Finance Business Partner (12 Month Contract)

Robertson Bell is pleased to be supporting a public sector organisation with the recruitment of an Interim Finance Business Partner on an initial 12-month contract.

Based in Manchester, with two days per week required in the office, this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Finance Business Partner to take ownership of a broad portfolio and provide high-quality financial support to senior stakeholders, including budget holders up to Director level.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting senior stakeholders with budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.

• Providing effective financial management and challenge around organisational spend.

• Preparing monthly management accounts, including detailed variance analysis and insightful commentary.

• Managing the full month-end management accounting cycle from start to finish.

• Preparing and reviewing journals, accruals and prepayments, ensuring they are accurate and correctly uploaded to the finance system.

• Reviewing new business initiatives and providing financial assurance and input into business cases.

• Supporting the management of funding and income.

• Building strong relationships with senior budget holders and providing clear financial advice and challenge.

• Producing high-quality financial reporting and commentary to support decision-making.

The Person

We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner with a strong grounding in management accounting and a proven ability to build effective relationships with senior stakeholders.

You will ideally be a qualified accountant, although finalists and candidates qualified by experience will also be considered.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

• Experience partnering with senior budget holders, ideally up to Director level.

• End-to-end experience across the management accounting and business partnering cycle.

• Strong month-end accounting knowledge, including journals, accruals and prepayments.

• Excellent Excel skills.

• Strong written communication, reporting and financial commentary skills.

• The confidence to provide financial challenge and assurance to stakeholders.

• Availability to start during September.

Public sector or not-for-profit experience is desirable but not essential; candidates from a private sector background with strong Finance Business Partnering experience are encouraged to apply.

Apply

If you are an experienced Finance Business Partner looking for a new interim opportunity and are available to start in September, please don't hesitate to apply.