Our clients have up and coming vacancies for Finance Business Partners.
Roles and Responsibilities
- First point of contact for the business for Finance (non-routine) queries
- Attend as Finance representative leadership meetings for smaller enabling functions and LoBs
- Work with the business to help them improve their financial understanding – supporting through training and 121 mentoring / explanations.
- Providing accurate and timely analysis on the financial and operational performance of their areas. Clear commentary and variance analysis for the teams.
- Budgets and Rolling monthly forecasts, challenging inputs and explanations as appropriate. Aim is to deliver an accurate and realistic view of outturn with clear understanding of associated risks and opportunities.
- Act as the Financial voice with the business - providing challenge and support to senior managers across the organisation, to ensure decisions appropriately reflect financial considerations and VfM for the taxpayer.
- Support and cover the Senior Finance Business Partners as required
- Ad-hoc financial analysis and modelling.
- Capture / quantify / track efficiency savings identified and delivered by the business.
- Work with the business and HR Business partners to track actual and forecast headcount and to confirm whether planned recruitment is budgeted.
- Approve Purchase Orders as being within budget up to delegated authority
Experience Required
- Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Strong financial modelling and Excel skills
- Prior business partnering experience
- Previous experience of budgeting and scenario-based forecasting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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