Finance Business Partner

Pro-Recruitment Group Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic opportunity for an interim Finance Business Partner is available with Europe's largest infrastructure project in Birmingham. The role involves significant financial support and analytical challenge to the Corporate Services Directorate, ensuring achievement of financial targets while delivering value for money. Candidates must be CCAB qualified and possess robust experience in business planning and corporate finance.

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified with experience in business planning and forecasting.
• Strong skills in Excel for data analysis.
• Knowledge of Oracle or similar ERP systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of directorates and drive month-end reporting.
• Lead business planning and forecasting processes.
• Challenge budget holders and provide financial input for project decisions.

Skills

Business planning

Forecasting

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Excel

Education

CCAB qualified

Tools

Oracle accounting systems

ERP systems

Job description

Finance Business Partner: £500 - £534 per day (Umbrella) Hybrid Birmingham

For Europe's largest infrastructure project, based in Birmingham, we are recruiting an interim Finance Business Partner for the Corporate Services Directorate, and specially to partner with the CIO and the IT Directorate. Working within central finance, this role reports to the Senior Finance Business Partner, and provides financial support and critical analytical challenge to directorate business managers and executives to ensure the organisation achieves financial targets and delivers value for money within the budgets set by the comprehensive spending review.

Main Duties:

• Responsible for looking after a portfolio of directorates (HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Facilities) and the corporate expenditure in the monthly financial accounts
• Drive consistent month-end reporting and review of all Corporate Directorate (c£200M)
• Lead business planning and forecasting processes, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations
• Provide Workforce Actual costs and forecast information to inform programme estimates
• Challenge budget holders to achieve workforce objectives
• Supporting Corporate Directors in determining the appropriate disaggregation and delegations to Contracts
• Review financial endorsement of Change and Investments, provide assurance to Finance Director that reporting expenditure and contract payments are appropriate
• Work to NAO Audits as required; Liaise regularly with Corporate Directors, Procurement and Supply Chain, Business Managers, Finance Teams and Corporate Finance Teams

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified
• Experience in business planning, forecasting, business partnering and corporate finance
• Knowledge of Oracle accounting systems or other similar ERP systems
• Experience in working with Corporate Directors, budget holders, Business Managers, Head of HR, and wider Finance teams
• Ability to interpret financial information and determine IFRS treatment
• Ability to use Excel to analyse large and complex data sets and provide useful management information
• Experience in providing financial information to inform project decisions and cost, schedule, and quality consequences

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.