What you will be doing
as a Strategic Resources Finance Business Partner
1. Leadership: The successful applicant will motivate, develop, empower and deliver not only through their team (2FTE); but through influencing, negotiating with and challenging Executive and Directors
2. Problem Solving: The business are navigating a complex, imperfect environment, with competing pressures and priorities across an incredibly broad and diverse stakeholder group both internally and externally
3. Job Functional Knowledge and Business Expertise: The role requires a highly commercial and financially astute leader. Strong understanding of capital investments, accounting judgements, investment delivery and contractual change and management will form the bedrock of the successful applicant skill set. Working collaboratively across the Business to connect the dots, ensure we remain in control and drive performance.
4. Responsible for partnering the financial performance outcomes of our SRO Programme – working alongside the Programme Sponsors and Delivery teams, creating a “single version of the truth” high-quality insight and KPIs, to review, challenge and drive improved financial governance, performance and forecasting capability.
5. To provide holistic financial guidance, consolidating internal priorities and performance metrics alongside wider external and regulatory financial frameworks, to ensure the financial integrity of strategic choices and recommendations at Executive and Board decision making forums
What you should bring to the role?
Essential
6. Proven ability to drive financial clarity, control and process improvements.
7. Proven ability to build effective and influential working relationships with non-financial leadership.
8. Ability to navigate complex financial and regulatory environments to deliver clarity of decision support and financial insight
9. A Qualified Accountant
10. Highly effective communication skills – both listening and written and oral presentation of ideas.
Desirable
11. Business partnering, Project / Capital / regulated infrastructure accounting experience (including experience of working with large projects
12. Experience with project planning systems and reporting technology.
13. Experience with business intelligence tools and developing data visualisations.
What's in it for you?
This is a fantastic opportunity to make an impact in a high-profile role, working with senior stakeholders and shaping regulatory outcomes.
14. Competitive salary £90,000 - £100,000 per annum, depending on experience
15. Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
16. Car Allowance - £5,800.
17. Annual Bonus - up to 25% of base salary.
18. Private Medical Health Care.
19. Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
20. Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
21. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and well-being, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.