Senior Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner Vacancy - Sheffield, up to £67,500 + excellent benefits

Your new company
I'm delighted to be working with a leading Sheffield based employer who operate within the public sector and financial services sector to recruit into a key Senior Finance Business Partner position within their team.

An organisation who are a leading light in delivering modern working practices, my client embrace flexible working and forward thinking ideas to deliver 'best in industry' service to both external and internal stakeholders.

Your new role
As a Finance Business Partner, you will provide challenge and support to the business to achieve the strategic plan of the organisation.

You will act as a key interface between Finance and the Bounce Back Loans (BBLS) team, developing and maintaining an accurate knowledge and understanding of the investment and lending portfolios.

You will provide expert input to the quarterly loan guarantee scheme's valuation and expected credit loss measurement processes and work closely with the programme and BBLS teams to plan, budget and forecast for their areas.

Reporting to the Director, you will challenge the business on performance and provide operational support for a variety of processes including onboarding new delivery partners and producing ad hoc information and analysis of the portfolio.

You will have overarching day to day responsibility for the following areas:

• Business interface
• Planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Performance management
• Operational support
• Support function cost partnering
• Continuous improvement

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a fully qualified chartered accountant (e. CIMA, ACA, ACCA ) and it is essential that you have experience of budgeting, performance management, cost monitoring and control.

It is desirable that you have experience of IFRS accounting for financial instruments within a financial services environment.

You will be collaborative, celebrate differences and inspire a culture of inclusion, and you will have excellent communication skills, confident in building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships.

Key requirements of this role are:

• The ability to pick things up quickly and 'hit the ground running'
• Development and establishment of key relationships
• Ability to provide robust challenge
• Show initiative and work autonomously but also collaboratively

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available. The organisation are undergoing a phased return-to-office, and will be pleased to make available significant flexibility in home based working as part of the role.

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri)
Salary: Up to £67,500 per annum maximum depending on experience
Benefits package:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• 15% employer pension contribution
• Discretionary bonus and group income protection
• Flexible working, cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan and life assurance
• Paid voluntary day, maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Various other benefits to suit your lifestyle and wellbeing

What you need to do now
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