Senior Business Partner

Senior Business Partner / Finance Analyst

London

Salary: Circa £43,537

We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Business Partner/Finance Analyst to further the success of the City & Guilds Group by supporting our Group Finance department.

About the Role

An exciting new opportunity has arisen in the Group Finance team. As a Senior Business Partner / Finance Analyst, you will be fully responsible for the provision of business partner support for 2 key business areas in the organisation – Support Services and Central Group Functions. You’ll be leading the construction of detailed budgets, forecasts to ensure appropriate business decisions are taken and will be responsible for accurate and timely reporting whilst also contributing to the monthly close cycle and the year-end accounting close.

We want you to be responsible for the maintenance and development of the Support Services allocation model, ensuring the policies and methodology are developed and improved using input from the business unit as well as the Chief Financial Officer.

Ultimately, you’ll be supporting the Internal Group Reporting Manager and the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis whilst developing the Finance Business Analyst, delegating work if and when needed to build upon their development

About You

We want someone to come in and make a real impact so if you are a hard-working, passionate and ambitious individual with a positive can-do attitude, we want to hear from you!

We need an excellent multi-tasker who is a natural in building rapport with key stakeholders. You will have expert face-to-face and written communication skills. Even though you will be working in an open and friendly team, you will need to be able to work independently, using your own initiative to make strategic decisions whilst prioritising workloads to meet tight deadlines with impeccable accuracy. Your experience with senior stakeholders will be crucial, being able to support and challenge board members, head of functions and senior managers where appropriate on business case assumptions / financials.

You’ll draw upon your expert knowledge of financial systems (ideally SAP and Hyperion) to improve and assist on our processes contributing to major projects in the pipeline such as headcount reporting and planning to maximise automation. Your advanced skills of Microsoft applications will be put to the test on a day-to-day basis especially Excel to complete IF statements, Waterfall Charts etc. depending on the business needs.

Effectively applying your knowledge of Investment Appraisal and Decision Support Business Partnering will contribute to your success in the role. Being pro-active, whether that is identifying expenditure and savings or interpreting data, generating insights, constructing solutions or effectively delegating work to your direct report will make you a vital member to the team.

Our Story & Mission

The City & Guilds Group is a global leader in skills development. Our purpose is the same as it has always been, to enable people and organisations to develop their skills for personal and economic growth. What we do is about more than skills, or qualifications, or jobs. Backed by a Royal Charter, we have more than 135 years of experience in making sure that people can contribute to successful businesses and thriving economies. Made up of City & Guilds, ILM, Kineo, DigitalMe, The Oxford Group and e3Learning we work with education providers, businesses and governments in over 80 countries, to provide work-relevant education and training in 26 industries.

At The City & Guilds Group our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, and therefore work in a very flexible way to accommodate everyone.

What we Offer

You’ll be based in a fantastic location in EC1A, surrounded by shops, bars and restaurants. We’re easily accessible with Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars and many more stations nearby. Offering the opportunity to work in a large, fast-paced, engaging environment with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

Working for us means working for an innovative, purpose-leading organisation. You’ll be entitled to an excellent Total Reward Package which typically includes – a great base salary, 25 days holiday, a defined pension scheme, life assurance, and much more that you can read about here!

Next Steps

To find out more about the position, take a look at the Role Profile. If this still sounds exciting and you think you’re just the person for the job, please submit your CV and complete our short application form. We can’t wait to hear from you, so apply now!