Finance Business Partner - Costs and Investment - Nottingham City

Finance Business Partner – Costs and Investment – Nottingham City

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours

Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000

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We are growing our Financial Planning team and have an opportunity for a talented finance professional with a passion for driving strategic decision-making and building relationships. We\’re looking for a Finance Business Partner – Costs to take ownership of cost budgeting and forecasting, ensuring alignment across departments and administrative expenses. In this influential role, you\’ll work closely with stakeholders at all levels—including our Executive team—to provide insights, challenge assumptions, and support data-driven financial planning.

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join the Society during a critical period of transformation for the organisation. This role and the Financial Planning team are critical in supporting the business to deliver the desired financial performance for the Society.

In return you’ll join a supportive and collaborative team who are elevating Finance as strategic partners to the business. You’ll have the opportunity to have direct impact on the success of the organisation’s financial performance through effective cost management and exceptional stakeholder relationships.

Here’s a taste of what you will be doing as a Finance Business Partner – Costs at Nottingham Building Society: –

• You will support your business areas in co-ordinating the achievement of the Society’s cost targets by recommending approaches to cost control and efficiency, utilising cost benchmarking studies to achieve desired efficiencies.
• Aid with development of channel profitability model to support the strategic view of the Society.
• Partner with and provide support to key head office stakeholders and work closely with the Leadership team to achieve the desired efficiency targets and provide check and challenge on business projects.
• Provide financial insight, analysis and appropriate challenge of stakeholders in support with delivery of the Society’s financial performance.
• Support cost analysis for projects, ensuring the cost / benefits of the project are embedded within the budgeting process. You will support the production and best practice of new business cases.
• Ensure good cost management behaviours are practiced throughout the business and the issue of cost control remains a primary behaviour.
• Maintain relevant finance controls, policies and procedures to ensure they are fit for purpose during the growth and development of the business.
• Assist the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and Investment & Costs Business Partner in relation to any other reasonable request in relation to a financial reporting process
• Produce the reporting framework to budget holders on payroll and non-payroll costs d rive efficiencies and best practise throughout the month end and forecasting cycle.

About you: –

• Transferable experience within an accounting role with some experience of cost management.
• Knowledge and understanding of budget processes and cost management / reporting.
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal. Experience of influencing senior leaders and the ability to build and leverage key relationships.
• Ability to present data to stakeholders in a clear, concise and digestible way. Provide insight and guidance to key stakeholders rather than provision of data only.
• Experience of facilitating change in a business environment and delivering cost efficiencies / process improvements through a continuous improvement mind-set.
• Ability to deliver against deadlines, whilst managing dependencies and proactively communicating progress with stakeholders of deliverables.
• Must be fully qualified with a relevant accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA/ACA/CIMA).

Reward & Benefits –

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
• For all full-time roles we work a 35-hour working week to promote a work/life balance, we want you to be at your best inside and outside of work.
• A friendly and inclusive culture where teams genuinely strive to do the right thing by their colleagues and our customers.
• A strong sustainability agenda – we’re continually finding new ways to be kinder to the environment by reducing our carbon footprint.
• We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we serve as well as supporting local charities as part of the Samuel Fox Foundation. One of the many ways you can get involved is to use the 2 days per year paid leave to volunteer for causes or charities that are important to you.
• Your health and wellbeing is our priority, we encourage this through a suite of support resources, including a team of trained mental health first aiders.

About Us

We are a mutual, which means we don’t have shareholders. Instead, we’re owned by our members and use our money to do good, investing in our community, responsible causes, and – well, you. So, we’re always striving to do the right thing for our team, communities and members.Although our history spans over 170 years, our purpose of helping our members save, plan for and protect their financial futures is enduring. At The Nottingham Building Society, we are dedicated to overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into opportunities. At the heart of our mission is our unwavering commitment to breaking down barriers and building better futures by helping our customers achieve the significant milestone of owning their own home.