As a Finance Business Partner, you will ensure cost control and accountability across the directorates you support. You will oversee and guide your team, offering finance support to facilitate effective decision-making and manage both direct and indirect costs.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Corporate Governance/Managing Public Money
• IFRS Accounting/National Audit Office (NAO)
• Financial Reporting/Month/Year end
• Complete monthly analytics of contract spend and accruals held and challenge budget holders
• Funding/Cash Flow
• Business Planning/Forecast
• Budget Management
• Workforce Costs & Indirects
• EDI

Skills:

• Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders up to Executive level.
• Ability to critically review and challenge forecasts, assessing them for their affordability, value for money, timing and impact on programme delivery.
• Ability to use ERP systems, utilising data analytics software and complex Excel models.
• Ability to ensure effective financial controls within a major project.
• Qualified Accountant with experience of operating at in a complex environment.
• Knowledge of Government accounting requirements (DEL/AME funding) to ensure compliance of business plans within delegated authority.
• Experience of driving output focussed, activity-based budgets and forecasts.
• Supporting the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the Spending Review.
• Qualified Accountant with experience of operating in a complex environment which may include infrastructure projects.

Finance Business Partner - Contract - up to 550 per day Inside IR35