Fincance Business Partner
We're looking for a commercially focussed finance professional with superb relationship management experience, preferably from a technology background. This role's offered on a 12 month fixed term contract with the potential to be extended.
Business Services Group Centre Finance is responsible for influencing decisions through the provision of commercial and financial expertise and ensuring compliance with the group governance framework. The Finance team provides analytical support, pan Business Services (BS) to the BS Executive in respect of financial and management information and reporting, divisional financial management and developing and appraising prospective information such as budgets, forecasts and investment appraisals.
Business Services is the backbone of the Group, providing a diverse range of high quality services to the customer-facing operations within the Group. Business Services includes; Technology Services, Group Operations, Group Property, Corporate Security Services (Security and Fraud), Business Services Finance, Business Services Human Resources, Business Services Risk, Strategy and Architecture, and Procurement.
As a Finance Business Partner / Strategic Finance Manager, you'll have direct accountability for full balance sheet and PL, managing a functional cost base. You'll attend, and actively participate in functional Exco and Opco forums for all finance and broader commercial issues, providing thoughtful insight and direction as well as constructive debate and challenge. Proactively, you will influence the strategic planning process and investment choices and assess and influence progress towards strategic goals (both quantitative and qualitative) by acting as a strategic business counsellor and trusted advisor. Utilising all appropriate internal and external metrics and measures, you'll drive optimal resource usage and value creation across the business. And you'll proactively influence the future shape and strategic direction across the broader business / functional lines.
To be successful as a Finance Business Partner / Strategic Finance Manager, you'll be a highly experienced finance professional with a demonstrative track record in senior roles with strong commercial awareness and business acumen. It's important you've first class influencing and conflict resolution skills as well as strong strategic awareness. Additionally, you'll be adept at building credible, long term relationships of influence and be comfortable facing off to business executives. And you'll need to adapt to the changing requirements of business customers and stakeholders. Financial services experience is preferable, but not essential and you must be comfortable operating beyond boundaries in a matrix organisation.
In return, we offer an excellent employee salary and 30% cash and benefit funding programme which can be tailored to suit your individual needs. In addition to financial benefits, we offer a wide selection of exclusive lifestyle offers, development and learning programmes, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your own work-life priorities.
Please note as part of our referencing process credit checks will be undertaken.
If you'd like to discuss this role in confidence please contact Laura Adams on 0131 626 2413
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