Finance Business Partner

CIPD; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave (with option to 2

Personal development allowance

Award-winning pension scheme

Wellbeing cashback scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Fertility and family-forming support

Support for full-time carers for loved

Job summary

CIPD in Wimbledon is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide accounting, reporting and proactive business partnering across Digital & Technology, Trust, Content and Community Engagement. This is a permanent full-time role with hybrid working and a 35-hour week.

You will lead budgeting, quarterly forecasts and rolling forecasts, produce monthly management accounts, offer insights to budget-holders, challenge where appropriate, and support senior leaders with cost analysis and strategic

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent) or qualified by relevant experience.
• Proven experience operating as a finance business partner with non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights for budget holders.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and management accounts production.
• Confident communicator able to influence at all levels, including senior stakeholders.
• Strong Excel skills with experience using accounting/ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite).
• Commercial mindset with ability to link financial performance to strategy.
• Experience identifying variances, risks and opportunities and flagging them to stakeholders.
• Highly organised with ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Business partnering budget-holders by interpreting financial data and shaping strategic direction.
• Analysing, interpreting and communicating financial and performance data through reporting.
• Providing timely information to budget-holders to support budget management.
• Supporting Directors with ad hoc financial analysis and commentary.
• Performing monthly accounting and producing management accounts for supported teams.
• Providing data and commentary to support organisation-level management accounts.
• Working with budget-holders to produce annual budgets, forecasts and rolling forecasts.
• Providing variance analysis and commentary for Board and Executive reporting.
• People management responsibilities.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Finance business partner experience

Communication

Commercial mindset

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

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Finance Business Partner

£60,000 - £65,000 + benefits

Permanent

Full-time (35 hours per week)

Wimbledon (hybrid and flexible working)

The role

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be part of the Finance team and you will be responsible for accounting, reporting and business partnering with key business stakeholders and directorates such as Digital & Technology, Trust, Content, and Community Engagement.

What you'll be doing

• Business partnering budget-holders by interpreting financial data, providing insights and helping shape strategic direction, constructively challenging where appropriate
• Analysing, interpreting and communicating financial and performance data through monthly and ad hoc reporting
• Providing timely information and advice to budget-holders to support effective management of their budgets and business areas
• Supporting Directors with ad hoc financial analysis, reports, challenge and advice for their directorate's activity
• Performing monthly accounting and producing management accounts for supported teams and directorates
• Providing data, analysis and commentary to support organisation-level management accounts
• Working with budget-holders to produce annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and rolling forecasts, highlighting risks, opportunities and progress against strategic objectives
• Providing variance analysis and commentary against prior year actuals, forecasts and budgets for Board and Executive Team reporting
• People management responsibilities

What you'll need to be successful

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent) or qualified by relevant experience
• Proven experience operating as a finance business partner, working closely with non-finance stakeholders to influence decision-making
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial data and translate it into clear, actionable insight for budget holders
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and management accounts productionConfident communicator, able to build credibility and influence at all levels, including with senior stakeholders
• Strong Excel skills, with experience using accounting/ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite or similar)
• Commercial mindset, with the ability to understand profitability drivers and link financial performance to business strategy
• Experience identifying variances, risks, and opportunities, and proactively flagging these to stakeholders
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities to tight deadlines
• A collaborative, proactive approach, comfortable challenging and supporting budget holders in equal measure

About us

We've been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We're the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals - experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally - and a growing community using our research, insights and learning - we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.

We offer an inclusive and collaborative working environment, a wide range of development opportunities and a competitive benefits package, including 28 days' annual leave (with the option to buy and sell), a personal development allowance, access to an award-winning pension scheme and a strong focus on wellbeing, including a cashback health scheme. We also support colleagues at different life stages, with enhanced parental leave, fertility and family-forming support, and support for those who are full-time carers for their loved ones.

• 28 days' annual leave (with the option to buy and sell)
• a personal development allowance
• access to an award-winning pension scheme
• a strong focus on wellbeing, including a cashback health scheme
• enhanced parental leave
• fertility and family-forming support
• support for those who are full-time carers for their loved ones

We value everyone as an individual and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, ensuring fair opportunities for all and strengthening how we work and deliver impact together.

The deadline for applications is on Monday 9 November.