Finance and Planning Business Partner

National Museum Directors' Council; Boston Spa; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Supportive colleagues

Ongoing guidance

Job summary

The National Museum Directors' Council is seeking a Finance Business Partner to put finance at the heart of decision making, advising stakeholders on strategic and operational decisions. You will provide oversight, guidance, and challenge to senior officers and programme managers, supporting robust business cases.

You will translate financial and performance information into a clear business story, promoting best practice and driving change opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven Finance Business Partner experience with senior stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to translate financial data into understandable business implications.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Experience with risk management, financial policies and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support to stakeholders on strategic and operational decisions.
• Offer oversight, guidance, and challenge to senior officers and programme managers.
• Input and expert advice on business cases.
• Ensure understanding and delivery against risk management, policies and KPIs.
• Translate numbers into a compelling business story for management.
• Promote best practice and drive change initiatives across operations.

Skills

Finance Business Partner experience

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.