Head of Finance Business Partnering

WEA; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading adult education charity in the UK is seeking a Head of Finance Business Partnering. This role involves providing strategic financial partnership and collaborative support to ensure accurate contract accounting and financial forecasting. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills, risk management capabilities, and a commitment to driving performance. Hybrid working options are available.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting and challenging performance against contract deliverables.
• Ability to develop and lead a team of Financial Contract Delivery Partners.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial partnership to the Director of Contract Relationship Management.
• Ensure contracts are accounted for accurately.
• Drive high performance through insight and business solutions.

Skills

Strategic financial partnership

Risk identification

Financial forecasting

Collaborative financial support

Education

Relevant professional qualifications

Job description

Head of Finance Business Partnering

£50,718 - £53,387

Location, based out of any of our offices with Hybrid working available

The WEA is the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of adult education, a charity dedicated to bringing high quality, professional education into the heart of communities. We believe that all adults, regardless of their situation, should have access to education.

Job Description

WEA are looking for talented individuals to help us deliver our mission - to bring education within reach. If that sounds like you, then please read on.

As the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will provide strategic financial partnership to the Director of Contract Relationship Management in order to support, challenge and influence performance against all contract deliverables.

Role model comprehensive and collaborative financial support including insight, risk identification, risk mitigation and business solutions to drive high performance, including an understanding of WEA MIS and Learning delivery.

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, the successful candidate will ensure the totality of contracts are accounted for accurately and provide robust financial forecasts to support the wider financial performance of the organisation through the development of a team of Financial Contract Delivery Partners.

We have attached the full role profile, that lists the key deliverables, performance measures and experience/qualifications needed for this role. Please take your time to read through this, and if you'd like to apply, hit that button!

We are working hard to create a workplace that reflects the communities we seek to serve and in which everyone feels empowered to be themselves and work together to drive positive change. We strongly encourage applicants from a diverse range of candidates and encourage everyone with the appropriate skills, experiences and potential to apply.

Should you need any support with your application, then please email [e-mail] We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

In our recent OFSTED inspection, we received a GOOD overall grade, with an OUTSTANDING rating for Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development.

You can read more about our benefits and what it's like to work here, on our website https://www.wea.org.uk/why-work-for-us