Finance Business Partner

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom NatCen Social Research Full time

Job Title: Finance Business Partner - Strategic Advisor

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Business Partner to join our team at NatCen Social Research. As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in driving the financial success of our social research projects. You will be the strategic advisor to our research leaders, ensuring every decision is backed by solid financial analysis and aligned with our commercial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Financial Leadership: Partner with Research Directors to drive financial performance, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
  • Commercial Insight: Provide insightful analysis on profitability, project margins, and return on investment, turning complex data into actionable business strategies.
  • Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the financial planning process, from budgeting to forecasting, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
  • Performance Monitoring: Develop and implement KPIs to track project performance, driving continuous improvement and identifying growth opportunities.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the financial liaison between senior management and project teams, translating financial data into compelling narratives that inform strategic decisions.
  • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate financial risks, ensuring the long-term sustainability and profitability of our research projects.
  • Bids & Costing: Experience working in bids and costing.

Requirements:

  • Commercial Savvy: You're more than a number cruncher—you understand the commercial landscape and can navigate it with ease.
  • Analytical Excellence: You have a knack for turning data into insights and insights into action.
  • Stakeholder Management: You're a strong communicator, capable of influencing decision-makers at all levels.
  • Experience: Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within research, consulting, or a similar industry.
  • Qualification: ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, finalist or part qualified, with a strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.

Benefits:

  • 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and flexible working
  • Generous company pension scheme
  • Life insurance and health cash plan
  • Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
  • Career development, professional subscriptions support and mentoring support from industry-leading experts.

About NatCen Social Research:

We believe that social research has the power to make life better. By really understanding the complexity of people's lives and what they think about the issues that affect them, we give the public a powerful and influential role in shaping services that can make a difference to everyone. And as an independent, not-for-profit organisation we're able to focus our time and energy on meeting our clients' needs and delivering social research that works for society.



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