At a Glance
- Tasks: Support financial planning and analysis for a major infrastructure project in Birmingham.
- Company: Join Europe's largest infrastructure project with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid working, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and collaboration.
- Why this job: Be part of a transformative project while developing your finance skills.
- Qualifications: CCAB qualified with experience in corporate finance and business partnering.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
For Europe's largest infrastructure project, based in Birmingham, we are recruiting an interim Finance Business Partner for the Corporate Services Directorate, specifically to partner with the CIO and the IT Directorate. Working within central finance, this role reports to the Senior Finance Business Partner and provides financial support and critical analytical challenge to directorate business managers and executives to ensure the organisation achieves financial targets and delivers value for money within the budgets set by the comprehensive spending review.
Main Duties:
- Responsible for looking after a portfolio of directorates (HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Facilities) and the corporate expenditure in the monthly financial accounts.
- Drive consistent month-end reporting and review of all Corporate Directorate (c£200M).
- Lead business planning and forecasting processes, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations.
- Provide Workforce Actual costs and forecast information to inform programme estimates.
- Challenge budget holders to achieve workforce objectives.
- Supporting Corporate Directors in determining the appropriate disaggregation and delegations to Contracts.
- Review financial endorsement of Change and Investments, provide assurance to Finance Director that reporting expenditure and contract payments are appropriate.
- Work to NAO Audits as required; Liaise regularly with Corporate Directors, Procurement and Supply Chain, Business Managers, Finance Teams and Corporate Finance Teams.
Person Specification:
- CCAB qualified.
- Experience in business planning, forecasting, business partnering and corporate finance.
- Knowledge of Oracle accounting systems or other similar ERP systems.
- Experience in working with Corporate Directors, budget holders, Business Managers, Head of HR, and wider Finance teams.
- Ability to interpret financial information and determine IFRS treatment.
- Ability to use Excel to analyse large and complex data sets and provide useful management information.
- Experience in providing financial information to inform project decisions and cost, schedule, and quality consequences.
As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
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