Summary

As a Senior Finance Business Partner you will guide decision makers to commercial outcomes which enable Diabetes UK to achieve our strategic aims. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the business partnering function for our Engagement & Fundraising directorate, working collaboratively with an Assistant Business Partner who reports into you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real contribution to the future success of Diabetes UK across our five-year strategy period, and will equip the right candidate with a broad range of experience and knowledge as they progress their career. We have a new cloud-based finance system which you will have the opportunity to develop and improve so it's the best it can be for you, the Finance team and our customers.

Interviews: 10-11 November 2021

Any face to face interviews will be taking place at Wells Lawrence House, London

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

You will provide expert support and advice to senior leaders, playing an integral role in their management team, presenting insightful analysis and management reports and providing leadership and advice on budget and forecast. You will pro-actively identify risks and opportunities, suggest actions and mitigations, and influence senior leaders to take these forward in the best interests of the charity. You will play a leading role in the development of forecasting models and KPIs for Engagement & Fundraising activities and income streams and become a trusted expert adviser.

Ideal Candidate

You are a qualified accountant with a proactive, curious and thorough approach and experience working collaboratively in a business partnering environment, providing support and advice to stakeholders at all levels. You have excellent communication skills and are able to influence and confidently challenge others to make the best decisions for the organisation.

You have experience supporting engagement and fundraising teams with insightful financial analysis and fundraising models and an understanding of related key issues such as restricted funds. You work flexibly in a busy environment and manage conflicting demands by prioritising the most urgent needs of the organisation. It would be desirable for you to have some line management and coaching experience but this is not essential.

Summary

As a Senior Finance Business Partner you will guide decision makers to commercial outcomes which enable Diabetes UK to achieve our strategic aims. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the business partnering function for our Engagement & Fundraising directorate, working collaboratively with an Assistant Business Partner who reports into you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real contribution to the future success of Diabetes UK across our five-year strategy period, and will equip the right candidate with a broad range of experience and knowledge as they progress their career. We have a new cloud-based finance system which you will have the opportunity to develop and improve so it's the best it can be for you, the Finance team and our customers.

Interviews: 10-11 November 2021

Any face to face interviews will be taking place at Wells Lawrence House, London

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

You will provide expert support and advice to senior leaders, playing an integral role in their management team, presenting insightful analysis and management reports and providing leadership and advice on budget and forecast. You will pro-actively identify risks and opportunities, suggest actions and mitigations, and influence senior leaders to take these forward in the best interests of the charity. You will play a leading role in the development of forecasting models and KPIs for Engagement & Fundraising activities and income streams and become a trusted expert adviser.

Ideal Candidate

You are a qualified accountant with a proactive, curious and thorough approach and experience working collaboratively in a business partnering environment, providing support and advice to stakeholders at all levels. You have excellent communication skills and are able to influence and confidently challenge others to make the best decisions for the organisation.

You have experience supporting engagement and fundraising teams with insightful financial analysis and fundraising models and an understanding of related key issues such as restricted funds. You work flexibly in a busy environment and manage conflicting demands by prioritising the most urgent needs of the organisation. It would be desirable for you to have some line management and coaching experience but this is not essential.

My client is a nationwide UK charity and one of the biggest names in the sector. We are looking for a dynamic finance professional to lead financial planning and analysis for the retail and commercial directorates, as well as the revision, development and implementation of new management information and business intelligence.

Reporting to the Director of Finance and managing a small team, this is a key position in the organisation and viewed as a finance leader. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the financial planning of the retail and commercial directorates and the development of management information.
• Leading the design, implementation and review of systems, processes and procedures producing management accounts to improve analysis and insight quality
• Providing clear communication and in-depth support by building and maintaining excellent relationships with the business and ensuring budget holders are supported on all financial issues.
• Quality and timeliness of financial information, both to budget holders and senior management.
• Supporting cross functional projects with financial modelling and analysis
• Managing a small team

The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant with a driven and proactive approach and an in depth understanding of fundraising finance. You will have a strong sense of commercial acumen and an analytical mind-set. You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage and develop staff that you manage and build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation.

Charity or commercial retail finance experience will be highly advantageous.

We are looking to hold interviews as and when suitable candidates apply. An early application is therefore highly recommended.

A role has opened up in the Finance Team to support the Estates directorate.

You will provide financial reporting support and strategic financial advice to the Estates Director. This will involve monitoring and reporting the financial performance of the department with a focus on improving the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance. The Estates Directorate is responsible for conservation, maintenance and projects spend across all of the more than 400 monuments, buildings and places in our care, and is one of the largest and most complex areas of spend in the organisation. You will provide financial analysis and insight to members of the directorate management team enabling informed decision making, all with a view to helping the organisation achieve its Financial Sustainability objective.

We strive to be an inclusive employer and are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage.

From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our shared heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.

You'll find it's a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.

By joining us, you'll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our site a wonderful place to visit. You'll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year. We offer a competitive benefits package including a generous pension, 25 days leave a year and free entry to all English Heritage properties for you, another adult and up to 6 children (under the age of 19).

Closing date: 31/10/2021 23:59:59

The Inspire Partnership is a fabulous, growing multi academy trust formed of nine primary schools serving communities in Croydon, Medway and Greenwich. Our aim is to transform the lives of children and we believe the best way to achieve this is through relationships and collaboration. We celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of our schools but believe together, we are stronger.

We are looking to recruit a new Finance Business Partner to be a key part of the central finance team, with responsibility for managing all financial processes at three of our Croydon schools.

Your time will be split between the MAT central office near Tower Bridge, London, and occasional travel to the Croydon schools. There may be scope to work 1-2 days a week from home.

The ideal candidate will ideally be newly qualified or part-qualified and looking for a role in the not-for profit sector. Ideally you will have a keen interest in the education sector. Some experience in financial budgeting and reporting will be a distinct advantage.

The role offers 28 days annual leave and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Experience and knowledge

• Newly qualified or Part-qualified and studying towards professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Experience in communicating financial information with non-financial leaders and colleagues
• Demonstrates technical accounting skills / knowledge of FRS102 and UK accounting principles
• Experience of using computer based accounting systems
• Ideally experience in preparing, reviewing and monitoring budgets and financial forecasts
• Good understanding of the principles of using public funding and value for money

Abilities

• Strong record of academic achievement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to establish professional credibility quickly with colleagues
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse financial information
• Ability to prioritise effectively with multiple ongoing deadlines
• Proactive team player able to work flexibly and across multiple sites
• Provides guidance and advice to grow the knowledge of the wider team and support leadership decision making
• Committed to the Inspire Partnership Academy Trust vision and aims, and the education sector
• Committed to Equality and Diversity
• Committed to own continuing professional development

We need a talented, forward-thinking Head of Finance to support the Chief Executive Officer and work within the Senior Leadership Team to achieve the goals of our strategic plan and make QVT outstanding in every area. QVT is in a period of expansion and the next five years will see the organisation grow rapidly. As well as increasing our reach we want to increase the quality of the services we provide to our clients.

This is a hybrid role, and the successful applicant will need to be at head office in south east London up to 3 days a week, and must therefore live within an easily commutable distance.

Main Responsibilities

• Financial management – reporting, budgets, forecast, supporting the organisation in decision-making, annual accounts and audit
• Financial accounting – maintain accounting records, supplier payments and credit control
• Strategy – work with the SLT to produce and update strategy; specific responsibility for financial plan; prepare and maintain implementation plan
• Risk – own risk register
• Governance – work with trustees to ensure good governance utilising Charity Commission and NCVO tools
• Property leases – negotiate new leases with Head of Operations; renew existing leases; work with lawyers
• New business – work with CEO on new business opportunities; prepare proposals for trustees
• Client licenses – manage all aspects of client license documentation, to include communication with local authorities responsible for funding residents
• Pricing – set and maintain Housing Benefit, Service Charge and rents
• IT – manage all aspects of IT; work with third party support company
• Insurance – renew insurance; ensure adequate cover in place
• Trustees – present to trustees
• External relationships – maintain good relations with lawyers, auditors, bankers, insurance broker and all stakeholders, internal and external
• Manage the Finance Team, including all aspects of recruitment, supervision and learning and development

Finance Business Partner: £325 - £350 per day (Umbrella), London | Remote

For a global education company, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner on an interim basis. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will deliver a high-quality finance service to decision makers across the UK and European / EMEA Regions. This will involve management and project accounting, performance monitoring (financial and non-financial), budgeting and forecasting, providing insightful analysis and recommendations, business cases and tenders. Based in London, this role can be worked from home and will be for up to 4 - 5 months.

Main Duties:

• Key player in growth plans by supplying the business with expert financial and management accounting services
• Build relationships with Directors, budget holders and Departmental Heads
• Provide direction and robust challenge to non-finance staff
• Oversee general financial management and ensure the maintenance of accurate financial records, reconciliations and processing of journals
• Production of monthly management reporting packs, commentary and analysis of performance and trends
• Provision of regular insightful analysis for decision making including project and product performance reporting
• Work with stakeholders to complete financial forecasting, annual budgeting, business cases and tenders
• Implementation of new processes, systems and reporting techniques

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Strong experience in a finance business partnering role
• Experience of working in a mutli-cultural and mutli-site organisation
• Experience of applying commercial principles to their analysis and recommendations

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Head of Finance Business Partnering: up to £64,500 (7-month FTC) SE London | Home

For a large, central London University, we are recruiting a Head of Finance Business Partnering for 7-months to cover a secondment. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance, the Head of Finance Business Partnering will manage and lead the Business Partnering Team through a finance transformation programme and will develop business partnering processes to enhance service delivery. This role will also provide strategic support to senior managers across the university on the planning and delivery of their financial objectives.

Main Duties:

• Leading, managing and motivating a large team of Business Partners, emphasising service delivery
• Proactive advice to senior managers on key risks and financial outcomes
• Train budget holders on financial responsibility
• Provide management information, analysis, forecasts and advise to senior management
• Implement budgetary control measures
• Ensure the preparation of the University's monthly management accounts and written reports
• Support the FP&A Team to develop models and costing allocation analysis
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement, suggesting and implementing improvements to systems and processes.

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with significant experience of leading Finance Business Partnering Teams
• Strong business partnering experience, including working with non-finance stakeholders
• Experience of management through change and transformation
• Strong data analysis and forecasting and modelling experience
• Ideally Higher Education experience
• Experience with new systems and process implementation would eb great
• This role will be working 3 -days a week from the SE London campus and 2 -days from home.

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If you are looking for a varied Finance Business Partner role with responsibilities ranging from analysis and strategy to tackling technical financial challenges, this position with a large, established national charity might be the right next step for you.

Offering an excellent benefits package and the chance to manage the finances for two major departments within the business in addition to a conservation project, this role offers an interesting challenge for a qualified accountant coming from a financial or management accounting background, or accounting Practice. 

Reporting into the Director of Finance, the Finance Business Partner will be responsible for;

• Building relationships with key senior stakeholders, driving financial understanding and working proactively to drive efficiencies and identify opportunities
• Manage the budgeting and forecasting for four directorates with budgets ranging from £5m - £30m 
• Oversee the management accounting and financial reporting for key directorates
• Provide analysis and decision-making support for projects
• Work on technical control and process development projects to improve organisation-wide reporting 

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA) ideally with exposure to a financial or management accounting role after qualifying. Exceptional relationship building skills are essential, as is the ability to build credibility across finance and non-finance departments. Applicants from both the commerical and Not for Profit sector are encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in this position, please apply early as interviews are being held as suitable applicants get in touch and this role may be filled before the closing date. For more information, contact Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners.

My client is a highly influential international charity focusing on protecting the most vulnerable members of society. This is an opportunity to join an incredibly talented finance team, working for one of the most rewarding charities on an international scale. The team is now looking for additional support through the appointment of a Finance Business Partner.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support strategic decision making for Support Services to maximise impact and efficiency
• Leading financial planning and reporting, providing financial analysis and commercial insight
• Provide high quality analysis driving best value for money from investment and supporting successful implementation of strategies

The successful candidate will be someone who has a strong academic background coupled with a professional accounting qualification. Although experience as a management accountant/finance business partner is not essential, a passion for the charity sector and ambition to succeed is. Sector experience is not required. The client is looking for someone who can demonstrate their ability to build and maintain relationships, both internally and externally, as well as a candidate who is keen for a challenge.

Global Canopy is a data-driven non-profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

Global Canopy’s Finance Business Partners play a crucial role in supporting the programme teams to steward the organisation’s financial resources to achieve maximum impact, ultimately supporting a global shift to a deforestation free economy. You will be an excellent communicator and relationship builder, able to work well with non-financial staff and empower them to manage their budgets to deliver outstanding projects within the resource constraints that exist. 

With funding from many different sources combining to fund a range of interrelated projects, there is complexity to the finances. Your job is to keep across the detail, at the same time as keeping track of the bigger picture.

We are a flexible organisation, with many part time staff, and a hybrid, home-office working arrangement. We will consider part-time as well as full-time applications for this role. There are two positions available.

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most:

• Ability to build relationships and support programme colleagues on the financial aspects of their work

• Technically competent to prepare and interpret reliable financial reports

• Solutions focused, taking responsibility for your work within a small team

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on our website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. We strongly encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply and not self-reject based on the listed criteria in the job pack.

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin America and South East Asia. We would welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require any additional support.

To find out more, download the recruitment pack or visit our website. 

A charity are recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner

Your new company
A high-profile London-based charity.

Your new role
Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will be responsible for budgeting and forecasting; finance business partnering with budget-holders and ad hoc project accounting/financial modelling. Anticipated duration is for 6 months+. Remote/Hybrid working options available.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent finance business partnering experience and Advanced Excel.

What you'll get in return
Remote working options available

What you need to do now
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The job of a Save the Children’s UK Finance Business Partner is varied and fulfilling.

• Are you a qualified accountant?

• Do you have a good knowledge of external audit processes and standards?

• Do you have experience using financial modelling to inform financial decisions?

• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, the Finance Business Partner will be responsible for maximising impact for children through the delivery of effective and efficient financial performance for the assigned area.

The Finance Business Partner key duties will include supporting financial planning and reporting, providing financial analysis and commercial insight, and informing strategic decision making for their assigned business area to maximise financial contribution and/or optimise impact.

The Finance Business Partner will also be tasked with providing high quality ROI analysis, driving best value for money from investment and supporting successful implementation of our new target operating models and strategy.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Finance Business Partner key duties will be to:  

• Provide strategic and financial decision support to support strong financial and commercial performance as a valued partner

• Provide effective reporting and profitability analysis underpinning regular reviews of business performance

• Input to consolidated departmental analysis and reporting - covering both historic performance and strategic financial planning - for feeding into senior management, Finance Committee and Board papers

• Use complex business modelling (e.g. profitability analysis) to help with financial planning (in-year forecasting, budgeting and longer-term financial planning), investment decision-making and writing business cases

• Support successful delivery of financial planning and reporting processes

• Provide direction, challenge and review of budgets and forecasts for the relevant business areas. Produce analytical inputs and presentation outputs for Directors

• Partner with and support the business areas in developing their strategy. Appraise business cases for investment spend, provide financial and commercial insight and challenging to ensure best value for money

• Support work with our external suppliers, other areas of Save the Children UK, across the Save the Children movement and with other charities to benchmark performance and optimise utilisation of MI and to work on common challenges

• Be a valued member of project steering groups by providing financial and commercial insight including responsibility for providing financial updates to give direction

• Work with Central Finance to ensure operation of an effective internal control framework to ensure statutory accounting, tax, and legal requirements are fulfilled

• Lead development of the financial acumen of budget holders through continuous constructive dialogue and discussion

• Manage period and year end closing

Person Profile

Experience

• Qualified chartered accountant (e.g. ACA, CIMA, CIPF etc)

• Technically proficient with knowledge of external audit processes and standards

• Experience of complex financial planning processes and producing consolidated financial modelling, reporting and analysis for senior stakeholders

• Experience using financial modelling to inform investment decisions, financial forecasting, budgeting and long term strategic financial planning

• Business modelling skills (e.g. familiarity with building and using product and/ or marketing channel profitability models to derive comparative ROI metrics such as NPV, IRR and payback periods)

• Experience of and ability to understand interrelationships between different IT systems, complex processes running across multiple teams and the end-to-end production of management accounts

• Strong Microsoft Office skills and must be an advanced Excel user

Abilities

• Ability to analyse and problem solve to identify and successfully resolve financial issues as they arise

• Ability to understand the broader commercial issues facing the sector and to understand the wider competitive and market environment

• Ability to effectively communicate difficult messages, to challenge constructively and influence outcomes

• Ability to manage and to take responsibility for producing a significant volume of complex deliverables though effective workload planning and prioritisation

• Ability to use own initiative to identify and drive improvements to systems and processes

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

• A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

• Commercial Permanent Head of Finance Business Partnering
• Social Healthcare Not for Profit Organisation based in Leeds

About Our Client

St Anne's is a successful social care and housing provider operating across the North of England, having grown from strength to strength over the last 50 years, now supporting over 1,600 adults with learning disabilities, challenges of poor mental health, homelessness, and substance misuse.They are committed to enabling people to live their best life and strive to make a difference every day.Having this year launched our new 5 year strategic plan some of our key areas of focus are on delivering further growth, providing excellent service delivery and ultimately enabling our clients to live their best life. All of which needs to be done in a financially sustainable way which represents value for money for St Anne's. It is therefore a great time to join St Anne's and the finance team who play a key role in supporting the delivery of this strategy as the Head of Finance Business Partnering.The role holder will lead and further develop the finance partnering and planning team, providing commercial and financial support to key stakeholders, driving actions forward and ultimately delivering better financial and commercial performance.The role holder will partner across the organisation, but in particular supporting the operations team to improve overall service performance, driving improvements in income, and ensuring the cost base is as efficient as possible. As well as providing financial leadership and supporting the business development team on tenders and contract reviews.The role holder will similarly lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, building up stretching but realistic budgets in detail with full engagement and buy-in from key stakeholders.The role holder will lead on key initiatives to further improve financial performance and understanding, providing a key source of support for the CFO from a commercial and analytical point of view.The role will require you to think strategically but also to be hands on, directly driving performance and action as well as being a source of support for the team.

Job Description

As the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will build strong relationships across the organisation at all levels, building trust, credibility and rapport as the leader of the finance partnering and planning team. Through this you will provide financial insight and support decision making such that the optimal financial performance is achieved at St Anne's. You will do this by:
 

• Lead and further develop regular and effective financial performance reviews with the operations team, driving action to improve financial performance, particularly focusing on deficit services and those tracking behind budget.
• Provide financial and commercial support for business decisions, quantifying and evaluating proposals, ensuring expected returns are achieved. Influencing and adapting plans with stakeholders by supporting and challenging them in an appropriate way.
• Directly drive income by negotiating and/or re-assessing fee rates with commissioners and other funders, alongside or on behalf of the operations team, in both a structured and ad hoc basis, as needed.
• Indirectly drive income through supporting fee costings, running the annual fee uplift programme and by providing financial responses in tenders.
• Support the business in controlling and ensuring the most efficient use of costs, for example, through the effective review and management of hours and payroll spend, as well as non-payroll spend.
• Develop and deliver in depth analysis to the business to make further recommendations around how financial performance can be improved.
• Lead an effective and timely end-to-end budgeting process, building the budget bottom-up, working closely with operations and other key stakeholders to ensure there is engagement and buy-in to the budget targets and ultimately gaining sign-off for the budget.
• Lead and develop the finance business partners in such they are equally able to support their stakeholders.
• Coach and educate the operations team in terms of financial understanding to help them to improve service performance.
• Provide ad hoc financial support to the operations team and other stakeholders as needed.
• Provide ad hoc support to the CFO as needed.
• Provide financial leadership across the broader finance team, alongside the Head of Finance as appropriate, ensuring the team works collaborative and delivers on the overall finance department goals and objectives.

The Successful Applicant

Essential criteria:

• Experience of working in a fast-paced finance business partnering role with a commercial and pragmatic outlook.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, both verbal and written, with the emphasis on taking ownership and achieving results.
• A good relationship builder, who is able to build rapport and work collaboratively across all levels of the organisation. Equally is comfortable with both supporting and challenging key stakeholders in a constructive way.
• Action orientated, a good negotiator who is able to take action and drive decisions forward that will improve the financial performance of St Anne's.
• Strong analytical and interpretation skills with a proven track record of making commercial judgements.
• Organised and thorough, comfortable operating both strategically and operationally being hands on where needed.
• Able to coach and educate non-finance stakeholders, explaining complex financial issues in a simple and easy to understand way.
• Resilient and flexible, is able to deal with contentious issues and ever changing and competing priorities.
• Advanced Excel and other Microsoft office skills.
• Has a willingness to travel to support key operational stakeholders across the North of England as needed.
• Fully qualified with a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of working in the social care or health care sector.
• Experience of leading and developing people.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced multi-site organisation.
• Degree educated.
• Full UK driving licence.

What's on Offer

£54,000-£56,000 + £3,000 car allowance + 32 days and 8 bank holidays + pension of employer 8% employee 5% + Leeds based + permanent role + 37.5 hours + flexible working available

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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