Finance Business Partner

Are you ready to leverage your financial expertise to drive strategic decisions? Do you excel in building trusted partnerships with senior management? Are you looking to work in a dynamic, historic organisation with a prestigious reputation? If yes, look no further!

This highly unique educational organisation is currently seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team on a permanent basis. This newly created role will be the finance subject matter expert for one of the organisation’s key directorates. Working with stakeholders across all levels, including Directors, you will provide sound financial advice and guidance to enable them to make more financially informed decisions and deliver on their ambitious plans for the future.

The key duties of this Finance Business Partner are as follows:

• Collaborate with senior management and department heads, providing accurate and timely financial information to influence strategic and tactical business decisions.
• Produce and deliver monthly management accounts, forecasts, budget reports, project reporting, and cash flow forecasts.
• Lead on the annual budget preparation for your area, and monitor actual versus forecast financial performance, identifying deviations.
• Provide commercial support including profitability analysis, costings, forecasting, and contract reviews.
• Work with various departments, providing financial guidance and ensuring clear communication of financial data.
• Ensure financial data is accurately recorded in the accounting system and drive improvements in financial systems, procedures, and processes.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Finance Business Partner who is looking to take their experience to the next level. The organisation is currently going through an exciting period of change and development, so it offers the successful candidate the chance to really put their own stamp on the role and add value in an evolving environment. Hybrid working arrangements will be on offer, with the expectation of three days per week to be worked from the office.

The successful candidate will have:

• Achieved their full accountancy qualification or be able to demonstrate they are qualified by significant experience.
• Extensive experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and finance business partnering.
• Ideally, a background working in the higher education sector. Experience with TRAC reporting would be a bonus.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to establish and maintain relationships across all levels.

CVs are under continuous review and this role is likely to be filled before the closing date, so apply today to avoid disappointment!