Operations Finance Business Partner

NHS; Market Drayton; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care services provider is seeking an Operations Finance Business Partner to enhance financial performance and engage with senior stakeholders. This role requires strong analytical and financial modelling skills along with ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification is essential. The successful candidate will be involved in preparing budgets and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and effective management reporting. The position is based in Market Drayton, UK, offering a salary of £50,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Positive and self-motivated, able to work independently.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent written communication skills for financial interpretations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve financial performance of the business.
• Prepare business budgets, forecasts, and re-forecasts.
• Partner with stakeholders to challenge financial performance.

Skills

Strong communication

Advanced Excel skills

Proven analytical skills

Strong financial modelling

Experience with cash flow forecasting

Ability to interpret large data

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Summary

This is an exciting role as an Operations Finance Business Partner at Akari Care, a leading provider of care services. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining and improving the financial performance of the business, working closely with senior stakeholders across the organization. With a focus on reporting, analysis, and forecasting, this high‑profile position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the company's strategic objectives.

Main Duties

The Operations Finance Business Partner will be responsible for providing accessible and in-depth commercial management information and KPI data, including reporting against budget, to help the leadership team make informed decisions. They will also be involved in preparing business budgets, forecasts, and re‑forecasts, as well as partnering with key stakeholders to model and challenge performance against monthly financial forecasts. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, advanced Excel expertise, and proven analytical and financial modeling abilities.

About the Company

Akari Care is a leading provider of care services, committed to delivering high‑quality, personalized care to its clients. With a focus on innovation and a dedication to its workforce, Akari Care is a dynamic and fast‑growing organization that is making a positive impact on the lives of those it serves.

Details

Date posted: 15 October 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £50,000 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 1405067432

Job locations: Akari Care, New Lane, LS11 5DZ

Job Responsibilities

• This role will play a key part in maintaining and improving financial performance of the Business.
• You will work closely with a range of senior stakeholders including the Board and Heads of Quality, HR, Procurement, IT and Regional as well as Local Operational Management.
• Support commercial decision making from a Finance standpoint (deferring and escalating decision making where appropriate).
• Establish credibility by being a trusted business partner to senior leaders within the organisation, with a focus on internal commercial stakeholders.
• Develop strong relationships with operational teams and be the trusted advisor to Operational Management.
• Provide accessible and in-depth commercial management information and KPI data including reporting against budget for individual homes and regions to articulate and describe trends to alter future behaviour.
• Provide weekly commentary to the senior leadership team, including profitability analysis, actuals against performance.
• Preparation of business budgets, forecasts and re‑forecasts for consolidation and review by the CFO, COO and CEO.
• Partner with key stakeholders in the business to model and challenge the performance against monthly financial forecasts.
• Responsible for ensuring that external stakeholder data submissions are submitted accurately and to the deadlines set.
• Create financial models to analyse information to validate business decisions.
• Sharing best practices for enhancing margin and reducing costs across the business.
• Utilise financial modelling skills to support ad hoc projects and strategic objectives.
• Proactively provide information and insight that helps the management teams to make better decisions on how to deliver a balanced set of results.
• Analyse and challenge numbers to influence key stakeholders in the most effective way.
• Create insight and trend reports that highlight to the business any risks or opportunities.
• Finance lead on projects to deliver efficiencies and be seen as a real partner to the business.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong communicator with the confidence to positively challenge, influence and support at all levels.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Proven analytical skills backed up by excellent commercial acumen.
• Strong financial modelling skills proven by demonstrable career achievements.
• Budget and Forecast preparation and monitoring and analysis experience.
• Experience of cash flow forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to interpret large quantities of data.
• Experience of working with stakeholders of differing levels of seniority up to and including directors across finance and non-financial stakeholders.
• Positive, self‑motivated and able to work effectively without close supervision and on own initiative.
• Highly organised / structured approach, with the ability to co‑ordinate a large number of tasks simultaneously and to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and presentational skills to differing roles in the business.
• Team player able to flex style for non-financial colleagues.
• Good written communication skills for the purposes of describing financial trends and analyses.
• Understanding of the principals of Power BI, and experience in using visualisation techniques to describe large data sets.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with 3+ years of post‑qualification experience in a similar role, preferably in Transactions Services or Corporate Finance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Employer name: Akari Care Limited

Address: Akari Care, New Lane, LS11 5DZ

Website: https://www.akaricare.co.uk