Bede Gaming

Finance Business Partner

Bede Gaming

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Building and maintaining financial models, budgets and rolling forecasts to support accurate planning and reporting.
  • Supporting the annual budgeting process, working closely with execs and department heads to align financial plans with business priorities.
  • Partnering with senior stakeholders to drive sustainable cost efficiencies while supporting smart investment decisions.
  • Producing forecast and budget variance analysis, and developing meaningful KPIs across areas such as resource utilisation and profitability.
  • Developing internal dashboards and reporting that genuinely inform and influence decision making.
  • Improving the clarity, consistency and impact of financial reporting across the business.
  • Maintaining a risks and opportunities tracker to support forward-looking decisions.
  • Working closely with the wider Finance team to continuously improve processes and ways of working.
  • Building strong working relationships with senior leaders and their teams.
  • Producing insight and reporting for Exec and senior leaders to support both short-term decisions and longer-term strategy.
  • Linking financial performance and KPIs to wider business objectives across Bede’s operations.
  • Working cross-functionally to define and evolve performance metrics and measures.
  • Supporting business cases by assessing return on investment and tracking outcomes.
  • Monitoring and reporting on ROI across technology and customer projects.
  • Supporting new business proposals through financial modelling and scenario analysis.
  • Assisting with financial due diligence for prospective new clients.
  • Evaluating potential investment opportunities and providing analysis to support decision making.
  • Providing financial input on pricing, client rate cards and cost proposals.
  • Supporting procurement activity by providing financial due diligence on suppliers and helping achieve the best commercial outcomes.

Requirements

  • Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
  • Strong spreadsheet and financial modelling skills.
  • Experience using SAP is desirable.
  • Comfortable applying analytical thinking beyond traditional finance into broader commercial problem-solving.
  • Able to thrive in a fast-moving environment and confident proposing and driving change.
  • A creative, curious mindset with a continuous improvement approach.
  • Strong stakeholder and communication skills, including:
  • Clear presentation of financial insight
  • Relationship building and trust
  • Influencing and negotiation
  • Constructive challenge
Benefits
  • A friendly, flexible and trust-based approach to working
  • 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays and a typically very generous Christmas break
  • The use of a mobile phone or tablet of your choice, with the monthly contract covered by us
  • ‘Select Enhanced’ Bupa private healthcare - access from day 1 which covers all pre-existing conditions
  • Fully matched private pension scheme (up to 8% matched)
  • Life Assurance which pays out x4 of your salary to a nominated person(s)
  • Employee Assistance Programme - Beders have access to support and practical advice on a variety of issues that might impact their life (provided by Bupa)
  • Innovation time - Engineers have regular opportunities to spend time developing skills and innovating.
  • A great office life! Free snacks and refreshments in the office every day as well as regular food van visits from the best places in Newcastle
  • Access to Calm - the #1 app for meditation and sleep
  • Lots of social events - inside and outside of the working day
  • Referral Programme - help us grow our team with talented individuals and be rewarded with a referral payment of £3,000 (pre-tax)
  • Bede swag - from Zoodies to t-shirts and even our much loved Bede socks!
  • Bede Holidays - extra discretionary days off through the year as an extra special thank you

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
financial modelingbudgetingforecastingvariance analysisKPI developmentfinancial reportingrisk managementROI analysisfinancial due diligencecommercial problem-solving
Soft skills
analytical thinkingrelationship buildingcommunicationinfluencingnegotiationconstructive challengechange managementcontinuous improvementpresentation skillsstakeholder management
Certifications
ACAACCACIMA