Property & FM (P&FM) Budget Co-ordinator

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About the Role

Base Location: Havant and Perth

Salary: £33,063 - £38,404 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

As Property & FM Budget Co-ordinator, you will support the P&FM Budget Performance Manager to ensure all budget reporting activity across Group Property and FM is carried out in an efficient and accurate manner.  This will include preparation and analysis of information contained with specific systems (predominantly harmony and ibuy), to fully understand budget commitments, identification of budget overspends/underspends and to ensure budget spend profiles are accurately defined.  The role requires to understand the budget position across several FM managed sites, along with a variety of other property related spend (rents/rates/service charge) and a range of capital expenditure projects.  

As information prepared as part of the role is used to inform future forecasting and budget requirements, it is imperative that the postholder can scrutinise and analytically review all budget information.

An important aspect of the role is the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across the entirety of the P&FM Team, whilst acting as an ambassador for implementing and promoting best practice and agreed budget management process and procedure.

As part of compiling the annual £50m P&FM revenue budget proposal, the role will require to support the Budget Performance Manager with this process. This involves being able to identify and understand budget variances, underlying trends and capture new budget requests, with this information forming an important milestone in the budget build proposal.

This is a diverse role and requires the postholder to utilise their data capture, auditing and investigation, communication and influencing skills to ensure an accurate revenue budget is maintained. 

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Strong management and organisational skills with experience of managing business plans and budgets to meet financial targets.
• Sound understanding and experience of working with systems, finance, operational performance and utilisation and reporting.
• Understanding of invoicing and credit note processes.
• Production of project budget information and ability to track, monitor and take necessary action to address budget variances..
• Ability to produce accurate and timely finance reporting and project progress reports that clearly articulate project progress, risks, issues, mitigation, finance update and provides senior management with the relevant level of assurance in terms of project delivery and governance arrangements. 
• Production of project budget information and ability to track, monitor and take necessary action to address budget variances.

About our Business

At SSE, we own more than 500 property assets and several thousand land assets, which are located across the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. Our Procurement & Commercial, Property and Facilities Management teams are responsible for helping the business to procure services and materials in a timely and cost-effective way, and for ensuring SSE offers a safe, modern, fit-for-purpose property portfolio. We work right across the SSE Group, ensuring our businesses gets the best possible service and value from our supplier network, as well as ensuring all service providers are compliant and continue to meet contractual obligations and business need.

What's in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.

What happens now?

All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact francesca.palmer@sse.com / 01738 344753

EXTERNAL: Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

INTERNAL: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.

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