Senior Finance Business Partner (Part time)

Allen Lane Interim and Permanent Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to provide financial insights for a major investment programme at a globally recognized institution. The role requires strong experience in finance business partnering and excellent stakeholder management skills. Responsibilities include preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a flexible hybrid model of 2 days in the office, with options for 4 or 5 days working patterns.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in finance business partnering is essential.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills required.
• Comfortable working outside of BAU.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial business partnering for programmes.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, and financial analysis.
• Produce financial reports and variance analysis.
• Support programme teams with financial oversight.
• Assist Development team with fundraising bids.
• Share programme updates with the finance team.

Skills

Financial business partnering

Stakeholder management

Financial reporting

Cashflow management

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

My client is a globally recognised cultural and scientific institution welcoming millions of visitors to its sites. It s work spans public engagement, scientific research and long-term stewardship of a collection of more than 80 million items.

The organisation is currently undertaking a major multi-year investment programme to ensure it can continue to deliver world-leading science, research and public engagement for the future. This includes infrastructure, modernising facilities, and improving how collections are stored, accessed and used.

As such they are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to support on the programme. Working closely with project teams, you will provide clear financial insight, modelling, and reporting to guide decision-making.

Key duties will include:

• Lead financial business partnering for programmes, including cashflow management and risk analysis.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, monthly reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Produce clear financial reports and variance analysis for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support programme teams with financial oversight of the project portfolio.
• Work with the Development team to support fundraising bids with accurate financial data.
• Share programme updates with the finance team to ensure alignment and knowledge flow.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong experience in finance business partnering. Comfortable with working outside of BAU, you will have excellent stakeholder management skills and be a proactive, self-motivated individual. Previous experience of working in the Not-for-Profit sector on capital projects would be an advantage but not essential.

My client offers a flexible hybrid working model of 2 days in the office. Open to 4 or 5 days working pattern.