Finance Business Partner

Summary: The Finance Business Partner role is an 8-month position with a leading Public Sector client in Edinburgh, offering a hybrid working arrangement. The successful candidate will be responsible for budget monitoring, forecasting processes, and financial reporting, while collaborating closely with budget holders. This position also involves contributing to various finance-related projects and tasks. The role requires a qualified accountant with relevant experience in the public sector and strong interpersonal skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, manage, and enhance the agency's budget monitoring and forecasting processes.
• Work closely with budget holders to develop forecasts, prepare financial reports, and conduct variance analysis.
• Model the impact of various future funding scenarios.
• Contribute to finance-related tasks and projects such as policy development, audit support, and business case preparation.

Key Skills:

• Qualified accountant with membership of one of the major accountancy professional bodies: ICAEW, ICAS, ICAI, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA (or qualified by experience).
• Proven experience in delivering budgets, managing forecasting cycles, and conducting month-end reporting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage personal workload and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Track record of improving forecasting processes and financial reporting.
• Public sector experience (desirable).
• Experience in engaging with internal and external audit processes (desirable).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Edinburgh

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other