Finance Business Partner

Overview

As a Finance Business Partner, you support key stakeholders with in-depth reporting, financial analysis, and insights to shape strategic decisions. You collaborate with faculties and directorates to meet financial targets and provide clear guidance on operational and commercial programmes. You will communicate complex financial information to non-finance staff and help embed finance at the heart of decision making. This is a central role within the Finance Business Partnering team, offering a mix of on-site collaboration and remote work with exposure to high-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculties and directorates to facilitate strategic decision-making and ensure financial targets are met
• Provide financial guidance and high-quality analysis for operational and commercial programmes
• Deliver monthly reporting and clear communication of financial information to senior stakeholders
• Manage stakeholder relationships across Directorates/Faculties and link Finance with Procurement, Planning and Analytics
• Support budgeting, profiling, forecasting, and ensuring integrity of financial data
• Explain complex financial processes to non-finance staff and tailor reports to stakeholder needs

Key requirements

• Professional accountancy qualification and membership (or exam-qualified)
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills; ability to manipulate financial data for wider audiences; comfortable learning new systems
• Ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance staff
• Significant budgeting and financial reporting experience with complex accounting
• Autonomous, proactive, solutions-focused with sound decision-making
• Experience dealing with senior stakeholders and adapting reports to needs
• Analytical, methodical, detail-oriented with high accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• strong interpersonal skills
• proactive attitude
• continuous learning mindset
• Excel
• Power BI (desirable)
• financial reporting and forecasting

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