Interim Finance Business Partner
Skills
AcademiesAnalytical SkillsAnnual BudgetingChallenging AssumptionsContinuous ImprovementFinancial Risk ManagementModeling
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant ACA ACCA CIMA or CIPFA
- Previous Finance Business Partner experience within an Academy Trust is essential
- Strong budgeting forecasting and financial modelling skills
- Experience analysing complex budgets and providing meaningful financial insight to non-finance stakeholders
- Confident challenging assumptions and influencing senior leaders
- Excellent Excel skills and experience using finance systems common within the education sector
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial information clearly and pragmatically
- Able to work independently and quickly establish credibility in an interim environment
Nice to have
- Commercial insight
- Independent
- Credible
- Pragmatic
- Confident
- Collaborative
Day to day
- Lead annual budgeting and reforecasting across a portfolio of academies
- Work closely with Headteachers and senior leaders to review budgets challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunities
- Produce accurate monthly management accounts and insightful commentary on financial performance
- Analyse variances against budget and forecast and provide clear recommendations and action plans
Hiring process
- Confidential conversation with Megan Hunter