Finance Business Partner for a Housing Association
- Recruiter
- Michael Page
- Location
- Hertfordshire / Hertfordshire, Watford
- Salary
- £20 - £200 per day
- Posted
- 05 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 05 Oct 2017
- Ref
- 13856053/001
- Contact
- Victoria Grainger
- Job role
- Forensic accountant
- Sector
- Not for profit / charity
- Contract type
- Interim
- Hours
- Part time
The purpose of this role is to support on a major development programme.
Client Details
Our client is a registered charity providing affordable homes in the Watford area.
Description
The key responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner will include:
- Lead the annual budget setting process, using zero-based budgeting principles, using your skills and experience to bring it to life for your budget holders; knowing when to encourage, when to instruct, and when to push back.
- Act as the key liaising point for policy teams and finance
- Provide advice and support to the policy teams to complete objectives
- Analyse financial implications on policy decisions
- Ability to ensure processes and systems are used with maximum efficiency and effectiveness, taking action to address any inefficiencies you encounter.
- Work closely with Assistant Business Partners to ensure management accounts and reports provide high quality information
Profile
The successful candidate will have the following:
- Previous experience within a similar facing role, ideally within a public sector organisation and be a qualified Accountant
- Experience in management accounting / business reporting role(s), where you have taken the lead on management accounts production, reporting, budget setting and forecasting
- Confident communicator at all levels, communicating with gravitas and diplomacy
- You will be passionate about getting it right and producing excellent reports that focus on the important things
- Your customer focus, powers of persuasion, and your talent for working with people at all levels of the business will shine through in your personality and career history.
Job Offer
This position off Finance Business Partner is offering £275 a day