Head of Finance Business Partnering

Michael Page; Carmarthen; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is looking for a Head of Financial Business Partnering in Carmarthen. This newly created role requires strategic financial advice to senior stakeholders, ensuring effective budget management. Candidates should have professional finance qualifications and strong leadership experience in large organizations. The role offers a competitive daily rate of up to £500, with a duration of 6-9 months and potential expenses for non-local candidates.

Benefits

Competitive daily rate

Expenses available for non-locals

6-9 month interim assignment

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in financial planning, analysis, and reporting.
• Senior Leadership experience with good people management skills.
• Excellent technical Accounting skills and activity-based costing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a high-performing finance team.
• Set and monitor budgets, delivering timely financial information.
• Ensure delivery of consistent service to stakeholders.
• Lead on delivery of efficiency savings.
• Communicate and present analysis of financial information.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts.

Skills

Financial planning

Analysis and reporting

Leadership skills

People management

Technical Accounting skills

Activity based costing

Experience in large complex organizations

Education

Professional qualifications in accounting or finance (e.g., ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

The Head of Financial Business Partnering is a newly created role in this large Not for Profit organisation

Client Details

The organisation is a well-established not-for-profit entity based in West Wales who are going through a large transformational change programme.

Description

The Head of Finance Business Partnering is a newly created role within this large Not for Profit organisation.

Reporting to the CFO, the HOBP will work closely with Senior Stakeholders across the organisation to provide strategic financial advice. Your guidance will help ensure that budgets are effectively managed and that financial plans are both realistic and ambitious.

Key responsibilities will include;

• You will lead and manage a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement to drive the achievement of strategic financial objectives.
• Lead the Finance Business Partnering teams to set and monitor budgets, delivering timely, accurate, and insightful financial information, support, and advice across the organisation.
• Ensure delivery of an excellent, consistent, and relevant service to stakeholders.
• Lead on delivery of efficiency savings ensuring that costs are minimised across all areas of service operations to support the financial sustainability of the organisation.
• Communicate and present analysis of financial information, tailoring management reports for the needs and understanding of the recipient(s).
• Produce and implement a robust monitoring system that measures performance against key targets and identifies material financial variances.
• Oversee and ensure the five-year budgets are prepared for consolidation into the organisations medium term financial plan
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts and project monitoring reports to the organisations Executive and other stakeholders

Profile

A successful Head of Finance Business Partnering should have:

• Professional qualifications in accounting or finance (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Proven expertise in financial planning, analysis, and reporting.
• Senior Leadership experience
• Good people management skills
• Excellent technical Accounting skills
• Activity based costing experience
• Ideally Large complex organisation experience

Job Offer

• Competitive daily rate up to £500 per day + expenses
• 6-9 month interim assignment
• 2 days on sight - expenses are available if you don't live locally