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Finance Business Partner - 6 month Fixed Term Contract
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Finance Business Partner for a 6-month Fixed Term Contract in Canterbury. The role involves managing budget holders, ensuring accuracy in month-end reporting and forecasting, and delivering actionable financial insights. Candidates must possess a full Accountancy Qualification and have proven experience in finance business partnering or strong audit experience. This position offers a competitive salary up to £65,000 and the flexibility to work from home 2 days per week.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Full Accountancy Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) required.
- Proven experience in commercial finance business partnering or strong audit experience.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence with large data sets.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of budget holders ensuring strong financial engagement.
- Ensure month-end accuracy and integrity of financial results.
- Drive forecast accuracy through robust assumptions.
Skills
Education
6-month Fixed Term Contract as a Finance Business Partner in the education sector, providing critical support during a transition period. Partner with budget holders to ensure accurate month-end reporting, forecasting, and deliver commercial insight.
Based in Canterbury, my client operates within the education sector - previous education experience for this role is not essential.
- Manage a portfolio of budget holders, ensuring strong financial engagement and accountability.
- Bridge resource gaps in planning, reporting, and analysis to maintain continuity and quality of financial outputs.
- Ensure month-end accuracy and integrity of financial results.
- Drive forecast accuracy through robust assumptions and proactive challenge.
- Support projects focused on areas of concern regarding data and reporting accuracy.
- Own budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting for designated areas, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
- Deliver clear, actionable commentary on financial performance, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A full Accountancy Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) - please note we cannot consider applicants who are Qualified by Experience or still studying.
- Proven experience in commercial finance business partnering; alternatively, strong audit experience will be valuable given the projects focus on improving reporting accuracy.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large data sets.
- Availability to start at short notice.
- Up to £65,000 dependent on experience
- A competitive benefits package
- The opportunity to work from home 2 days per week
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