Junior Finance Business Partner

Venesky Brown; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 26,312; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Aberdeen seeks a Junior Finance Business Partner for a hybrid role with an initial 12-month contract. The position offers a rate of £19.10/hour PAYE. The candidate will support budget planning, produce financial reports, and assist in maintaining financial controls. Relevant experience in management accounts or a related degree is required. This opportunity allows for growth in budgeting, forecasting, and data analysis skills within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounts or currently studying for an accountancy qualification.
• Understanding of budgeting and forecasting.
• Working knowledge of data analysis and finance systems.
• Basic finance skills, especially in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support in budget planning and control.
• Produce monthly financial monitoring reports.
• Review budget monitoring returns.
• Assist with financial ledger updates.
• Create requisitions in the Oracle purchasing system.

Skills

Management accounts experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Costing

Data analysis

Excel skills

Education

Numerical/business degree or accountancy qualification

Tools

Oracle finance system

Job description

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organization in Aberdeen, is currently looking to recruit a Junior Finance Business Partner for an initial 12‑month contract on a rate of £19.10/hour PAYE. This role will be hybrid working.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Finance Business Partner and wider team in budget planning and control, ensuring timely, accurate, and relevant financial reporting, draft budget preparation, and year‑end accounts.
• Review budget monitoring returns, checking forecasts, year‑to‑date actuals, and budget data, and challenge areas requiring clarification to ensure robust financial oversight.
• Produce monthly financial monitoring reports and forecasts for branches, highlighting issues to inform senior management decision‑making.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with branch staff and wider colleagues.
• Review monthly expenditure for allocated branches, compare Oracle finance system data, identify accruals, prepayments, and adjustments, and process journals as required.
• Assist with financial ledger updates, including performing monthly reconciliations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, value for money, and best practice in financial processes across the organization.
• Create requisitions for goods and services in the Oracle purchasing system, confirm receipt of goods/services, and validate invoices for payment.
• Assist in maintaining overall financial control, ensuring the integrity of financial data, systems, and records.
• Ensure adequate financial controls and clear audit trails are in place to support accounting and reporting processes.
• Work flexibly across the team, adapting quickly to changing priorities and business needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounts or currently studying for an accountancy qualification or holding a numerical/business degree.
• Budgeting, Forecasting and Costing (understanding of budgeting guidance, budget management, forecasting, costing) – Awareness Level.
• Working with Data in Finance (data analysis, data interpretation, data visualisation, interrogation of finance systems) – Working Level.
• Basic finance skills (numeracy, Excel) – Practitioner Level.

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