Assistant Finance Business Partner at Buro Happold
Looking to build your finance career? This position is a 6‑month fixed‑term contract based in our Bath office with a hybrid working model.
Are you a proactive and detail‑oriented finance professional looking to gain experience in a leading global consultancy? We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our UK+ Finance team on a 6‑month fixed‑term contract.
At Buro Happold, you’ll be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where finance plays a key role in driving project success and business performance.
About The Role
As an Assistant Finance Business Partner, you will support the delivery of high‑quality financial insights and reporting across a range of projects. This role combines both management accounting and financial support, offering excellent exposure to project finance within a professional services environment.
You will work closely with Finance Business Partners, Project Directors and operational teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and support decision‑making.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the preparation of monthly project and management accounts.
- Assist with annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes.
- Help monitor project performance, including revenue, costs and provisions.
- Collaborate with the Project Operations Team to support project delivery.
- Contribute to financial reporting and monthly commentary for project leadership teams.
- Support project approvals, closures, and governance processes.
- Assist with journal postings, invoicing and month‑end activities.
- Liaise with regional and group finance teams to ensure consistency and accuracy.
- Produce ad hoc analysis, reports and presentations as required.
About You
- Strong communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with financial systems.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Proactive, collaborative and able to use initiative.
- Previous experience in a similar finance role, ideally supporting management accounts and month‑end processes.
Desirable
- Experience within professional services, engineering or construction sectors.
- Familiarity with systems such as Agresso or Deltek Vantagepoint.
- AAT qualification (or working towards) or equivalent experience.
Why Join Buro Happold?
We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.
What we Offer You
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3 pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development with a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold you won’t be far from the exceptional.
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