Strategic Financial Partner

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom SF Recruitment Full time

SF Recruitment is currently working with a fantastic organisation within the education sector to onboard a Finance Business Partner. The role involves providing comprehensive financial services to senior budget holders and department heads. The ideal candidate will be responsible for short and long-term financial planning, monitoring performance against budget, and providing proactive financial advice and data analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Preparation of monthly management accounts and producing a summary overview and commentary for agreement with the Executive and Heads of Departments.
  • Supporting the Executive in producing meaningful budgets and ensuring they are managed effectively, recommending actions to mitigate risks and crystallize opportunities.
  • Producing agreed forecasts, budgets, and five-year plans according to strict deadlines and proactively identifying issues arising from these and resolving as required with the appropriate budget managers and wider university management.
  • Monitoring income and expenditure against budget for the College/Department/Service Areas and providing ad-hoc reports, business plans, and investment appraisals.
  • Liaising with Director of Student Planning and Head of Business Finance to monitor actual student numbers and related income and providing guidance to the Execs and other senior staff to adjust planned expenditure to reflect changing circumstances.
  • Understanding the complexities and risks around externally funded research activities and how these impact on the College's business planning. Liaising with the Research Finance Manager in the delivery of post-award research finance to produce meaningful information and recommending actions to ensure objectives are achieved.
  • Ensuring that the Finance function meets the demands of its internal customers, auditors, and grant funders on non-research projects.
  • Communicating Finance policy changes effectively to stakeholders to ensure that policy changes are implemented.
  • Managing project accounting to ensure that nominal ledger codes are considered and managed appropriately to ensure that financial reporting meets the requirements of the contract and financial reporting requirements.


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