Job title: Finance Business Partner (Care)
Location: Birmingham
Directorate: Finance 
Contract: Permanent Full Time – 35 Hours per week
Salary: £40,000- £44,000 per annum
(£31,765 – £35,765 basic salary plus £8,235 Market Supplement)

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Our Values and Behaviours
Does the following describe you?

- A desire to provide a great customer service and support
- Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others
- Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution
- Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop
- An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like you hear from you ….

The Role
We’re looking for a technically strong qualified accountant who is passionate about the charity and care sector to deliver high quality financial support to our care services.
You’ll be a keen problem solver with an eye for detail, an effective communicator with the ability to build strong relationships and have a strong focus on customer service, planning and organising. You will have a good track record of developing and providing high quality financial support and be experienced in budgeting and forecasting. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the health and social care sector and an appreciate of financial operations in this area.
The successful candidate will be a key member of the Financial Planning & Analysis team, working closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner (Operations) and budget holders to deliver robust financially planning and advice for this important and growing area of the business.

How to Apply
Please apply by clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Friday 4th October 2019

Interviews will be held in Birmingham on Wednesday 9th October 2019

Age UK is a charity for everyone, and our vision is a world where you and your loved ones can make the most of later life. If you are looking to use your financial expertise to make the UK a better place to grow old, then we have the job for you.

We are recruiting for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join our team and provide expert financial support and analysis to a number of Age UK subsidiaries.

Working in a Finance Team of 4 and reporting to an experienced Finance Manager, the successful candidate will

* Produce financial management reporting and analysis
* Present management accounts to finance committees and boards which will include occasional travel to other Age UK offices
* Deliver budgets and forecasts & monitor financial performance and analysis
* Manage month end processes to strict timetables
* Support with the preparation of statutory accounts

About You

* You should be an experienced Management Accountant or Finance Business Partner with experience producing management information and presenting this to senior management.
* You will have a background working with finance and non-finance staff in a complex commercially focussed organisation.
* Ideally you will be fully qualified Accountant or equivalent
* Excellent MS office skills, in particular Excel will be important to your day to day work.

What we can offer in return

In return we can offer an excellent salary up to £45,000 , and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, excellent pension (we pay in up to 9%), Life Assurance, Healthcare Cashback Plan, Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to work scheme, flexible working and much more.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Are you looking to improve and implement business partnering functions in a commercially aware organisation?

Do you want to advance communication from a Finance perspective across the organisation?

Would working for a growing and influential organisation advance your career?

Read on…

We are recruiting for a commercially aware Finance Business Partner to have key responsibility for:

• Delivering a strong business partnering function to multiple areas across the organisation
• Implement and develop a business partnering function to improve communication from a finance service perspective in line with the developing plans of growth
• Prepare detailed and accurate reports and present to key stakeholders across all levels, including director status
• Provide cost accounting reports and financial modelling in order to forecast and deliver reports to relevant stakeholders

This organisation is a forward thinking and commercially aware charity who improve the lives of thousands across the UK. Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner, this role will work to improve their overall business partnering service from finance and grow in line with the ambitious plans of the organisation.

The successful candidate will:

• Ideally be a part or fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA)
• Have strong knowledge of cost accounting and financial modelling
• Be an advanced excel user
• Have excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively work with senior stakeholders at director level
• Have experience in business partnering and ideally have experience in developing or implementing a business partnering function

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a well-known organisation with exciting plans for the future where this post will be critical in the influential development. Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply now in order to be considered as the role may close early.

Finance Business Partner - Large National Charity - City of London

A large national charity and housing association are looking for a fully qualified (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) finance business partner to join their Financial Performance team. As a homeless charity and housing association, it is imperative that the operations managers are well informed, with accurate management information being the key to providing a high quality of service to those in need.

As Finance Business Partner, your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparation and interpretation of monthly management accounts.
• Budgeting, forecasting and other management accounting.
• Provide meaningful financial support to Operations and Central management with timely and accurate reports
• Support the new business team on contract bidding by working with operational leads to develop service costings.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the finance team's procedures and processes.

This is a full time permanent position with a salary of £48,000 to £52,000 (dependent on experience) plus great benefits

If this Finance Business Partner position is of interest then please apply now, or if this isn't quite right, but you are looking for a new role in the charity and not for profit sector, send through an up to date CV to [email protected]

Finance Business Partner - Large National Charity - City of London

Robertson Bell are proud to be working in a retained partnership with the Civil Service HR, to secure them a new Finance Business Partner with the role being based in either London or Newcastle.

Civil Service HR (CSHR) is committed to building the capability and skills of the Civil Service. CSHR plays an important role in the smooth-running of Government and has a key role to play in supporting departments to build the Civil Service we need to meet the challenges ahead of us. You will lead a

high performing team, supporting senior colleagues from across the CSHR to manage their programme and business as usual activity within tightly constrained and complex budgets.

As the Finance Business Partner for CSHR, the jobholder will have overall responsibility to lead and support the team which delivers high volume transactional work and analysis across a complex business based between London and Newcastle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Management of the team, providing support and guidance and utilising the strengths of the people, ensuring they have the capability to be effective now and in the future.
• Providing visible and approachable leadership to the team, maintaining a continuous dialogue with staff in respect of change, performance and celebrating successes.
• Role model leadership behaviours that emphasize an inclusive and participative approach to management and tackle inappropriate behaviours or poor performance.
• Providing accurate and timely financial reports and updates to the Senior Management Team and other key stakeholders across government as well as strategic suppliers.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) who has strong business partnering experience, able to build credibility and influence at all levels. The role will require an individual with a passion for delivering change and the personality to lead and influence people throughout the department. You will be the visible lead in the organisation therefore require credibility and professional expertise to help support the department, while demonstrating significant technical experience of delivering wide-ranging regulatory guidance and solutions in a commercial environment.

National: £43,039 - £56,524 London: £48,965 - £60,635 - The role will also attract an Accountancy Allowance of £5,000 for fully qualified applicant.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally require 5 years' UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be required where individuals have not lived in the UK for the required period. This may mean that your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

Commercial Business Partner

Are you a commercially minded finance professional? Do you have the ability to communicate financial ideas and plans to colleagues who are not financially literate? Do you want to work in an international health charity that is saving and improving the lives of people in the UK and overseas?

A well know health charity are looking for a Finance Business Partner to focus on their commercial operations. The successful candidate in this position will either have worked in a charity or non profit before with commercial exposure there, or will come from a commercial background looking to make a move into a more fulfilling charity role.

For this position, the charity are equally open to seeing candidates who are qualified by experience as candidates who hold a full finance qualification (such as CIMA, ACA or ACCA).

This role pays £45,000 - £47,500 depending on experience

Benefits:

• 27 days annual leave
• Life assurance of 4x salary and optional private health insurance
• Dog friendly office – you can work alongside your four legged friends! (There are also spaces to work with no dogs if this is something you are not able/wanting to do)
• Travel season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Community feel to the team including yoga club and baking days
• Hampstead Heath is just minutes from the office – ideal for lunches outside!
• Role open to either qualified or QBE candidates without discrimination between the two

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring financial literacy within the departments and teams you support
• Helping teams and colleagues hit budget and maximise cost efficiencies
• Providing a high level of close, ongoing advice to departments, not just at month end or once there is an issue
• Being an active member of the divisional management team and helping to ensure holistic targets are met
• The ability to make evidenced, reasoned arguments to colleagues in order to arrive at the best outcome
• This role has no direct line management, but you must be able to manage relationships with a diverse array of colleagues at Junior and Senior levels

Requirements:

• Highly articulate, especially when conveying financial ideas to non financial colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to work at both the strategic and operational level
• A full finance qualification is not required, however you must be able to demonstrate all the attributes, skills and knowledge of a qualified finance professional
• Knowledge of what true business partnering is and the desire to work closely with the business and a hands on approach
• Also beneficial to your application will be experience of: cost accounting, multi currency work, imports and exports, logistics

Candidates will be shortlisted on an ongoing basis and this role will close once a suitable candidate has been found.

This role is based in Hampstead, North West London.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Emma at Allen Lane.

Finance Business Partner (ref: SUS2748)

£35,388 per annum

37.5 hours per week - based in Edinburgh

As a senior member of Sustrans’ finance team, this role ensures that finance and the way we use and think about our money is front and centre of the transformation agenda for the charity, as we move into a new strategic plan period. This role will also work as part of Sustrans’ senior leadership team in Scotland, leading the financial and accountancy support for the c£60m government-funded Scottish active travel programme.  

Sustrans Business Partners provide a comprehensive professional accountancy and general financial advisory service to leaders, managers and staff within the areas of the organisation for which they are responsible. Finance is brought out of the back office and an active partnership between finance and operations is created. This includes providing 'real time' financial support and analysis, being a trusted adviser, providing information which enables effective decision making and informing the development of strategic and operational plans.

Educated to degree level or equivalent and part-qualified in Chartered accountancy – ICAEW, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA – you will have substantial experience in a related position and proven experience of providing finance advice and support to budget holders.  You will also have experience of the preparation of budgets and management accounts and in the interpretation of accounts.  You will be accurate, organised and methodical, be able to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines whilst using your excellent communications and interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships.  A knowledge of accounting for charities and a commitment to the promotion of sustainable transport would be an advantage.

Please quote reference number. Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Monday 23 September 2019.  Interviews will take place in Edinburgh on Wednesday 16 October 2019.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

 We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the

community.

Finance Business Partner to work with an Animal welfare charity in Central London. Paying £40k - £46k depending on experience - Qual or PQ.

Your new company:
Animal welfare charity with an income of over £100m. This organisation raise most of their funds via fundraising with a percentage coming from trading. The organisation are based in Central London and have a high performing and motivated finance team in place.

Your new role:
The overall purpose is to work with the Financial Reporting Manager to produce the monthly management accounts, annual budget setting, and to provide a high quality financial support service to budget holders in a partnering capacity within the charity. You will liaise with external auditors as necessary and prepare schedules for year-end audit. You will prepare the monthly management accounts for own areas of responsibility and support budget holders to understand and interpret financial information. Areas of responsibility will include central departments such as HR, Finance and legal. You will also support the fundraising team who have a large budget allocation of approx. £30m.

What you'll need to succeed:
- Considerable accounting experience in a Management Accounts position.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
- Experience of producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts
- Previous experience of budgeting and forecasting and ideally of working with managers in a business partnering capacity
- Good communication skills, in particular the ability to convey complex financial information clearly and unambiguously to non-financial staff

What you'll get in return:
This is an opportunity to work with a very worthwhile organisation that is having a very real impact on animal welfare. Furthermore, it is an opportunity to work with an organisation that will encourage your career progression and learning. The organisation offers a competitive package of benefits including a pension contribution of up to 11%.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered

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My client is a fantastic charity in Wiltshire who is looking to recruit a new role, Finance Business Partner into their finance team

The main purpose of the role is to work closely with the finance team and other business areas in the organisation to improve and strengthen processes, reconciliations, reporting and system links between the CRM system and the Finance System. You will also be the finance lead for a number of new projects and initiatives

Key responsibilities will be to:

• Implement process improvements and system automation to support the accurate and timely production of cashflow and management accounts reports
• Build reports on funding and set up processes to monitor income and expenditure and the spending down of restricted reserves
• Support grant programmes and large funder reporting requirements with regular reporting and forecasting. 
• Support the annual budgeting cycle
• Support funding applications and bids with analysis as required.

To succeed in this role you will need to have the passion, energy and enthusiasm to help us change the way we work in line with the wider charity objectives and be a proactive, solution focused individual who communicates clearly and works well with people

Experience of working in the charity sector is advantageous but not essential. You need to be a qualified accountant and have good systems skills

For more information please get in touch

English Heritage is a developing and commercially aware charity that cares for over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places and do so for the benefit of over 10 million visitors each year. With ambitious plans for growth, Robertson Bell are exclusively partnered with them to recruit a Finance Business Partner role into the team.

This newly created and commercially focussed Finance Business Partner role will be specialising in working to provide a strong finance service across the Estates Directorate.

The key responsibilities will be:

• Business partnering with multiple stakeholders in order to support and challenge them in the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Review and rationalisation of reporting across multiple projects to produce and present accurate and informative reports for the purpose of the Estates Directorate budget holders and the wider organisation.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to financial procedures in order to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered.
• Producing monthly financial reporting such as P&L and balance sheet posting, department financial forecast and provision of commentary on actual and forecast financial performance

The organisation

With their London office based in Moorgate, English Heritage is a forward-thinking charity who offer a developing and varied role, which will offer the candidate opportunities to add huge amounts of value to the Estates directorate and the wider organisation.

They also offer a generous holiday and pension package, study support packages (if applicable), opportunities for flexible working as well as free entry to all historical English Heritage sites!

The successful candidate will:

• Be a CCAB qualified accountant or finalist (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA)
• Have commercial acumen with the ability to use their initiative and work independently
• Have strong business partnering skills with experience of liaising with stakeholders at all levels
• Ideally have experience of supporting large capital projects
• Have exceptional communication skills
• Have strong excel skills
• Be ambitious and driven in order to work proactively in an ever-changing environment

This process will be handled exclusively by Imogen at Robertson Bell and will be closing on 22^nd September with a view to interview on Tuesday 24^th September. If you wish to be considered, please apply now as applications are being reviewed on a daily basis.

Finance Business Partner, Permanent: £41,000 - £46,000 + Benefits

We're recruiting a Finance Business Partner to work as the trusted advisor to the Fundraising Team (who last year raised over £100M) for a well-loved animal charity. The Finance Business Partner will produce monthly management accounts, annual budget setting and provide high-quality financial support service to budget holders within the Fundraising Directorate. This role is pivotal in explaining complex financial situations and in reaching out and influencing stakeholders at all levels.

Main Duties:

• Prepare monthly management accounts for designated areas
• Provide a business partnering function to relevant budget holders including reviewing, supporting and coaching on management accounts
• Identify potential improvements to the management accounts analysis and presentation
• Assist with the preparation of the Statutory accounts
• Prepare and review KPIs and act upon variances
• Monthly balance sheet codes reconciliations
• Assisting budget holders in preparing the annual budget
• Develop and roll out budget documents
• Document procedures and systems impacting the Finance Department
• Ad-hoc reporting and duties in support of the Financial Reporting Manager and team as required

Person Specification:

• ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualification
• Extensive experience within management accounts and financial business partnering
• In-depth experience of budgeting, forecasting and business partnering
• Charity experience, SORP and associated reporting structures would be desirable
• Microsoft Dynamics GP desirable

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Finance Business Partner - Central London - International Development Charity

A large international development organisation are currently looking for a newly qualified accountant to join their finance function. Reporting into a Head of Finance, the successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) and will be responsible for:

• Finance business partnering with a number senior stakeholders across the organisation
• Building strong working relationships with various directorates, departments and project owners
• Working with stakeholders to manage their budgets, maximise strategic impact and minimise risk
• Produce monthly management accounts and provide KPIs and management information

This position is paying between £40,000 and £45,000 (dependent upon experience) with a fantastic benefits package.

This opportunity is perfect for a newly qualified ACA looking for a Finance Business Partnering position in a household name in the charity sector.

If this is of interest, or you would like to discuss other opportunities in the charity and not for profit sector, send your CV to [email protected]

Finance Business Partner - Central London - International Development Charity

Do you get excited by seeing major construction and redevelopment projects through to completion? Can you build strong relationships and partner with both finance and non finance individuals involved in property development schemes? Are you looking for a role that offers flexibility, progression and a vibrant working environment?

Reporting into the Finance Manager, the key responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner are to:
* Play a key role in the organisation's growth plans by supplying the development, sales and construction departments with expert financial and management accounting services
* Conduct investment appraisals and assess the ongoing viability of a set portfolio of development schemes, providing a full accountancy service for those schemes
* Produce timely and accurate management accounts and provide commentary on key information
* Liaise with key decision makers and budget holders across those departments
* Understand the needs of budget holders and department heads, and working towards building effective working relationships.

On offer is the chance to join an organisation that makes serving the public and helping the community its main goal. Through your involvement in these major projects, your work will directly affect the lives of those who require affordable housing, meaning that the scope of influence here is vast. Flexible working patterns make the role adapt to you and there is a bonus system that has historically rewarded staff generously.

To be considered, you must be:
* A Qualified Accountant with an awareness of project delivery, ideally within a construction environment
* An Advanced Excel User
* An excellent communicator with a history of building strong relationships in a business partnering role.

Applications are now under consideration and the role may close early if suitable candidates are found. Please don't delay your application!

Are you newly qualified from practice and looking to make your first opportunity to be a part of an organisation making a difference? Do you want to work in a lively, modern, growing organisation that invests wholeheartedly in the development of its staff? Do you want a business partnering role that will give you autonomy over how you work? If so, this is the opportunity for you!

Based in London, my client is seeking newly qualified accountants looking to take the next step in their career as a Finance Business Partner leading on the care and support function of a multi-million-pound turnover organisation. There has been impressive growth over the last few years and they will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. The key responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner are to:

• Produce high quality financial information for stakeholders within the care and support arm of the business
• Create and strengthen relationships across all levels of the organisation using an outward-facing approach to educate budget holders on the impact of their budgets on the wider organisation
• Produce budgets, forecasts, and management information on care and support accounts
• Liaise with other departments and provide budgeting and forecasting information to inform wider strategy
• Analyse data to produce accurate and timely accounts and reports with detailed commentary.

My client is known for fast tracking the careers of newly qualified members of the ICAEW and internal progression is assured for hard working individuals. Added to a strong benefits package and flexible working arrangements, this creates an excellent opportunity for those looking to progress in their careers while enjoying their day to day work.

Now that ACA results are out, there will be a high number of people applying for this and similar roles - please do not risk missing out by delaying your application!