Finance Business Partner

Morgan Hunt UK Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable finance firm in Birmingham seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide financial advice and support to business leaders. In this hybrid role, you will influence stakeholders, manage financial risk, and deliver training on financial controls. Candidates should possess strong communication and business partnering skills, and an accounting qualification is preferred, though relevant experience may substitute. Competitive pension scheme included.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Collaborative team environment

High-quality office location

Qualifications

• Experience balancing strategic business and Finance requirements.
• Excellent communication skills to influence relationships.
• Relevant technical skills including accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted advice and support to business leaders.
• Develop and deliver training for finance requirements.
• Ensure effective financial controls operate across business areas.

Skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Communication

Education

Fully or part qualified Accountant

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

The role

In the role of Finance Business Partner, you will be the face of the finance function to your business areas providing trusted advice and support to business leaders and budget holders. You will equip your business areas with skills and tools to take strategic financial decisions and have greater financial accountability, enabling the SRA to use finance resources efficiently and effectively in line with strategic goals. Confident in communicating, you will make sure that effective financial controls operate across the business areas and that financial risk is understood and minimised. Working collaboratively with the Head of Finance and the wider Finance team, you will help develop and deliver training for all finance requirements to the business. To be successful in this role you must be capable of influencing stakeholders, have an acute awareness of governance and the capability to provide trusted advice and pragmatic solutions.

What\'s in it for me?

• An opportunity to showcase your business partnering skills to enable business leaders to make good financial decisions
• Engagement with and exposure to key stakeholders
• The chance to work in a diverse and professional organisation with a welcoming culture in a high-quality office environment and excellent location
• Work in a supportive and collaborative team.
• We offer a generous pension scheme with up to 19% total pension contribution; an extra 3% of your annual salary on successful completion of probation and more - find out here .

We are looking for

• Fully or part qualified Accountant; we will also consider non-qualified applicants with relevant and applicable experience.
• Understanding and practical experience of balancing strategic business and Finance requirements, and accounting standards and best practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, to effectively influence and build meaningful and trusted relationships.
• Strong ethos of continuous improvement and delivering an excellent service to customers.
• Relevant technical and operational skills, including accounting and operational systems and Microsoft Office.

Useful and additional information

• This is a hybrid role working from home and our Birmingham office. Hybrid for us means working 1-2 days in the office a week, and rest of the week from home.