Senior Finance Business Partner

**Role Profile**

The Senior Finance Business Partner is responsible for establishing and delivering a group wide finance business partnering service, ensuring the team work closely with the senior business leaders to provide insightful financial information which can be translated into effective commercial strategy.

**Direct Reports**:Finance Business Partner (2)

**Reports to**:Commercial Finance Director

**Responsibilities of the role**
- Business Partnering multiple members of the Senior Leadership team to influence decision making and contribute to the development of business strategy based on financial metrics.
- Support stakeholders with business challenges, coaching to find solutions, providing effective challenge, if required, to ensure delivery of the commercial strategy.
- Define and own the business partnering framework, implementing and embed a business partner model, with a focus on cost control and delivering improved financial performance of the business.
- Drive financial performance improvement initiatives, collaborating across senior leaders to enhance cost control and operational efficiency.
- Budgeting and forecasting for future expectations of all overheads, with input into the financial planning model for long term, fully integrated financial plans.
- Support senior leaders with the development and ongoing reporting of an effective commercial strategy for each department.
- Support with cost control governance across the organisation, influencing where investment and savings should occur alongside strategic plans.
- Work in partnership with the People team in delivering the people agenda linked, supporting with people cost activity and providing financial support for organisational structure changes and cost saving initiatives.
- Ensure all team activity complies with all regulatory standards, GDPR and quality policies.
- Accountable for defining and improving the Finance Business Partnering teams’ processes and procedures.
- Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with senior managers and their teams, creating excellent working relationships across the Verastar colleague community.

**What success in the role looks like**
- Costs are controlled across the business, with senior leaders connected to, and held accountable for, their delivery against budget.
- Robust and accurate reporting is provided to stakeholders within agreed SLAs
- Business Partnering function is advocated as a collaborative and trusted support function within the business, with a pro-active approach to problem-solving.

**Experience**
- A minimum of 5+ years of post-qualification experience in a finance role.
- Significant experience of business partnering Divisional Directors / members of a senior team, influencing and shaping decisions within a complex changing environment
- In depth knowledge of cost control management and how to implement and track different initiatives.
- Experience delivering transformational change that has positively impacted the financial performance of a business

**The personal capabilities needed to excel in this role**
- A confident and concise communication style, both verbal and written, able to present complex finance concepts to a non-finance audience.
- The personal gravitas to collaborate, lead and influence a range of stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret raw data and translate it into clear, concise information.
- Problem-solving skills, able to identify and resolve issues and drive improvements.
- Entrepreneurial skills, able to spot opportunities and innovative solutions to facilitate change.

**Qualifications and other requirements**
- Education: Qualified accountant (ACCA / ACA or CIMA).
- Industry Experience: Information Technology, Utilities and/or Service provision; preferred
- IT literate, with knowledge of the effective use of Microsoft (Word, excel PowerPoint); essential.

**In return for your hard work, you’ll get**

It takes all kinds of people to make Verastar the success that we are, and we’ve got a range of benefits to make sure everyone is happy.
- Core benefits including pension contributions and life assurance
- Great discounts on 100s of high street and online stores
- 25 days holiday rising with service up to 28 days
- Your birthday off every year
- Option to buy up to 10 extra holidays and sell up to 5 holidays per year
- Cycle to work and travel loans for people wanting a greener commute
- Wellbeing support including 24/7 access to a GP, mental health support, get fit programmes and free legal and financial guidance.

**The important extras**
- Hybrid working - option to work three days from home if you choose.
- Opportunities to get involved in charity fundraising and volunteering days through our giving back movement
- Amazing on-site facilities, such as free on-site gym, free parking, subsidised café and to top it off an on-site subsided bar for after-work drinks, quiz nights and social events
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