Job Description:
Are you a Finance Business Partner, experienced and comfortable working within project change / transformation environments within Financial Service?
If so, we have a fantastic opportunity to join an esteemed financial serviced firm in London on an initial 6-month contract basis to support on non BAU work.The role offers hybrid working and a competitive day rate.
Essential Skills/Experience:
* Strong background in financial planning, analysis, and business partnering.
* Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights.
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
* High attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality, audit-ready outputs.
* Experience working in transformation or change programmes is highly desirable.
Core Responsibilities:
* Monitor and validate the financial performance of cost-saving initiatives.
* Ensure that reported savings are sustainable and supported by audit-quality evidence.
* Track and report the costs associated with programme delivery accurately and transparently.
* Collaborate with initiative owners to independently verify historical spend and projected savings at the initiative level.
* Provide robust financial analysis to challenge assumptions and ensure credibility of reported benefits.
* Partner with business leads and finance colleagues to align on financial impacts and ensure consistency in reporting.
* Act as a trusted advisor, offering financial insights that support decision-making and drive accountability.
* Work closely with the Group Planning team to ensure that validated cost reductions are reflected in future function-level budgets.
* Support the integration of transformation benefits into long-term financial planning and forecasting processes.
* Contribute to the development of governance frameworks that ensure financial discipline across the programme.
* Prepare and present clear, concise financial updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
Benefits:
* A highly competitive salary
* Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 16109
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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