strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams and providing financial support to commercial decision making

Delivering analysis and insight on business opportunities; providing options and scenarios for business decisions

Conducting market research studies and analysis to assess current market trends

Presenting financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variances including understanding financial opportunities and risk

Challenging current ways of working, driving efficiencies and cost savings wherever possible

Assisting with year-end audit

Dealing with and working through issues of conflict and operational challenges with project teams and other stakeholders

Understanding the cost drivers of the business and providing insight to the non-finance members

Skills needed for this role:

Finance business partners must have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively in order to explain financial concepts to non-finance people. They should be able to influence key decision makers and think strategically. Excellent commercial acumen, along with good project management and analytical skills are also required for this role