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We are currently seeking a Finance Business Partner to join us in Reading. This is a key position for us as we look to implement our exciting growth plans across the UK & Ireland and provides a great opportunity for an ambitious and collaborative individual to develop and progress their career.

Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner (Infrastructure), you will work closely with the UK Infrastructure business line. The primary purpose of the role is to support the UK business in actively managing project portfolio performance, growth, budgeting, and forecasting.

This role involves financial oversight and analysis for project portfolios. You'll work with various teams to manage project finances, including forecasting, reviewing performance, and preparing reports. This includes collaborating with project managers and accountants to identify financial risks and opportunities for improvement. You'll also ensure adherence to financial reporting standards and controls.

There's a strong emphasis on collaboration across the organisation. You'll work with commercial, operational, and accounting teams to support financial planning, budgeting, and cost management. This includes a focus on continuous improvement and streamlining processes, such as integrating financial activities with a team in Pune.

Other key priorities will include ensuring that the business operates in a way that is compliant with Stantec’s accounting policies – in particular IFRS 15 and Stantec’s revenue recognition policies.You will advise the business on how to establish and sustain business models in ways that are efficient, effective, and compliant.

ABOUT YOU

You will ideally be a qualified, or part qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) who has experience improving controls, processes, and procedures in hands on, roll up your sleeves manner. You will have a successful track record of working in a similar large corporate environment.

You will be an operationally and commercially minded individual with experience in a professional services environment. You will have the ability to clearly present quantitative information to management and effectively interact and communicate, both verbally and in writing, with a diverse workforce.

Good leadership skills, and ability to communicate clearly at different levels of the business are essential. You will also have a good understanding of IFRS.

You will be strategic, change orientated, innovative, always seeking to improve. You will enjoy a dynamic and fast paced environment, working with high energy and resilience.

This is a unique opportunity to influence performance and play a key role in delivering continued profitable growth of the company.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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