Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner (LB/6817) Sheffield, England

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Salary: GBP
50000 - GBP
55000 per annum + Hybrid Working

Sewell Wallis is working with a renowned South Yorkshire-based organisation, who are looking to add a Qualified Finance Business Partner to their growing team in Sheffield. This will initially be a temporary role, with scope to develop into a permanent position.

The successful candidate will need to be fully CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified with previous experience working in a Finance Business Partner role. This is a brilliant opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who is confident in building strong stakeholder relationships, supporting cost control initiatives and preparing business cases for key capital projects.

• Provide impactful and effective finance business partnering to Budget Holders, the Senior Management and Executive Teams
• Deliver high quality business and financial analysis, with detailed outcomes and benefits, to identify and present coherent rationales for change, to support continued coordinated, consistent and effective delivery of services
• Work with the relevant stakeholders to timetable the production of the monthly management accounts, the annual budgeting and in-year forecasting process that is aligned to business plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial management reporting, forecasting and analysis.
• Drive continuous customer experience improvement by simplifying and improving financial processes to provide your collective internal and external customers with an efficient and effective finance experience.
• Provide financial acumen, support and challenge to income generation teams, including pricing and financial analysis of new and existing products, contracts and development of process efficiencies and definition of solutions for operational effectiveness
• Drive analysis and review of information and processes (including cost base and pricing) to ensure operations achieve value for money, sustainability, and maximise their commercial output and resource efficiencies
• Provide insight through KPIs and reports that offer relevant insight and information on Enterprise business units
• Provide a clear and understandable narrative to stakeholders and the rest of the team, advocating good accounting principles and helping to educate, inform and develop others within the wider finance team
• Identify financial risks and ensure that adequate measures and controls are in place for them to be controlled and managed or escalated where necessary.
• Work with operational business partners to provide the financial analysis and appraisal for bids, tenders and business cases, including cost/benefit of capex investment projects, and support the preparation and submission of business cases to Executive Teams for approval.
• Work together with the commercial analytics team to provide insightful metrics, analysis and reporting to help explain and predict likely performance, highlighting risks & opportunities, including comparison of competitors and external market markers
• Utilise technology and tools to continuously improve the presentation and content of the financial management reports to best support and meet the needs of Budget Holders, the Senior Management and Executive Teams.
• The FBP also supports the Senior Finance Planning & Strategy Manager – Enterprise and operates within a team to deliver against the broader responsibilities and strategic direction for the Enterprise network and broader FP&A remit

• Professional Accounting Qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• You’ll be a commercial finance manager or FBP and will have a strong background in analysis and presenting.
• Demonstrable, previous, extensive experience in a finance business partner role

• Flexible, hybrid working
• 25 days holiday (increasing by 1 day per year up to 30 days) + bank holidays
• Pension contributions matched up to 8%
• Life assurance 2 x basic salary
• Cycle to work scheme/ Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping