Interim Finance Business Partner
Posted 3 days ago by Elevation Recruitment Group
£55,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Leeds
Summary: The Finance Business Partner role in Leeds is a 12-month fixed-term contract aimed at qualified accountants with strong commercial acumen. The position involves providing financial insight and guidance to senior leaders, leading financial planning and reporting, and coaching a small team. The role is pivotal in influencing decision-making and supporting growth initiatives within a complex organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing financial and commercial insight to business leaders to support effective decision making
- Preparing financial models, business cases and scenario plans to inform strategy and improve performance
- Leading financial planning, forecasting and analysis for your business area
- Delivering clear and meaningful reporting for non-finance stakeholders
- Coaching and developing a small team to ensure high performance
Key Skills:
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in a finance business partnering role
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to influence, challenge and negotiate
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of building strong relationships with senior stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to provide meaningful business insight
- Line management experience with a focus on coaching and development
Salary (Rate): £55,000 yearly
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Finance Business Partner
Location: Leeds - Hybrid
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Up to £55,000
Are you a qualified accountant with strong commercial acumen looking to make a real impact? This Finance Business Partner role offers the opportunity to influence decision making, support growth and improvement initiatives, and build strong relationships across a large and complex organisation.
The Role
As Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with senior leaders to provide financial insight, challenge and guidance. You will lead on financial planning and reporting for your business areas, support strategic delivery and help drive performance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing financial and commercial insight to business leaders to support effective decision making
- Preparing financial models, business cases and scenario plans to inform strategy and improve performance
- Leading financial planning, forecasting and analysis for your business area
- Delivering clear and meaningful reporting for non-finance stakeholders
- Coaching and developing a small team to ensure high performance
The Person
We are looking for a Finance Business Partner who brings:
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in a finance business partnering role
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to influence, challenge and negotiate
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of building strong relationships with senior stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to provide meaningful business insight
- Line management experience with a focus on coaching and development
It would be an advantage if you have experience in the regulated social housing sector, though this is not essential.
About Elevation
Elevation Recruitment Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy that helps people build long-term, successful careers. We work across a wide range of industries and disciplines with a focus on making recruitment feel more human, more honest and more effective. We are specialists in every function and experts in every hire. Check out our website to find out more.