Business Finance Partner

Resourgenix Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Finance Partner to support financial management, variance analysis, and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of financial experience, public sector insight, and familiarity with Oracle. This role emphasizes teamwork and continuous service improvement, providing a dynamic environment for growth in the finance sector.

Qualifications

• Strong financial background with a focus on stakeholder engagement.
• Proven experience in the public sector finance.
• Ability to analyze and report financial data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Carry out variance analysis and cost monitoring.
• Build effective stakeholder relationships.
• Provide financial information at budget holder meetings.
• Assist in developing a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• Identify service improvement opportunities.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Strong communication skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Cost monitoring

Education

2-3 years' experience in finance

Familiar with Oracle

Public sector experience

Job description

Business Finance Partner Minimum Requirement:

• Complying with appropriate procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of data.
• Supporting the preparation, monitoring and control of forecasts and budgets for specified areas, including change control.
• Support system interrogation and financial performance measurement of actual expenditure.
• Provide input to cost reports, including trend analysis and early warnings as necessary.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out variance analysis and cost monitoring against a range of financial measures and expense categories and provide input to narrative for impact and recovery statements.
• Building effective stakeholder engagement maintaining relationships with customer budget holders and wider stakeholders.
• Providing information and reports at appropriate level budget holder meetings.
• Providing information to financial data to provide clear information and evidence to support business activities and requirements.
• Provide cost information for of the financial case on business cases.
• Continuously improve quality of service proactively identifying opportunities through engaging with the local teams, prioritising changes that will add the most value.
• Being open to challenge and new ideas, sharing of knowledge and experience, encouraging others through building a supportive team environment.
• Support the development of a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and other change requirements.
• Assist and support the preparation of cost studies utilising historical data.
• Providing data for benchmarking information to meet specific needs.

Essential

• Stakeholder engagement and strong communication skills.
• Financial background, 2-3 years' experience. Someone looking to progress in finance sector.
• Public sector experience.
• Familiar with Oracle.