Finance Business Partner Lead

Reed in Partnership Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed in Partnership is seeking a Finance Business Partner Lead to manage a team and support financial operations. This role requires strong leadership, communication skills and a proven track record in finance business partnering. The successful candidate will enhance financial performance management and support key decisions for operational efficiency, all within a supportive and flexible working environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays

Reed Pension Scheme

Award Winning Management & Leadership training

Professional & Personal Development Funds

Bi-annual pay reviews

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a similar finance role.
• Demonstrable experience managing and developing staff.
• Experience in finance business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of Operations Finance Business Partners.
• Drive financial performance information using technology.
• Manage preparation of financial forecasts and budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Presentation

Relationship Building

Analytical Skills

Education

Qualified accountant, 3+ years

Degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Reed in Partnership has been delivering public services since 1998. We are a British, family-owned company, whose mission has always been to positively transform people and their communities. This is reflected in our services, which we deliver to help people from all backgrounds and circumstances to change their lives for the better.

Pay Range

£60,000-£70,000

Working Hours/Pattern:

Full-time, although we would be happy to consider applicants who are looking to work on a part time basis. If you would like to explore this further please discuss this with the talent partner for this role. Please note our ability to accommodate flexible working arrangements will vary from role to role, dependent on business requirements.

Job Description

Are you a confident communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders?

Do you have experience managing and developing a small team?

Then consider the role of Finance Business Partner Lead at Reed in Partnership!

Internal applications for this role close on 10/07/2025

What is the role about?

A primary purpose of the Finance Business Partner lead role is to lead and support a team of Operations Finance Business Partners in acting as the Finance representative supporting the Programme Director and Senior Operations team for the Programmes being partnered. Leading in driving consistency, high standards and quality performance reviews with operational leads, utilising the suite of financial and KPI reports available. Discussing areas or suggestions for improvements

The Finance Business Partner Lead role is responsible for the leadership, management, and development of a team of Operations Finance Business Partners & Financial Planning Analyst to ensure that all staff perform to their full potential and that the team supports the ongoing operation of the business.

Just some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Enhancing the financial performance information available to Operations, using technology & tools available such as PowerBI and Workday Adaptive Planning
• Ensuring the Operations Business Partners are obtaining information required to inform a rolling forecast financial model updating in a timely manner
• Oversight of building and developing Excel activity models to support key contracts including summary reporting.
• Oversight of maintaining rolling annual and longer-term Financial Models within planning tool - Workday Adaptive planning
• Develop approach to sharing Financial Performance to the wider Commercial team and wider Finance function
• Help drive financial focus and improved operational efficiency.
• Creation of financial and performance reporting tools for new contract implementation, along with embedding the use of these into Operational activities.
• Manage the team to provide timely financial or forecasting information required externally by our customers
• Lead in the preparation of customer or provider profiles & analysis of commercial decisions required for contract variations
• Lead in the preparation of monthly, periodic, long-range forecasts and annual budgets using models capable of consolidating up to 200 cost centres. Within our planning tool - Workday Adaptive planning
• Ensure business partner activity performed by the team is forward looking, utilising forecasts, and supporting the sharing of financial future performance.
• Drive regular communication with operational leads to understand their forecasting predictions and support in driving improved operational performance.
• Support the Management Accounts team in understanding forecasts and performance drivers.
• Communicate cost information requirements that support forecasting to the Management Accounts & work with the Management Accounts team in continuous improvement in this area
• Lead & support in the development of the Financial Planning Analyst

What's in it for you?

A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
• Reed Pension Scheme
• Award Winning Management & Leadership training
• Professional & Personal Development Funds
• Bi-annual pay reviews
• Plus much more that can be found on our website
• With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.

At Reed in Partnership, we live and breathe our values in every decision and action taken, resulting in a collaborative and enjoyable culture within our offices. Our company values - we are fair open and honest; we take ownership, and we work together.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with:

• Demonstrable experience of successfully managing and developing staff (including qualified accounting staff).
• Experienced in Finance Business Partnering with a minimum of 4 years' experience in a similar Finance role, preceded by a strong academic record.
• Experience in leadership of contract / service partnering, preferably in a business services environment
• Confident communicator with experience in building relationships & trust with stakeholders
• Experience and ability in presentation to Senior Stakeholders including Board level
• Proven ability to convey financial information to non-financial managers in a coherent, confident manner.
• Ability to lead in developing, designing, setting up reports & the use of reporting products to share performance and information
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Proactive, self-motivated attitude.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills and attention to detail
• A team player with good interpersonal, relationship building, networking and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and support direct reports towards achieving business objectives.
• Ability to deal with and manage through conflicting priorities and several tasks running concurrently
• The ability to grasp complex processes quickly
• Committed to external deadlines during bidding activity and ability to adjust to the intensity accordingly

Desirable Criteria

• Qualified accountant, 3+ years.
• Business Intelligence system/tool experience, Power BI, Tableau or similar
• Business partnering or commercial accounting experience in a private sector and/or contracting environment or in a fast moving, high volume, multi-site environment, with specific focus on business planning, budgeting, and forecasting
• Demonstrable experience of working in a fast paced, changing finance environment
• Proven analytical and reporting skills.

We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits
• East Midlands , East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England
• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits
• East Midlands , East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England