About this Finance Business Partner role at AVK

AVK · Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom

To support data-driven decision making across the business by delivering high-quality financial insight, analysis and planning. The Finance Business Partner works closely with operational and commercial stakeholders to ensure robust forecasting, track financial performance against budgets, and provide financial challenge and support for key business initiatives.

The role combines a strong technical understanding of financial analysis with the ability to influence and communicate with non-finance colleagues. It plays a critical role in supporting AVK’s continued growth, profitability and strategic planning efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering & Support

Act as a key finance point of contact for assigned business units or divisions (e.g. Standby, Prime, Controls, Emissions, ePODs).
Work closely with operational leads to understand drivers of performance, cost and margin.
Support commercial decision-making with financial insight, including pricing, cost recovery and investment appraisals.
Participate in project reviews and performance tracking, highlighting risks and opportunities.

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

Support the annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting processes.
Prepare monthly rolling forecasts for revenue, gross margin, overheads and cashflow.
Align forecasts with pipeline, resourcing and delivery assumptions.
Assist in long-term planning and 5-year strategic modelling exercises.

Reporting & Insight

Deliver regular reporting packs (monthly, quarterly) to budget holders, analysing variances and tracking key metrics.
Prepare financial dashboards to drive visibility and action.
Support the production of Board and Exec reporting with clear, well-presented analysis.

Collaboration & Improvement

Work with the Head of FP&A to improve planning tools, data structures and reporting processes.
Collaborate with the Financial Controller to ensure consistency between management and statutory reporting.
Contribute to improvement of cost centre structures, chart of accounts and project reporting accuracy.

Requirements

Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).
Strong background in management accounting, FP&A or commercial finance.
Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with ERP and reporting tools (e.g. NetSuite, Proscope, Power BI).
Strong communication and interpersonal skills – able to influence non-finance stakeholders.
Able to explain financial concepts clearly and drive accountability for results.

Benefits

Private Health Insurance
Performance Bonus
25 days annual leave + bank hols
Birthday Off
Pension Plan
Hybrid working / Flexible working

AVK|SEG does not discriminate on the race, colour, religion, sex, age, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants however due to the volume of responses, we can only guarantee that candidates who have been shortlisted will be contacted.

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About AVK

For over 30 years AVK have been providing Generator & UPS solutions for mission critical services and systems.

No matter the scale or how challenging. We can design any system containing UPS systems, standby generators, switch gear & control systems around your requirements, in the present and for the future.

We have offices and service hubs across the UK and Europe with a unique ability to design, manufacture, install and service standby power systems. AVK-SEG was founded in 1989 and were initially the UK specialists for both the AVK and SEG product ranges including protection relays for grid applications. We quickly established a reputation as experts in Diesel Rotary UPS systems (DRUPS), which became our core business for a number of years. We recognised early the shift in the marketplace towards Static power protection systems, and set up an exclusive partnership agreement with one of Europe’s largest manufacturers to supply and maintain large numbers of their equipment in the UK, which enabled us to build on our reputation but also increase our brand recognition.

More and more of the large-scale projects we were involved in required Diesel Generator sets in addition to the UPS we offered, and as the trust in our team and experience continued to grow, we were approached by a number of clients to take on further responsibilities for their critical power systems. To meet these demands for a ‘one stop shop’ we expanded our offering to include other products that complete a power protection package – Generators, UPS, Switchgear, Relays and Controls. A number of global manufacturers were keen to work with us, and with their support, we were able to diversify our offering and open up a range of business opportunities. Initial success delivering LV projects for Telecoms quickly grew into massive successes delivering large scale HV multi-module projects for Data Centres and various campus sites, enabling us to become the UK’s leader in critical power solutions.

Our clients rely on us to deliver best-in-class solutions to complex power challenges – driving us to constantly grow and develop both our product and service offerings to meet their needs. To that end, with an increasing drive towards sustainability, recent years have seen us partner with other industry leaders to grow our expertise in sustainable power solutions such as gas generators and battery storage systems – both of which help our clients to not only save money but increase their revenue streams.

Over thirty years down the line, AVK are one of the most trusted power solutions providers across the UK and Europe, but we haven’t lost track of our beginnings. Our unique ability to design, manufacture, install and service standby power systems across a number of sectors sees us at the forefront of the industry – a position we strive to maintain – with the same determination to deliver for our clients and the same drive to succeed.

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