Finance Business Partner
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £43,150 to £46,551 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 April 2026 |
| Location: | Cheadle, SK8 1JE |
| Company: | The Together Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | togethertrust/TP/685/400 |
Summary
Finance Business Partner
Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £43,150 (rising to £46,551 through biennial increments)
Hybrid – Cheadle (SK8 1JE) & remote
As one of UK's best employers, we’re driven by a mission to change lives through the work we do. Strong financial insight is central to our services, and we’re seeking a proactive, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to help shape the organisation’s financial future.
If you enjoy turning data into clear insight, influencing decision‑makers, and driving value for money across a purpose‑led organisation, this could be your next step.
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you’ll support high‑quality financial management across the Trust. You’ll work closely with operational and central leaders, providing analysis, constructive challenge and forward‑looking insight to enable confident, informed decision‑making.
This isn’t just about reporting numbers. You’ll help translate financial information into clear, actionable intelligence that supports better outcomes for the people we support.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Partnering with budget holders to review costs, forecasts and variances.
- Leading budgeting and forecasting cycles.
- Producing clear, insightful monthly management reports.
- Developing KPI and performance dashboards.
- Creating cost models to support operational decision‑making.
- Improving financial processes, transparency and reporting accuracy.
- Delivering staff cost analysis across services.
- Supporting procurement and purchasing enhancements.
- Using Power BI and Excel to drive data‑led insight.
- Contributing to a collaborative, high‑performing finance team.
About You:
You’ll bring strong technical expertise paired with excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.
You will have:
- Significant experience in management accounting or a finance role.
- Degree‑level education in a relevant subject (e.g. Maths, Economics, Business, Accountancy, Finance).
- Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
- Experience using data analysis tools such as Power BI.
- Ability to develop and drive KPI reports.
- Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non‑finance colleagues.
- A proactive, inquisitive mindset and strong attention to detail.
- Confidence working independently and collaboratively.
Desirable:
- Experience in the public or third sector.
- Previous business partnering experience.
- Working towards ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
- Experience with financial accounting software.
Why Join Us?
- Annual Leave – 27 days plus 8 bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 year.
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit – up to 7% employer pension contributions and up to 6× basic salary.
- Occupational sick pay and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform plus eligibility for Blue Light Card.
- Real Living Wage employer.
- Refer a Friend scheme.
- Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships.
- Long service awards with cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing, including Mental Health First Aiders and free weekly yoga (in person/online).
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Inclusive networks: Disability & Neurodiversity, Race Equality, Proud Together (LGBTQ+), Together for Men, Women Together.
Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Our mission remains clear: to champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.
Applications are welcomed from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio‑economic background. We are committed to reasonable adjustments and positively encourage applicants with lived experience. If any aspect of your lived experience needs to remain confidential, please speak to Recruitment or HR.
We are committed to safeguarding and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken in line with our safer recruitment policy.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is identified.