Finance Business Partner

SF Recruitment is currently working with a fantastic organisation within the education sector. They are looking to onboard a Finance Business Partner, responsible for the provision of all aspects of financial services to senior budget holders and departments heads. This role embraces short and longer term financial planning, monitoring of performance against budget, providing proactive financial
advice, data analysis and the provision of appropriate timely management information.

This is a brilliant role within a dynamic and progressive organisation with a generous benefits package.

- The post-holder will be responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts and produce summary overview and commentary for agreement with the Executive and Heads of
  Departments.
- To support the Executive to produce meaningful budgets and ensure that budgets are managed effectively, recommending actions to mitigate risks and crystallize opportunities.
- To produce agreed forecasts, budgets and five-year plans according to strict deadlines and proactively identify issues arising from these and resolve as required with the appropriate
   budget managers and wider university management.
- To monitor income and expenditure against budget for the College / Department / Service Areas and provide ad-hoc reports, business plans and investment appraisals.
- Liaising with Director of Student Planning and Head of Business Finance to monitor actual student numbers and related income and provide guidance to the Execs and other
   senior staff to adjust planned expenditure to reflect changing circumstances.
- To understand the complexities and risks around externally funded research activities, and how these impact on the Colleges business planning. Liaising with the Research Finance
  Manager in the delivery of post award research finance to produce meaningful information and recommending actions to ensure objectives are achieved.
- To ensure that the Finance function meets the demands of its internal customers, auditors, and grant funders on non-research projects.
- To ensure that Finance policy changes are communicated effectively to the stakeholders to ensure that the policy changes are implemented.
- Where project accounting is required to ensure that nominal ledger codes are considered and managed appropriately to ensure that financial reporting meets the requirements of the
  contract and financial reporting requirements.

Please get in touch if this sounds of interest.