Finance Business Partner - Costs

Together - loans, mortgages & finance; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + birthday off

Discretionary annual bonus

Matched pension contribution

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Health cash plan

Private medical insurance

Free access to company holiday homes

Travel season ticket loans

Ride to work scheme

Free local gym access

Local bar/restaurant discounts

Job summary

A leading property finance expert based in Cheadle seeks a Finance Business Partner to oversee a £40 million spend and provide strategic business partnering. Key responsibilities include budgeting, procurement management, and disbursing essential financial insights to senior stakeholders. Successful candidates will hold a qualifying accountancy designation and demonstrate excellent leadership and communication abilities. This full-time role offers a diverse and inclusive workplace along with substantial benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in Cost business partnering with senior management or executive level stakeholders.
• Ability to challenge and drive value for money.
• Proven track record of leading budgeting and forecasting submissions.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost business partnering for Group Services representing £40 million spend.
• Ensure procurement decisions deliver value for the business.
• Input into budget and quarterly reforecasting submissions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Leadership

Relationship building

Influencing skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Job description

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We’re Together – the market leading property finance experts with an entrepreneurial spirit. Based in Cheadle, South Manchester, we’ve been established since 1974 and have built a team of over 750 colleagues, who are passionate about supporting individuals and businesses achieve their property ambitions by making finance work for them.

We pride ourselves on our common-sense approach to lending and offer a range of mortgage and secured loan products to individuals and businesses who are typically underserved by mainstream lenders. Our customers are central to everything we do and we work hard to support them to turn challenges into opportunities which make our customers' property ambitions a reality.

We’re looking for great people from all backgrounds and experiences who love working together and putting our customers at the heart of everything we do – and that starts with our brilliantly different team of people.

Job Description

As a Finance Business Partner, you will lead the provision of a cost business partnering for Group Services of People, Risk, Facilities, Finance, Treasury and Operations, representing £40 million spend a year.

As a Finance Business Partner, we are looking for someone to:

• Provide a forward looking business partnering service for each senior manager, challenging them on what and how they are managing their business to drive value for money
• Represent the shareholder in the continual challenge of ensuring money is spent wisely, imparting this passion into colleagues
• Work with each business area and the procurement team to ensure all upcoming procurement decisions, be it new sourcing or contract renewals are managed in a timely manner and deliver value for the business
• Keep up to speed on the rest of the cost base managed elsewhere within the team to be able to represent the whole cost base to the key stakeholders of the Group FD and CEO
• Lead the input in to budget and quarterly reforecasting submissions for those areas partnered

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• Experience in Cost business partnering senior management or executive level stakeholders
• Excellent communication, leadership, relationship building and influencing skills at a strategic level.

Benefits working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• Health cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Travel season ticket loans
• Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

We care that you have a great experience with us at Together, if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience easier, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing