Finance Business Partner

About the role

This is an assignment based role that will requires flexibility to move between similar roles as the business dictates. You will need to support senior business stakeholders presenting performance and strategic plans that cover operating and projects expenditure where you will be accountable to the CFO and CEO.

Within the role you will be a key finance contact providing sound financial information to aid managers in their decision making whilst being involved in various assignments requiring group strategy modelling and analysis that will include our target operating model.

You will review and analyse key business performance indicators and propose cost allocations of shared services whilst providing high quality responsive business partnering to help the business reach our strategic goals. As well as the day to day managing and tracking of revenues and expenditure compared to business cases and plans, you will also need to provide ad hoc analysis and insight as and when required.

About you

You’ll need to have experience of financial modelling, analysis and providing insight with intermediate to advanced excel skills that would include, pivot tables, V lookups and experience of Power BI.

The successful candidate will have a highly numerate and analytical mindset with the ability to simplify data and numbers to an array of audiences and have a proven track record of communicating, supporting and influencing senior leaders with the ability to work under pressure and to a tight deadline. You must have knowledge of profit and loss accounting and experience of financial budgeting, forecasting and longer term planning.

You will need to be partly or newly qualified in CIMA, ACCA or equivalent.

Our Story And Mission

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Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again – gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

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We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

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What We Offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.

We welcome a discussion about how this role could work flexibly for you. For example work pattern, hours or location.

Next Steps And How To Apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.