Senior Finance Business Partner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - The Riverside Group

The Riverside Group

Verified Company

Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Senior Finance Business Partner (Commercial)

Fixed-Term contract for 9 months

Full time 35 hours per week

Location:
Liverpool / Hybrid

Salary:
£61,635 - £68,124 per annum

Want to make a real difference to the lives of people? For over 90 years, The Riverside Group has been providing affordable housing across the UK to people as well as care for the elderly and support for those who face homelessness.

The difference you'll make

In this role you will be reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will partner with Executive Directors and leadership team to support the Group with achieving its strategic and financial objectives.

Ideally in this role you will be providing commercial insight and technical financial skills, this is a role that takes ownership of the financial management of commercial businesses and activities across the Group.

Your insight will allow for better quality commercial decision making throughout the organisation.

So, who are you?

You would have a proven leadership skills, with evidence of coaching and mentoring a team in a challenging, fast paced environment, also you should have fully CCAB/CIMA qualified or equivalent.

Ideally in this role you should have significant experience of the provision of strategic business insight in a complex, commercial or high risk environment, for further information about this job please find the attached job description.

Enjoy the rewards

Working with us, you'll enjoy competitive pay, 28 days holidays plus bank holidays, a wide range of benefits, flexible working, and the chance to learn valuable new skills.

We empower our people to do great work by investing in learning, personal development, and technology.

If you're the kind of person that wants to do a really great job and make a difference to our customers, we think you'll love it here.

Sound like a challenge you'd like to take on? Then get in touch and let's talk about how you can help us transform lives and revitalise neighbourhoods.

We encourage applicants from all sections of the community so that we can truly reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work.

Role Profile

Reporting to the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will partner with Executive Directors and leadership team to support the Group with achieving its strategic and financial objectives.

Providing commercial insight and technical financial skills, this is a role that takes ownership of the financial management of commercial businesses and activities across the Group.

Your insight will allow for better quality commercial decision making throughout the organisation.

Leading a team of finance professionals to deliver growth initiatives, process improvement, margin enhancement and commercial opportunities and ensure the service is efficient, value for money and continually developed.

Accountabilities or "What You Have to Do"

Provide strategic, commercial and financial insight, advice and support to Executive Directors, senior managers and governance bodies on all aspects of financial management for complex and high risk business areas and activities.
Develop and maintain strong relationships to ensure a cohesive approach to external bidding processes.
Lead and develop (including the matrix management) of a team of finance professionals to provide a high quality service by regularly reviewing work outputs, setting improvement targets and appraising individual performance.
Provide advice, coach, guide and influence Executive Directors and senior managers, ensuring that business decisions are underpinned by sound and appropriate commercial recommendations, financial planning, analysis and expertise.
Play an active role in the management of joint ventures across the Group, deputising for the FD / CFO with Board meetings as required.
Undertake financial modelling, scenario planning, business case preparation and option appraisal to support effective decision making and improved business performance.
Effectively manage and develop the relationships with Executive Directors, senior managers and other senior stakeholders through collaborating, influencing, challenging and negotiating, to support the Group in achieving its objectives.
Develop and own financial business planning and analysis for the entire business area(s). Own, prepare and deliver business performance insight and reporting including regular forecasting, commentary and identification of performance variances, ensuring that it is easily understood and fit for use by the business.
Collaborate with both finance and operational colleagues to identify, investigate and implement remedial action to address issues impacting on financial and business performance.
Lead initiatives to improve and develop financial literacy awareness and understanding across the business.
Input into statutory, regulatory or other external reporting as required (either specific to the business a