What You'll Be Responsible For:

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll provide essential services to our Operational Business, fostering strong working relationships with budget holders and ensuring a consistent finance presence in the relevant business areas. Your key responsibilities will include:

Effective Communication: Engage and communicate effectively with budget holders and managers.
Challenging Expenditure: Develop the confidence and skills to challenge spends, categorisations, and processes within your area.
Active Presence: Maintain an active presence in all business partner areas.
Meeting Participation: Attend and participate in Budget Holder meetings as needed.
Variance Analysis: Prepare variance analysis commentaries on monthly reports.
Report Management: Run monthly finance reports in SAP, exporting to Excel and Word.
Budget Preparation: Assist in preparing zero-based budgets.
Month-End Journals: Prepare and post month-end journals and accruals via SAP.
Accruals Preparation: Run blocked and parked reports in SAP and prepare accruals.
Balance Sheet Reconciliation: Analyse and reconcile balance sheet codes on SAP ledgers.
Audit Assistance: Support internal or external audits by retrieving necessary information.
Payment Runs: Cover weekly payment runs, payroll audits, one bill payments, and balance sheet reconciliations.
TOTEX Reports: Prepare and distribute monthly TOTEX reports to budget holders.
Forecasts and Business Plans: Prepare forecasts and Business Plans for relevant business areas.
Financial Transactions: Accurately record and process financial transactions, ensuring management accounting reporting requirements are met.
Professional Approach: Deliver financial information enthusiastically to non-financial budget holders and managers at all levels.
Other Duties: Undertake any other duties as required to meet business needs.

Who You'll Work With:

Internal:

Reporting to the Finance Manager
Close collaboration with the Management Accounts Team
Monthly contact with operational staff
Internal audit

External:

Suppliers
External Audit

About You:

Qualifications:

Studying towards a recognized accountancy qualification or holding a recognized accounting technician qualification (AAT or similar) (Essential)

Experience:

Demonstrable experience of working in a finance environment (Essential)

Knowledge & Skills:

Enthusiastic about putting customers first (Essential)
Robust systems and processes knowledge to produce accurate data (Essential)
Proficiency in SAP financial modules (FI/CO) (Essential)
Strong IT skills, especially in Microsoft Excel and Word (Essential)
Effective communication skills with finance team members and budget holders (Essential)
Ability to analyse and interpret financial information (Essential)
Professional engagement with key budget holders (Essential)
Ability to communicate in Welsh (Desirable)

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary and 33 days of annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards, including:

Variable pay schemes with potential yearly bonuses
Enhanced employer pension contributions up to 11%
Family-friendly policies
Progression opportunities with funded training, coaching, and mentoring programs
Discounts on gym memberships and high street shopping
Cycle to work scheme
Car-leasing scheme
Health CashBack scheme
Employee assistance program for employees and immediate family

Join a not-for-profit company that values customer trust and cares about our beautiful environment every day. Apply now to become a part of our dedicated team!