Finance and Planning Business Partner

National Museums; Boston; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

National Museums is seeking a Finance Business Partner to embed finance in decision-making and provide advice on strategic and operational decisions. The role includes oversight, guidance, and challenge to senior officers and programme managers, with input on business cases.

You will translate financial and performance information into a clear business story, drive risk management and KPI delivery, and work with change initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven Finance Business Partner experience
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable business advice
• Experience working with senior leaders across an organisation

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational financial guidance to stakeholders
• Oversee risk management, policy compliance, and KPI delivery
• Interpret financial data in plain language to inform business decisions

Skills

Finance business partner

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Business storytelling

Job description

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to put finance at the heart of decision making, providing advice and support to stakeholders on strategic and operational decisions.

This will include oversight, guidance, and challenge to senior officers and programme managers, as well as input and expert advice on business cases.

The role will ensure the business understands and delivers against risk management, finance policies, and performance KPIs through agreed change initiatives and operational areas.

You will have proven Finance Business Partner experience and capability in working with senior leaders across the organisation, providing leadership from a finance perspective.

You will have the ability to interpret financial and performance information in layman's terms as a basis for advising management and recommending courses of action, including the ability to translate the numbers into a business story. As well as an innovative and proactive approach to exploiting change opportunities and promoting best practice.

You will be assisted in this with generous training opportunities, supportive colleagues, and ongoing guidance to help you flourish in the role.

National Museum Directors' Council, National Museums Liverpool, World Museum, WilliamBrown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN