Finance Business Partner

Reconciliation of working capital balance sheet accounts, understanding monthly movements and obtaining reasons from Finance stakeholders. Consolidation of the Group balance sheet movements with commentary for review with Senior Finance leadership team. Working with local finance teams on accurate presentation on Net Working Capital accounts. Review and as necessary challenge the cash forecasts, together with the past forecasting accuracy, with the view to continuous improvement. Work closely with the Regional Controller to understand, share issues, highlight concerns and drive areas for improvement.

Understand the cash pooling and liquidity structures across the Group, which countries take part in cash pooling and how this works. Support Group Treasury in producing a Group weekly cash forecast. Support countries and Group Treasury with identifying surplus cash opportunities and ensuring they are transferred to the centre. Work with the counties to identify/implement opportunities for improvement in NWC and monitor progress against targets. Ensure adherence to NWC rules. Monitor and produce monthly reporting on NWC. Ensure timely delivery of weekly cash forecast for the EMEA countries to a high standard and level of accuracy. Ensure timely review of the EMEA Region ahead of the Global submission. Develop a thorough understanding of the cash forecasting process, including the systems and tools in use, processes, and country specifics (e.g. factoring). Ensure the methodology used by each country to forecast cash is sound and consistent.