Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

We are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner on an interim basis up until end the of November 2025. As a Finance Business Partner you will provide assurance and challenge, driving accountability and focus on cost control throughout the directorates you support. Provide oversight, control and direction to your team (if applicable) and ensure appropriate Finance support to promote effective decision making and performance management of Direct and Indirect Costs.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will need to have/be:

Communication skills: ability to interpret and communicate complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues and to secure compliance with Managing Public Money.
Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders up to Executive level.
Influencing skills: ability to influence key decisions.
Ability to critically review and challenge forecasts, assessing them for their affordability, value for money, timing and impact on programme delivery.
Ability to use ERP systems, utilising data analytics software and complex Excel models.
Ability to ensure effective financial controls within a major project.
Qualified Accountant with experience of operating at in a complex environment.
Knowledge of Government accounting requirements (DEL/AME funding) to ensure compliance of business plans within delegated authority.
Knowledge of accounting systems and the ability to develop and manage off-system analyses and records.
Experience of driving output focussed, activity-based budgets and forecasts.
Supporting the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the Spending Review.
Qualified Accountant with experience of operating in a complex environment which may include infrastructure projects.Details:

Salary: £485.00 - £534.00 per day (inside IR35)
Working Hours: Full Time Monday - Friday
Location: Birmingham (hybrid/3 days office based)
Duration: Contract (up until end of November 2025)Role of Finance Business Partner:

Corporate Governance/Managing Public Money
Provides guidance on the application of governance within area
Acting as the Chief Financial Officer's representative at monthly review meetings
Review and financial endorsement of Change and Investment Papers, challenging all risk/ opportunities/ ensuring programme impacts are clearly identified and any associated costs recorded
Representative on investment change panels
Providing assurance to the Delivery Director (DD) that reported expenditure and contract payments are appropriate.
IFRS Accounting /National Audit Office (NAO)
Provides input to development of policies and Enterprise reporting and planning development
Provides guidance on appropriate IFRS accounting treatment of transactions (prepayment / accruals/ liabilities)
Provides justification and supporting evidence of accounting adjustments to NAO Auditors as required.
Financial Reporting/ Month/ Year end
Oversee the month end financial accounts close
Prepare the accounts and plan for year-end audit
Complete monthly analytics of contract spend and accruals held and challenge budget holders
Provide budget variance commentary
Review and assure Programme Board Packs.
Funding/Cash Flow
Review and challenge emerging forecasts and monitor against Spending Review (SR) funding
Propose remedial actions to Delivery Director
Work with Contractor's Finance leads and commercial to improve Actual Cost of Work Performed and cash flow data
Develop Cashflow forecast, challenge the supply chain submissions.
Business Planning/Forecast
Support and maintain the Business Planning and forecasting process, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations as provided by business planning
Provides assurance to the Area Delivery Director that data provided by cost management / commercial is reliable.
Budget Management
Supports Delivery Directors in determining the appropriate disaggregation & delegations to Sectors / Contracts
Facilitate system changes required and reporting requirements for budget management.
Workforce Costs & Indirects
Provides Workforce Actual costs & forecast information to inform programme estimates
Challenges budget holders to achieve workforce objectives and optimise resources