Finance Business Partner 5K
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £29.79 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | KIDLINGTON |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Thames Valley BL TCL 361578 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Finance Business Partner 5K
Reference no: Thames Valley BL TCL 361578
Pay Rate: £29.79 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, 08:40 - 17:00 (16:00 finish on Fridays)
This opening assignment is for 12 months until further notice
City: KIDLINGTON
Hybrid working, 1-2 days in the office per week on average
NPPV Level 2
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A Finance Business Partner is required to develop and manage budgets in partnership with business management teams providing financial advice, in regard to all financial matters relating to the relevant Business Unit and ensuring adherence to financial controls. Leading on the monthly monitoring with Business units ensuring performance and plans are effectively reflected in consolidated reports with Corporate Accounts team. Must be a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA) or QBE. The role will be partnering with the IT department so knowledge or experience of working with IT would be advantageous but not essential.
Key responsibilities:
Partnering Business units to deliver their operational objectives, providing support in the development of the business budgets, monitoring performance and providing support in the financial development of opportunities.
Ensuring Business unit activities are in accordance with Force financial policies and procedures and the importance of good financial management is appreciated. Ensuring organisational financial compliance with spending criteria, with regards to grants, agreements, & contracts with funders.
Develop, manage and motivate the team and contribute to the standardisation, enhancement of processes and policies that support the effective management of the forces resources. To provide advice to the business, identifying opportunities to enhance and improve finance processes to make effective use of resources.
Identify areas of concern in the monthly financial performance and work with senior colleagues (in Finance and Business) to identify improvement plans to mitigate the financial impact. Monitor the progress of the improvement plans and challenge as required. Work with the Corporate Accountants to ensure the analysis is fed in to, and accurately reflected, in the consolidated Chief Constables Management Team (CCMT) / Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) reports for revenue and project costs to agreed timetable.
Responsible for the development of Business Units budgets ensuring cost drivers are understood and evaluated, savings proposals are carefully prepared and deliverable and new initiatives are evaluated so that the business management team can commit to delivering services within resultant budget.
Responsible for provision of analysis and advice in the development of business cases and projects for service improvement and/or savings proposals, working with key stakeholders in a coordinated manner in regard of commercial advice.
Provision of information and analysis, on time, to support the Corporate Accounts Team in the timely and accurate delivery of all statutory returns, monitoring and reporting grant funding, Home Office, NPCC requirements and year end information and analysis for the production and delivery of the annual accounts.
Support Procurement and Business leads in the preparation of commercial tenders / procurement proposals ensuring there is compliance with forces procurement policies and contracts represent Value for Money (VfM). On the award of new contracts, ensure Business Units budgets reflect any cost impact.
Serve as principal financial advisor to the Business units, contributing to business planning and financial monitoring processes through leading and refreshing strategic and operational plans on a regular basis.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
A qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA) or QBE.
Experience:
Strong business partnering experience with the ability to build relationships with business managers and to influence, challenge and problem-solve.
Experience of managing a small team.
Proven experience of working flexibly in a business facing finance role.
Knowledge or experience of working with IT would be advantageous but not essential.
Skills & Abilities:
Strong/advanced Excel and information systems skills.
Able to interpret/analyse highly complex financial and statistical data, reason, evaluate, draw appropriate inferences to enable innovative problem solving and reports.
Strong communication and influencing skills with stakeholders applying tact and diplomacy.
The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Ability to think creatively and laterally and identify opportunities and initiate new ideas, particularly taking advantage of financial opportunities to maximise resources.
Able to develop strong relationships to contribute to the overall direction of the Business Unit.
The ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Able to develop strong relationships to contribute to the overall direction of the Business Unit.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
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Job Ref: Thames Valley BL TCL 361578
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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