Finance Business Partner (Top 100/Belfast)

VanRath; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Finance Business Partner in Belfast to provide strategic financial support to enhance business performance. This role requires a professional accounting qualification and significant experience in financial planning. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, alongside excellent communication abilities. The position offers an excellent salary and benefits package with opportunities for hybrid working.

Benefits

Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package

Hybrid/flexible working

Enhanced pension

Early finish on Fridays

Generous holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Minimum of seven years post qualification experience.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis roles.
• Proven track record of achievement.

Responsibilities

• Shape and enable delivery of organisation strategy in the CIO Directorate.
• Support and challenge business and financial performance.
• Input to and challenge the development and submission of business plans.
• Review progress against budgets and forecasts.
• Manage financial performance and risk management requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Education

Professional Accounting Qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Job description

Finance Business Partner (Excellent Package/NI Top 100)

VANRATH are delighted to be partnering with an innovative Top 100 business to recruit a commercially astute Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial and commercial support to the Chief Information Officer (CIO). This is a key role where you'll add value through financial insight, drive performance improvements, and contribute to key operational decisions.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to gain valuable experience and development in a challenging role to shape and enable the delivery of the organisations ambitious growth strategy.

The Rewards:

• Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Hybrid /flexible working
• Enhanced pension
• Early finish on Fridays
• Generous holiday allowance

The Job

• Shape and enable delivery of organisation strategy in the CIO Directorate, while supporting and challenging business and financial performance
• Work in partnership with the business to support, analyse and challenge performance particularly significant planned technology and IT capital expenditure delivery in line with regulatory allowances
• Input to and challenge the development and submission of business plans, budgets and forecasts.
• Analyse internal and external drivers to develop forecasting and planning assumptions and driver based models of financial performance.
• Provide input to the central finance team for developing corporate budgets and forecasts.
• Review progress against budgets and forecasts and partner with the business to manage financial performance.
• Ensure an appropriate risk management and financial control framework is in place.
• Anticipate and interpret financial management, Risk management and Governance requirements and identify opportunities for more effective strategy delivery and continuous improvement.

Essential Criteria

• A professional Accounting Qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc.) and a minimum of seven years post qualification experience.
• Ability to partner collaboratively as part of a senior management team to shape and enable strategy and business plan delivery and manage delivery of business and financial performance.
• Previous experience in financial planning and analysis roles.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Have a proven track record of achievement.
• Strong commercial acumen.

For further information on this role or any senior finance opportunity, please contact Joanne Gordon in strictest confidence.