Finance Busiiness Partners x2
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Walsall, is currently looking to recruit 2 x Finance Business Partners for initial 6-12 month contracts on a rate of £153.85/day PAYE – £200 umbrella/day (Inside IR35) – working 37 hours per week Monday to Friday. These roles will be hybrid working with 2-3 days in the office while training – 1-2 days in the office once training is complete per week.
Responsibilities:
– Build on and improve the finance business partnering approach to ensure good financial management is maintained by sharing best practice.
– Contribute to business intelligence and support benchmarking initiatives that enables value for money and informed decision-making.
– Assisting with the delivery of the Section 151 Officer’s statutory responsibilities in support of the organisation’s operating model. Ensuring that internal control is established and working to meet S151 responsibilities.
– Identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of services across the organisation.
– Ensure financial control and governance is in place for service delivery.
– Provide added value financial advice and guidance for budget holders, managers and Directors in undertaking their resource management responsibilities.
– Provide financial advice and guidance for portfolio holders and members via regular portfolio briefings; enquires; training, production of financial reports and attendance at scrutiny meetings in a technical finance capacity.
– Develop business cases and options appraisals in support of business objectives and outcomes.
– Identify, investigate and support the reduction of cost pressures, saving opportunities and solutions through robust business cases. To develop and maintain effective working relationships to support co-operative ways of working, effective decision-making and management of financial resources.
– Effectively manage yourself and support to Accountancy Officers and Apprentices were appropriate, including ensuring Deadlines are effectively managed, prioritised and met, Adequate staff cover to ensure maintenance of an effective finance service both within the team and across the finance service where appropriate, Resources aims, objectives and priorities are met, Performance is maintained, managed and reported in line with APC guidelines and Service improvement, change management and process developments are implemented.
Essential Skills:
– Proven skills in the provision of business partnering support to customers and being able to adapt to differing customer needs as required.
– Extensive specialist knowledge of business funding and resourcing mechanisms
– Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in sometimes contentious and sensitive situations.
– Strong organisation and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, being self-motivated and able to use own initiative.
– Accurate and methodical in the preparation of complex documentation/data/information/ reports which are appropriate for a variety of audiences.
– Understand customer needs and priorities and provide them with a service they value which achieves high customer satisfaction
– Extensive experience in the use of financial modelling and options appraisal techniques, particularly the use of spreadsheets and business intelligence tools.
– Experience of building and improvement of the business approach towards good financial management by sharing best practice and maintaining own professional capabilities through enhanced business partnering skills.
– Experience of providing business intelligence that enables managers to take soundly based policy and operational decisions, understanding their financial consequences and navigating through uncertainty
– Significant experience of developing and managing service improvements, savings, and action plans.
– Evidence of continuous professional development
– Member of CCAB body undertaking active CPD, or actively studying for a CCAB/CIMA qualification.
Desirable Skills:
– Ability to understand and implement processes related to financial regulations and legislation.
– Understand the financial implications and qualitative consequences of organisational change
– Ability to adopt an effective approach to complex problem solving, adapting to changes and develop effective solutions
– Extensive experience of working within and providing financial support services to a large or public sector organisation
– Extensive experience in Public Sector budgeting and accounting procedures
If you would like to hear more about these opportunities please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Build on and improve the finance business partnering approach to ensure good financial management is maintained by sharing best practice.
– Contribute to business intelligence and support benchmarking initiatives that enables value for money and informed decision-making.
– Assisting with the delivery of the Section 151 Officer’s statutory responsibilities in support of the organisation’s operating model. Ensuring that internal control is established and working to meet S151 responsibilities.
– Identify, develop and support opportunities and initiatives to transform the delivery of services across the organisation.
– Ensure financial control and governance is in place for service delivery.
– Provide added value financial advice and guidance for budget holders, managers and Directors in undertaking their resource management responsibilities.
– Provide financial advice and guidance for portfolio holders and members via regular portfolio briefings; enquires; training, production of financial reports and attendance at scrutiny meetings in a technical finance capacity.
– Develop business cases and options appraisals in support of business objectives and outcomes.
– Identify, investigate and support the reduction of cost pressures, saving opportunities and solutions through robust business cases. To develop and maintain effective working relationships to support co-operative ways of working, effective decision-making and management of financial resources.
– Effectively manage yourself and support to Accountancy Officers and Apprentices were appropriate, including ensuring Deadlines are effectively managed, prioritised and met, Adequate staff cover to ensure maintenance of an effective finance service both within the team and across the finance service where appropriate, Resources aims, objectives and priorities are met, Performance is maintained, managed and reported in line with APC guidelines and Service improvement, change management and process developments are implemented.
Essential Skills:
– Proven skills in the provision of business partnering support to customers and being able to adapt to differing customer needs as required.
– Extensive specialist knowledge of business funding and resourcing mechanisms
– Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in sometimes contentious and sensitive situations.
– Strong organisation and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, being self-motivated and able to use own initiative.
– Accurate and methodical in the preparation of complex documentation/data/information/ reports which are appropriate for a variety of audiences.
– Understand customer needs and priorities and provide them with a service they value which achieves high customer satisfaction
– Extensive experience in the use of financial modelling and options appraisal techniques, particularly the use of spreadsheets and business intelligence tools.
– Experience of building and improvement of the business approach towards good financial management by sharing best practice and maintaining own professional capabilities through enhanced business partnering skills.
– Experience of providing business intelligence that enables managers to take soundly based policy and operational decisions, understanding their financial consequences and navigating through uncertainty
– Significant experience of developing and managing service improvements, savings, and action plans.
– Evidence of continuous professional development
– Member of CCAB body undertaking active CPD, or actively studying for a CCAB/CIMA qualification.
Desirable Skills:
– Ability to understand and implement processes related to financial regulations and legislation.
– Understand the financial implications and qualitative consequences of organisational change
– Ability to adopt an effective approach to complex problem solving, adapting to changes and develop effective solutions
– Extensive experience of working within and providing financial support services to a large or public sector organisation
– Extensive experience in Public Sector budgeting and accounting procedures
If you would like to hear more about these opportunities please get in touch.
