Business Manager - Finance & Transformation

Business Manager - Finance & Transformation
About People's Partnership:

At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.

The Business Manager operates at the centre of the CFO Office (encompassing the CFO, Finance Strategy Director, Executive Assistant and associated support activity), working closely with the Finance and Transformation leadership to support the coordination, tracking and communication of CFO priorities across the Finance and Transformation function.

The role supports effective governance and delivery discipline by helping to prepare, coordinate and maintain visibility of key commitments, risks and dependencies, enabling the CFO and Finance Strategy Director and wider leadership team to make informed decisions.

• Supports the coordination of governance activity and delivery cadence, ensuring consistent standards and execution across all Finance and Transformation activity.
• Provides early visibility of delivery risks, governance issues and execution challenges.
• Tracks actions and commitments, supporting clarity of ownership and progress rather than owning resolution and helps to ensure consistent application of governance, delivery and reporting standards across the Finance and Transformation team.
• Maintains the central delivery view across CFO priorities, plans and commitments.
• Supports delivery coordination across Finance and Transformation, helping leaders maintain oversight of progress, dependencies and upcoming decision points.
• Provides forward visibility of upcoming decision points, governance activity and delivery risks, ensuring the CFO and Finance Strategy Director are sighted and prepared.
• Coordinates and consolidates inputs and reporting to support visibility of performance across CFO accountabilities, working with Senior Leadership and the Finance Strategy Director.
• Ensures timely production and collation of Finance and Transformation MI.

• Experience operating in a Finance or Legal/Company Secretariat role within a complex organisation
• Strong understanding of governance, operating models and delivery management within a Finance and Transformation environment
• Proven ability to support and maintain control and oversight of delivery across multiple priorities, ensuring execution is actively managed and progressed in line with agreed outcomes
• Experience supporting senior executives and leadership teams, with the credibility and judgement to operate effectively in a Finance and Transformation environment
• Ability to navigate and coordinate across a broad range of stakeholders, driving alignment, managing dependencies and resolving conflicts

• Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
• Real living wage
• Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
• Employee healthcare
• Parental and adoption leave
• Learning & development opportunities and study support
• Travel season ticket loans
• Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
• Onsite gym
• Social clubs and events

You can learn more about how we support our employees on our website.

People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. This role may support hybrid working.

To make use of this arrangement, employees must have an appropriate home working environment, including a private workspace and reliable, secure high speed internet that enables them to perform their duties effectively. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best "you".