Role Overview
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation
- Providing financial insight and analysis to support decision making
- Leading on budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities
- Producing accurate and timely monthly management reports and variance analysis
- Challenging and supporting teams to improve financial performance
- Supporting the development of business plans and financial models
- Ensuring compliance with financial policies, controls and regulations
- Coaching budget holders to build financial understanding and capability
- Contributing to continuous improvement of financial processes and reporting
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Experience in a finance business partnering or similar role
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with financial systems
- Experience of budgeting, forecasting and management reporting
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial information to non-finance audiences
- Good stakeholder management and influencing skills
- The ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Blue Cross values
Desirable qualifications, skills, and experience
- Experience working in a charity or not for profit organisation
- Knowledge of SORP accounting
- Experience of financial systems such as Access Dimensions
- Experience supporting business planning or investment appraisal
Benefits
- Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
- Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
- Free access to GP via MetLife
- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
- Health cash plan
- Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
- Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support
- Life assurance
- 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Recognition scheme
- Annual volunteer days
- Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers