Supporting the business and our divisional offices, our Head Office functions cover all departments from our Executive Board through to our support functions such as Group Design and Technical, HR, Health and Safety, IT, Sales and Marketing, Commercial, Procurement, Group Finance, Corporate Affairs, as well as Legal and Company Secretariat. We also have a specialised function – Barratt Partnerships.
While the work varies from team to team, our key requirements don’t: you must be well organised, extremely helpful and resourceful, and able to use your initiative. You’ll understand that what you do is important, and impacts on your team, the department, and the wider business.
The Manager – GSC Finance Business Partnering plays a pivotal role in supporting the corporate centre functions of the Group, partnering directly with Heads of function, such as HR, Sales & Marketing, Commercial, or IT. This role, along with its direct report, executes all partnering and budgeting for teams in the corporate centre. The role balances financial planning, analysis, and strategic insight, ensuring clear explanation of monthly actuals while driving forward-looking forecasting and budgeting. In addition to corporate centre responsibilities, the individual will take ownership of group-wide indirect cost analysis as part of the FP&A team, identifying trends and collaborating with the Head of FP&A to enhance financial visibility and efficiency in overheads.
You will be expected to:
- Partner with corporate centre leaders, providing financial insight, challenge, and support on budgets, forecasts, and strategic initiatives.
- Lead analysis and explanation of monthly actuals, ensuring clarity in financial performance drivers across corporate functions.
- Manage forecasting and budgeting processes, ensuring accurate financial planning for both the corporate centre and group-wide indirect costs.
- Provide analytical and modelling support where needed around significant corporate centre decisions
- Own trend analysis for indirect costs across the Barratt Redrow Group, as well as in the corporate centre, identifying key movements and working with the Head of FP&A to deliver actionable insights.
- Develop financial reporting and analytical frameworks to support insight into the Group’s overhead spend, improving efficiency in financial processes and corporate decision-making.
- Mentor and develop direct report
- Ad-hoc analysis/support as and when required.