Senior Finance Business Partner

Associate Director @ Pro-Finance Recruitment | Not-for-Profit Recruitment Expert

Senior Finance Business Partner: £80,000 – £92,000 | Birmingham | HybridFor Europe’s largest infrastructure project, we are recruiting a Senior Finance Business Partner to drive accountability and focus on cost control for the Corporate Services Directorate. This is a key role measuring and reporting on financial performance and promoting effective decision-making of direct and indirect costs. Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering and providing oversight, control and direction to a team of up to 4 Finance Business Partners, this role is key in ensuring the financial targets and value for money are met.Main Duties:

Manage, and develop the Finance Business Partner team to embed and drive a cost control and productivity focused culture across the directorateLead the business case development process - reviewing and challenging funding requests to ensure they represent value for moneySupport business performance management, enabling senior executives to effectively manage their budgetsManage a diverse range of stakeholder groups with competing priorities and deliver tactical productivity initiatives across business areasInterpret and provide insightful analysis from management reports to enable effective decision-making processes across the senior management teamOversee the month-end financial close, preparing accounts, completing monthly analysis, variance analysis and assurance of reporting packsSupport the business through annual business planning and budgeting. Provide quarterly re-forecasts working with non-finance executivesSubmit cash flows for business areas to supporting funding requirementsIdentify and implement process improvements, and drive the adoption of consistent reporting and financial processes across the finance business partnering, commercia and programme teamsProvide first-class business partnering support to the business, reviewing and challenging forecasts and variancesPerson Specification:

Qualified accountant with strong experience of leading and managing finance business partnering teamsExperience leading annual business planning and budget setting processes in complex, matrix managed organisations - ideally infrastructure programmes.Strong skills in business partnering key executive level stakeholder groups including planning, procurement, contract management and HR teams.Ability to critically review and challenge forecasts, assessing affordability, value for money and the impact om programme deliverySeniority level

DirectorEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

Finance, Analyst, and Accounting/AuditingIndustries

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