Finance Business Partner

As a Finance Business Partner this is an interim role, asap start for 4- 6 months paying £485-530 ltd. Based in Birmingham. Great opportunity to work with the business and development of programme understanding.Key responsibilities:

• You will provide assurance and challenge, driving accountability and focus on cost control throughout the directorates you support.
• Provide oversight, control and direction to your team (if applicable) and ensure appropriate Finance support to promote effective decision making and performance management of Direct and Indirect Costs.
• Working collaboratively across the organisation and with Delivery Partners.
• As an enabling function, the CFO Directorate is responsible for defining a number of policies and processes across the organisation and is made up of a combination of centralised, matrixed and embedded resources, working directly into delivery as required.
• Provides guidance on the application of governance within area. Acting as the Chief Financial Officer's (CFO) representative at monthly review meetings.
• Review and financial endorsement of Change and Investment Papers, challenging all risks/ opportunities/ ensuring programme impacts are clearly identified and any associated costs recorded.
• Provides guidance on appropriate IFRS accounting treatment of transactions (prepayment / accruals/ liabilities).
• Oversee the month end financial accounts close.
• Review and challenge emerging forecasts and monitor against Spending Review (SR) funding.
• Support and maintain the Business Planning and forecasting process, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations as provided by business planning.

Skills:

• Must be a qualified accountant with background working in a large complex environment with many stakeholders and used to working with data.
• Strong communication skills, ability to interpret and communicate complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues and to secure compliance with Managing Public Money.
• Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders up to Executive level.
• Ability to critically review and challenge forecasts, assessing them for their affordability, value for money, timing and impact on programme delivery.
• Must be a self starter! And ability to use ERP systems, utilising data analytics software and complex Excel models.
• Experience of driving output focussed activity-based budgets and forecasts.
• Qualified Accountant with experience of operating in a complex environment which may include infrastructure projects.
• Manage effective working relationships with Executive Directors, Business Managers and teams across all directorates.

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