Interim Finance Business Partner

We’re partnering with a fast-growing business that’s thriving in a dynamic environment. They’re seeking an experienced Interim Finance Business Partner to join their team, managing senior stakeholders and providing key financial insights. Strong business partnering experience and analytical skills are essential for success in this role.

The role

This role will require both analytical, FP&A and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of cost areas and build good business links with relevant business partners.
• Produce timely management information to enable cost control and present this to cost centre managers.
• Analyse costs, highlighting any opportunities or concerns to the relevant manager.
• Create analysis to support operational business cases.
• Account for the area of business you have responsibility for costs as part of the month end.
• Completion and reconciliation of related balance sheets.
• Analyse offshore team tasks and create a system of strong controls to ensure robustness of the work.
• Produce analysis explaining performance which is used to highlight areas of concern during review with relevant Directors and senior finance business partners.
• Forecasting & budgeting of costs for the area’s teams.
• Update and maintain relevant schedules to assist with reporting and tracking costs.
• Work with relevant business areas to forecast and help manage costs. Provide support and challenge to help operational leaders with their decisions.
• Produce analysis to support cost forecasts, looking at both internal area and wider business factors for justification.
• Analyse current financial processes and use your excellent Excel skills to create more robust and efficient solutions.
• Work with key business partners ensuring their financial data requirements are met.

About you

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified
• Strong PC skills and confidence working with detailed spreadsheet models.
• Excellent knowledge of data manipulation, logic, formatting and formulas is required.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to assimilate large volumes of data.
• Adept at building strong business relationships both within and external to Finance.
• Problem solving skills and logical thought process.
• Effective communicator.