Finance Business Partner

Sense; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in Birmingham is looking for a Finance Business Partner to manage financial resources and support organizational goals. This hybrid role requires a finance professional with retail accounting expertise and the ability to prepare accurate management reports. The successful candidate will work closely with senior management and oversee budget development across multiple cost centers. This position offers training, pension options, and generous leave.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Group Personal Pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner within retail accounting.
• Evidence of own continuing professional development.
• Good knowledge of charity retail accounting and implications of VAT.

Responsibilities

• Production of monthly management accounts for trading.
• Ensure trading balance sheet accounts are accurately maintained.
• Monthly presentation of financial performance to Senior management.
• Conduct monthly review meetings with service directors.
• Challenge Operational managers on business decisions.

Skills

Finance Business Partner experience

Retail accounting knowledge

EPOS systems experience

Budget development and monitoring

Excellent communication skills

Ability to influence senior management

Education

CCAB financial qualification

Tools

Computerised finance systems (e.g. Sun)

Job description

Sense has a fantasticopportunity for someone to join our Finance team as our Finance Business Partner. This is a full time hybrid position working 37.5 hours per week between home and our office in Selly Oak, Birmingham.

The Finance Team plays a crucial role in managing the financial resources of the organisation. Our team ensures the financial health of the organisation, supporting all departments to achieve their goals through sound financial practices and comprehensive financial oversight. The successful candidate will ideally have a retail accounting background with knowledge of EPOS systems, and will be responsible for the preparation of regular, timely and accurate financial management information including budgets, forecast, cost centre reports, analysis and commentaries and ensure that non-financial managers can interpret the data to understand the financial implications and consequences of their decisions. You will assist in ensuring the financial good health and appropriate financial management. There will also be regular visits to our site in Crayford.

Key Responsibilities

• Production of the monthly management accounts for trading, ensuring accruals, prepayments and adjustments are accurately calculated and posted, and that income is imported accurately from other systems and payroll and invoiced costs accurately reported so that management accounts are a true reflection of the financial performance of trading.
• Ensure that trading balance sheet accounts are accurately maintained and regularly reconciled
• Monthly face to face presentation of financial performance to Senior management, with adequate narrative explanation of the main movements and drivers of the position against budgets and latest forecasts
• To independently conduct monthly review meetings with the Director of the service and Operational managers and to act as the key point of contact to support budget holders with commercial business, capital and investment proposals.
• Challenge the Operational Director and managers to ensure that all concepts have been properly considered before making business decisions.

Key skills and experience

• Relevant financial qualification such as CCAB, with evidenceof own continuing professional development.
• Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner within retail accounting and working with EPOS systems and experience of stock accounting and control.
• Experience of developing and monitoring an annual budget within a multi-cost centre environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to nurture and develop relationships with key stakeholders and external agencies, so that objectives are met consistently, and change is introduced successfully.
• Ability to influence and partner with Senior Management and colleagues across the finance department.
• Good knowledge of the management accounting requirements of a retail environment. Understanding of charity retail accounting requirements, how VAT affects charities and Gift aid.
• Experience of using computerised finance systems such as Sun.

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a .

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.