Finance Business Manager (23940)

Barnardo's; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnardo's Finance Business Manager role focuses on costing, reporting and strategic financial support for a portfolio of Children’s Services. You will work closely with the Assistant Director of Finance to provide robust financial insight and guidance.

Essential experience includes management in a business partnering setup, producing budgets and forecasts, and strong communication with non-finance colleagues. Proficiency in Excel and Dynamics 365 is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ managerial experience within a business partnering team.
• Experience in costings, pricing, option analysis or tender applications.
• Ability to provide managers with practical, solution‑focused financial advice.
• Strong systems literacy, ideally including Dynamics 365.
• Proven experience in producing budgets, forecasts and monthly management accounts including variance analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with managers.
• Line management or leadership experience.
• Qualified or part qualified with a CCAB body.

Responsibilities

• Support portfolio of services with financial planning, costing and reporting.
• Partner with budget holders to monitor expenditure and income.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, period-end, modelling and reporting activities.
• Provide strategic financial insight to enable informed decision making.
• Ensure full cost recovery and robust financial data for stakeholders.
• Communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.

Skills

Business partnering

Budgeting & forecasting

Costing

Option analysis / tender analysis

Managers advisory

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership experience

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Education

CCAB body qualified or part qualified

Tools

Excel

Dynamics 365

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Finance Business Manager with strong business partnering capabilities to support our portfolio of Children's Services, focusing on costing and reporting. The successful candidate will work closely with the Assistant Director of Finance, contributing to all aspects of financial management and strategic financial support.

Applicants should have experience of budgeting and accounting systems including expenditure & income monitoring, and must be able to work on their own initiative. Stakeholders will seek a lot of finance support from the incumbent and therefore good communication- and people skills are extremely important.

Acute finance knowledge is necessary as is the ability to break down financial information for the benefit of non-finance colleagues. Experience of constructing detailed budgets emphasising full cost recovery is essential and a key part of this role.

Educated to a good standard with excellent numeracy and literacy skills, you will have the ability to operate computer-based systems such as Excel and Dynamics 365.

Our Finance Business Partner Team provides leaders and managers with high quality financial insight, analysis and guidance to enable effective and informed decision making. The team operates proactively and strategically, monitoring key financial risks and opportunities through robust financial data, modelling, and reporting covering period-end, forecasting, and budgeting. We are committed to driving strong financial acumen across the organisation to support our corporate objectives.

Due to anticipated high interest, this advert may close earlier than the stated closing date. We recommend early application.

When completing your application, please clearly demonstrate how your skills, knowledge, and experience meet the requirements outlined in the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information documents (where applicable).

Essential Experience

• Minimum 2 years' experience working at a managerial level within a business partnering team, supporting budget holders.
• Experience in costings, pricing, option analysis or tender applications.
• Ability to provide managers with practical, solution-focused financial advice.
• Strong systems literacy, ideally including experience with Dynamics 365.
• Proven experience in producing budgets, forecasts and monthly management accounts, including variance analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including engagement with managers.
• Line management or leadership experience.
• Qualified or part qualified with a CCAB body.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible