Finance Business Partner

Line Up Aviation; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Finance Business Partner for a 5-month contract in Farnborough. The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor on financial trends, prepare financial planning models, and communicate insights to stakeholders. Essential skills include being a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA) and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This role offers a pay rate of £39.50 per hour, with a commitment of 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Must hold a CIMA or ACCA qualification.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment is required.
• Strong capability to analyze large amounts of data.

Responsibilities

• Advise on financial trends and opportunities.
• Prepare financial tools for budgeting and forecasting.
• Develop business cases and support strategic decisions.
• Communicate financial information to stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly financial reports and variances analysis.

Skills

Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA)

Analytical skills

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Finance Business Partner on an initial 5-month contract. The Finance Business Partner will work closely with budget owners, members of the executive team, and the wider finance function to support the delivery of high-quality financial insight, planning, and decision making.

Role: Finance Business Partner

Pay: £39.50 per hour Via Umbrella

Location: Farnborough

Contract: Monday - Friday 37 hours per week, 5 months

IR35 Status: Inside

Security Clearance: BPSS

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering - Act as a trusted and proactive business partner, advising on emerging financial trends, opportunities, and threats.
• Financial Modeling & Forecasting - Collaborate and prepare financial planning tools and models to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes.
• Strategic Support - Develop robust financial models, business cases, and presentations to support business decisions. Ensure due processes and policies are followed and all decisions face vigorous challenge and vetting.
• Stakeholder Communication - Clearly communicate complex financial information and recommendations to department heads, senior management, and other stakeholders. Working across multiple departments.
• Performance Reporting - Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports and commentary for cost centers and review variances to budgets and forecast. Understand risks to full year budgets and options to mitigate.
• Collaboration - Work closely with the Financial Control team to ensure accuracy of postings.
• Cost Analysis and Insight - Provide detailed cost analysis, commentary, and insight for cost centre owners, for both overheads and projects providing guidance to support decision making.
• Board and Management Reporting - Support delivery of the monthly management reports and the Board materials.
• Process Improvements and System Development - Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems, including enhancements to D365 and other tools supporting budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

Essential Skills

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA).
• Impactful, inquisitive, analytical, confident individual able to work in a fast-moving start-up environment.
• Focused on continuous improvement to enhance finance processes.
• Focused on detail and ability to work with large amounts of data.
• Flexible and capable of dealing with month end duties as well ad-hoc financial analysis and forecasting.
• Comfortable dealing with senior stakeholders and able to articulate financial information to non-finance people.
• Expert use of Microsoft Excel and MS suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint etc).
• Previous use of accounting systems. Microsoft Dynamics preferable but not essential.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.