Job Description

On Offer

The position of Senior Finance Business Partner is based in Edinburgh city centre but will begin as home working. All the necessary equipment and a fantastic online induction will be completed to ensure a professional & swift remote on-boarding. The role will offer:

• A highly competitive base salary
• Excellent bonus potential
• Exceptional pension scheme
• Other company perks

The Role

As Finance Business Partner, you will support a senior of senior stakeholders across the business, providing insight and analysis to better aid decision making. Specifically, your duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Improving the quality and impact of financial reporting on business performance, ensuring accurate and timely delivery
• Working with the business to ensure financial performance is understood and acted upon
• Providing analysis and insight that links financial reports to business strategies
• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with senior managers and their teams
• Providing accurate, timely and comprehensive annual budgets as well as re-forecasts
• To independently conduct monthly review meetings with budget holders and to act as a key point of contact to support the budget holders with commercial business, capital and investment proposals
• Monthly presentation of financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variances including understanding financial opportunities and risk
• Embedding cost discipline across the business, challenging current ways of working, driving efficiencies and cost savings wherever possible
• Assist with half-year and year-end deliverables
• Support project teams with financial analysis and control to ensure business cases are fit for purpose together with post implementation reviews
• Build and maintain key partner and customer relationships

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualified Accountant - ESSENTIAL Financial Services experience - ESSENTIAL Investment/Asset Management experience - DESERIABLE Ability to interact, engage and influence senior stakeholders Exceptional analytical and business partnering skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills