Senior Finance Business Partner - Corporate

The Company

Gentrack is a publicly listed software company and provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future.  Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.

Our Values and Culture 

Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are: 

• Respect for the planet 
• Respect for our customers and 
• Respect for each other 

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers.  We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers. At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet.
Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.  

This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology first, people centric business.

The Opportunity

This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology first, people centric business. 
The Senior Finance Business Partner - Corporate acts as a strategic advisor and delivers financial insight to senior managers within corporate functions, enhancing performance, promoting accountability, and supporting organisational objectives.

Reporting to the Finance Director based in London, the role will be pivotal in supporting the planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities of the Corporate functions, as well as providing interpretation and insight into drivers of performance and results.  The chosen candidate will also be be confident in presenting their insights to the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer.

A close relationship with the Group Financial Control team to ensure that the corporate departments are properly understood, and appropriate accounting treatments applied will be essential.

The Specifics  

As the Senior Finance Business Partner - Corporate, this role is a key to ensuring financial accountability of the Corporate Functions.

• The ability to work under virtual team construct across multiple countries and to handle broad responsibilities that may involve a variety of strategic, operational, people, commercial, or financial challenges will be key to success in the role. 

• This role will provide the lead in preparation and providing insights to management such as departmental reports and MBRs. 

• Have questioning commercial insight into business drivers, and the financial consequences of strategic choices. 

• Provide commentary and overview of monthly and periodic performance, as well as for forecasts, strategy, and plan. 

• Actively contribute to the development and execution of the Company’s objectives, business plans and strategic priorities. 

• Build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders across the Group, including the Corporate Function budget holders and the Group Financial control team.
  

What we're looking for (you don’t need to be a guru at all, we’re looking forward to coaching and collaborating with you):

• Ability to build relationships and truly partner with your stakeholders. 

• An autonomous self-starter – you are proactive and like a challenge. 

• 8-12 years of combined accounting and finance experience in senior positions 

• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles, IFRS and procedures 

• Ability to understand complex business issues and deal with ambiguity, incomplete information and business decisions involving material financial sums. 

• Reflective and learning mindset, with the ability to self-analyse, seek feedback from others and learn from outcomes or processes that turn out differently (good or bad) from that expected. 

• A post-graduate accounting qualification

What we offer in return:

• Personal growth – in leadership, commercial acumen and technical excellence  

• To be part of a global, winning high growth organization – with a career path to match 

• A vibrant, culture full of people passionate about transformation and making a difference -with a one team, collaborative ethos  

• A competitive reward package that truly awards our top talent  

• A chance to make a true impact on society and the planet