Finance Business Partner

Sja's West; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity organization is seeking a Finance Business Partner in Volunteering to develop financial plans and provide insights to support strategic decisions. This role requires a qualified accountant with experience in the charity sector, responsible for managing financial performance and engaging with stakeholders. Competitive salary, pension, and benefits are offered along with a flexible work arrangement.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

33 days holiday increasing to 38 over 5 years

Cycle to work scheme

Health and Wellbeing portal

Discounts for staff

Qualifications

• Experience in the charity sector and large complex organisations preferred.
• Track record in finance business partnering and managing management accounting processes.
• Ability to challenge thoughtfully and demonstrate influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business and financial analysis for service delivery.
• Provide finance business partnering to management teams.
• Coordinate monthly management accounts and annual budgeting.
• Drive improvement in financial management reporting.
• Utilize technology for financial reports presentation.
• Identify financial risks and implement controls.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Financial analysis

Management accounting

Influencing skills

Proactive mindset

Education

Fully qualified professional accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Job description

Overview

The Finance Business Partner in Volunteering is responsible for providing the first line of support and assistance with the development of financial plans, analysis of the financial performance and forecasts of the Adult Volunteering area, to provide high quality business insight to support and influence strategic decision making by St John's management teams. They will be a key member of the Financial Planning and Insight team to ensure delivery of the annual three-year budgeting process, aligned to strategic operational plans. This role will regularly meet with relevant stakeholders to critically review and challenge reported performance against agreed plans. This role will look after the Adult Volunteering part of the organisation and support some other overheads/areas within the organisation.

Role

Finance Business Partner (Volunteering)

Location: Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, London

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: TBC (CVs are reviewed on an ongoing basis; please complete an application as soon as possible)

The successful candidate will need to be willing and able to attend occasional meetings in the evenings, via Teams. TOIL and flexible working arrangements facilitate this.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) – increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Cycle to work scheme and Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal with access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts for Blue Light and NHS staff, plus discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,416 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. We are a charity with a rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling access to physical and mental health first aid. We deliver community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and empower people with vital clinical skills and confidence to use them. We also operate a buoyant social enterprise network delivering first aid training and medical consumables.

Job Summary

The Finance Business Partner in Volunteering is responsible for providing the first line of support and assistance with the development of financial plans, analysis of the financial performance and forecasts of the Adult Volunteering area, to provide high quality business insight to support and influence strategic decision making by St John's management teams. They will be a key member of the Financial Planning and Insight team to ensure delivery of the annual three-year budgeting process, aligned to strategic operational plans. This will require regularly meeting with relevant stakeholders to review and challenge reported performance against agreed plans. This role will look after the Adult Volunteering part of the organisation and support some other overheads/areas within the organisation.

About You

You are a fully qualified professional accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA). Ideally you have experience in the charity sector and large complex organisations. You can demonstrate previous experience in a finance business partner role with a track record of supporting end-to-end processes for in-year forecasts and annual budgets and three-year plans aligned to business strategy. You have significant experience in managing the day-to-day, monthly and annual production of management accounting processes. You can demonstrate excellent influencing skills to challenge thoughtfully. You are curious about change and technology, take ownership, and maintain a flexible and proactive mindset. You can build and maintain effective networks both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality business and financial analysis with clear outcomes and benefits to support coordinated and effective service delivery across St John
• Provide impactful finance business partnering to Budget Holders, the Senior Management and Executive Teams
• Coordinate the monthly management accounts production and the annual budgeting and in-year forecasting aligned to business plans
• Drive continuous improvement in financial management reporting, forecasting and analysis
• Improve financial processes to enhance internal and external customer experience
• Utilise technology to improve presentation and content of financial reports for stakeholders
• Provide clear narrative to stakeholders, promoting good accounting principles and developing others within the finance team
• Identify financial risks and ensure controls are in place; escalate where necessary
• Identify and implement cost and efficiency savings without compromising service quality
• Work with operational partners to provide financial analysis and appraisal for business cases, including cost/benefit of capex investments

Please see the job description for more detail (viewable on our website or after you click apply)

Please note: St John Ambulance does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.