Finance Business Partner

Are you looking for more than just an opportunity to crunch numbers and roll out data analysis? Are you ready to work alongside innovative clients and stakeholders in a company that thinks human and pushes boundaries?

Webhelp is in search for a Financial Business Partner to join our passionate and experienced team in Cape Town where you’ll receive a competitive base salary and plenty of rewards and benefits.

You’ll be joining our fun-loving global community of more than 100,000 passionate people who work across 190 locations in over 50 countries delivering exceptional customer experiences for some of the world’s leading brands. Being a people-first company, we put people at the heart of our business, and this is when everything comes alive.

Working closely with senior management and budget holders, you'll analyse financial reports, provide advice to keep within budget, identify cost saving opportunities and support achievement of financial targets in major change initiatives and other projects within Webhelp UK, South Africa and India.

You should excel in balance sheet reconciliation and analysis. Your expertise in producing budgets, forecasting positions and supporting operational target setting will be invaluable.

In addition, you should be adept at resolving financial escalations or disputes. Your country specific knowledge of statutory reporting and financial contractual obligations will set you apart from the rest.
- What you’ll be doing- Acting as face of Finance and manage senior business relationships
- Working closely with the Business to deliver margin targets
- Analysing financial reports and providing advice to assist Sector MDs on financial decisions to support achievement of financial targets
- Diagnosing issues and identifying opportunities for creating added financial value within accounts
- Working in partnership with the Finance Group to deliver support and analysis to senior leaders on their financial position, and ensure payments and invoices are issued in timeously
- Working with clients to resolve any financial escalations or disputes
- Working as the interface with Group Commercial to ensure compliance in all commercial areas
- Sourcing and evaluating data to provide insights and shape financial solutions
- Contributing to projects such as onboarding new clients, representing the Finance function
- Playing a lead role in major change initiatives and other projects, mobilising teams within Finance where required
- Providing advice to senior stakeholders on people issues and engage support from colleagues as appropriate
- Producing budgets and forecast positions, supporting operational target setting and maintaining sales pipeline data
- Managing financial contractual obligations (Risk/Reward/Penalties)

What you’ll need- Demonstrable experience of senior stakeholder management, ownership and delivery of budgets
- Ability to influence, motivate and challenge through clear and articulate communication
- Experience in production and analysis of financial budgets
- Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills with ability to create appropriate solutions
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle a varied workload
- Experience of Sage financial system
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience working in a BPO or contact centre environment (Desirable)

After applying, you'll be sent a link to complete a quick online chat. We don’t want you to miss out on the opportunity so please check all of folders for the link after applying. Take this opportunity advance your career with our collaborative team of game-changers today.