Finance Business Partner

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Salary: £37,000 per annum

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (flexible working options considered)

Location: Hybrid – at least 2 days per week at head office in Wigston, Leicester; remaining hours from home.

The successful applicant must have the pre‑existing right to both live, and to work in the UK.

Closing date: Tuesday 30 June 2026

At a pivotal moment in our organisational evolution, you will build trusted partnerships with senior managers and their teams to provide vital financial guidance. You will work directly with the Head of Finance and Senior Finance Business Partner to run complex financial models that support agile decision‑making across the IOSH group.

• Strategic Advisor – Provide individual directorates with tailored advice, detailed options, and predictive scenarios to improve business performance.
• Core Management Accounting – Produce monthly financials, directorate income/expenditure accounts, and detailed variance analyses.
• Forecasting & Planning – Guide budget holders through financial reviews, build robust forecasts, and support the creation of the Annual Budget and Medium‑Term Financial Plan for the Board of Trustees.
• System Transformation – Contribute to ad‑hoc financial projects to design next‑generation reporting models, automated dashboards, and self‑serve financial methods.
• Financial Upskilling – Support the Senior Finance Business Partner in delivering training and induction sessions to build budgetary control awareness across directorates.

Analytical problem solver who can dissect complex organisational bottlenecks and turn financial ambiguities into structural realities.

• Professional qualifications – Must be at least part‑qualified (ACCA/CIMA) or fully qualified with evidence of up‑to‑date management accounting knowledge.
• Advanced problem‑solving – Proven track record of diagnosing financial issues, evaluating alternative solutions, recommending structural improvements, and driving operational change.
• Modelling & analysis – Deep experience in financial analysis, business case planning, and making highly complex spreadsheets or forecasting tools.
• Month‑end governance – Direct experience managing crucial components of financial month‑end routines while strictly meeting reporting deadlines.
• Stakeholder advisory – Demonstrable success in advising, guiding, and constructively challenging non‑finance budget holders on commercial matters.
• Precision – Absolute ability to work accurately, dissect granular data, and maintain impeccable attention to detail under tight time frames.

• Hybrid working and flexibility to ensure a positive work‑life balance.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service, with the option to buy more.
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan covered by IOSH.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme, minimum 3% employee contribution with IOSH contributing 5%.
• Individual performance‑related pay scheme.
• Up to five paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your dependants' wellbeing.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer, and are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.