Finance Business Partner in London

We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer. We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Planning & Analysis and Business Partnering team, within the Finance & Strategy directorate at Blood Cancer UK. This is a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified accountant, or someone with relevant experience, to take the next step in their career.

You’ll build trusted relationships with senior leaders and a diverse range of teams across the organisation, from those delivering our work for people affected by blood cancer to our brand and support teams. You’ll gain broad organisational exposure and a clear view of how financial decisions affect the work we deliver. You’ll help teams make better decisions and maximise the impact of our resources, taking ownership of financial performance reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning for your areas, while influencing plans and helping shape how resources are allocated to best support people affected by blood cancer.

You’ll also support key investment and procurement decisions, helping teams to understand the financial opportunities, risks and implications of their plans. You’ll have the freedom to identify and deliver improvements to our financial processes, systems and reporting, while contributing to wider organisational initiatives. We’re looking for someone confident in building strong relationships, communicating financial information and providing thoughtful, constructive challenge. You’ll be collaborative, curious and solutions focused, with the confidence to ask good questions and the ambition to keep developing your skills. You may already have business partnering experience, or you may be looking to use the skills you have developed elsewhere to take your next step. Experience in the charity sector is welcome, but it is not essential. Most importantly, you’ll want to use your finance skills to help us make the greatest possible difference for people affected by blood cancer.

Regular attendance at our London office is required, approximately once a week, with occasional travel for internal and external meetings and events. Please submit your CV and a 1–2 page cover letter to apply for the Finance Business Partner position.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders in the directorates to provide financial insight and challenge, enabling informed decision-making and alignment with strategic goals.
• Act as the finance lead for procurement and tender processes organisation-wide, working with stakeholders to assess costs, affordability and value for money and provide sound financial advice.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes for the directorates to ensure accurate, sustainable financial plans that support delivery of organisational objectives.
• Support with the development and oversight of restricted income reporting and processes to ensure donor and statutory compliance and integration and work with mission and fundraising teams to develop long-term funding propositions and proposals that support sustainable income generation.
• Support the delivery of monthly financial reporting for the directorates, providing timely insight and driving improvements to reporting.
• Monitor and analyse performance for the directorates against budget to identify risks and opportunities and advise senior stakeholders on mitigations and investment decisions.
• Improve financial systems, tools, processes and controls to increase efficiency, enhance data quality and strengthen financial insight across the directorates.
• Support year-end reporting and audit processes by preparing reconciliations and analysis to ensure accurate statutory reporting and audit readiness.
• Contribute to organisation-wide financial planning by supporting the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis on cross-directorate projects, consolidated modelling and planning initiatives.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Knowledge: Qualified or Part qualified (ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA/ CIPFA), actively working towards qualification; a thorough understanding of the basic, and a good understanding of the more advanced, accounting concepts relevant for a charity.
• Skills: Ability to communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels within and outside finance; significant and creative problem-solving skills, based on the analysis of complex data, and with a focus on driving value; ability to present and interpret financial data objectively in a way that is practical and understood by the business whilst providing constructive challenge; confident excel user, with enthusiasm to improve skills, including VBA; willingness to work both independently and collaboratively on projects, as best suits the task, within a broad and diverse team; capacity to manage multiple deadlines and discrete pieces of work simultaneously and the willingness and ability to change direction on a piece of work and / or priorities at short notice.
• Experience: Experience in finance business partnering or a similar role.