Finance Business Partner

4 weeks ago


Aberdeen, United Kingdom Blue Arrow Full time

Our client based in Aberdeen is looking for a temporary Finance Business Partner. This role sits in the Finance & Procurement department which is responsible for delivering corporate functions of finance and procurement to enable the organisation to deliver its statutory obligations and corporate priorities

The Management Accounting team provides budget support and purchasing services. The team manages the organisation's budget to support the delivery of its strategic objectives. The resource budget for our client in 2023-24 is £22.8 million.

The post will provide direct support on finance and purchasing matters to branches and directorates as allocated. You will be expected to develop a broad knowledge of our clients business and financial processes and gain a good understanding of the Scottish Public Finance Manual.

The posts are full time based on 37 hours per week with flexible working hours.

The roles would be suitable for someone with experience in management accounts, studying for an accountancy qualification or with a professional accountancy qualification such as Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

The Main Duties for this role are:

- Support the respective Senior Finance Business Partner in the planning and control of branch and directorate budgets as allocated.
- Assist with budget revisions, draft budget preparation and year end accounts exercises.
- Provide support as allocated, monitor budget activity and embed financial management within day to day work.
- Produce monthly finance monitoring reports and forecasts for the branches, flagging up potential issues to inform decision making by senior managers.
- Build and maintain productive working relationships.
- Manage the monthly accruals process to set timelines.
- Monitor budgets including reviewing actual expenditure against forecasts and investigating reason for variances.
- Contribute to continuous quality improvement, value for money and promotion of best practice of finance activities to non-finance staff.
- Create requisitions for goods and services for branches on the purchasing system (PECOS). Ensure receipt of good/services and validation of invoices for payment.

Essential Criteria:

- Good communication and interpersonal skills with ability to work as part of a team and the confidence to build good working relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Proven experience and understanding of financial processes including Purchases to Pay, Budgeting, Financial Management & Resource Accounting.
- Ability to analyse and interpret financial information and present findings and finance advice to non-finance managers. Use of Excel for constructing and interrogating spreadsheets for reporting purposes.
- Proven organisational and time management skills to be able to manage and prioritise workloads, including balancing the needs of the regular monthly and annual financial cycles with other requirements.

This role is based just outside of Aberdeen City Centre and the hours of work are 0900-1700 Monday to Friday.

AGY

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