Assistant Finance Business Partner - Manchester, United Kingdom - Page Personnel Finance

Page Personnel Finance

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A permanent, full time Assistant Finance Business Partner role within Higher Education offering between £38,000 and £44,000 per annum for a Part Qualified Accountant.

Client Details
Our client is a major player across Greater Manchester's Higher Education institutions and like many of it's competitors, is committed to providing a more agile and digitally enhanced approach to learning and are focussing and relying on market insightsto drive evidence
- based decision making from the leadership.

Description
The key responsibilities of the Assistant Finance Business Partner will include, but may not be limited to;

Identifying sustainable cost savings targets and initiatives as part of the business planning cycle, along with understanding and articulating the impact of reforms and their ultimate effect on the business;
Supporting the financial analysis of business areas to prepare for the business planning processes;
To take the lead role in specified areas; working across department to collaborate with colleagues and to develop other team members within the wider Finance team through training on the use of systems and reporting mechanisms;
Developing a deep knowledge of diverse business areas, their needs and priorities, looking at the bigger picture to make sure that the business understands the financial implications of decisions and available choices;
Building, maintaining and influencing strong relationships with key stakeholders and budget holders, acting as the link with colleagues, ensuring that variances, forecasts and planning assumptions are reported and understood.

Profile

Ability to interpret and convey complex information (both orally and in writing) to a range of diverse audiences and liaise credibly and articulately with other professionals.
Excellent analytical skills and financial modelling skills, including the ability to explore, evaluate and interpret complex sets of information, draw conclusions, report and recommend potential solutions with practicable courses of action taking into considerationthe wider impact of these solutions.
A high level of competence in budget management, planning, forecasting and risk identification combined with excellent problemsolving skills.
Experience of working within an accounting environment of a large organisation including:
development and implementation of new administrative systems, procedures andcontrols;

- presenting detailed information in a formal manner to senior managers in both verbal and written formats.

Job Offer

A permanent full time role working in a well known Higher Education institution in Manchester;
Offering between £38,000 and £44,000 per annum plus benefits;
Hybrid working and high degrees of flexibility.