Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £49,000 – £53,000 depending on experience.
Job type: Full-time, Flexible/Hybrid working.
The Company:
Claire House Children’s Hospice helps seriously and terminally ill children live life to the full by creating wonderful experiences and bringing back a sense of normality to family life. We help families smile again when life could not get any tougher.
The Candidate:
We are seeking someone who has experience in setting up a Finance Business Partner model. Has the ability to build relationships quickly and is able to teach finance to non-finance managers.
The position requires someone who is a people person, who is organised with excellent communication skills, and someone who has experience of implementing process changes.
The Role:
It is an exciting time to join Claire House, as we are creating a new finance team. We are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner which can be based on the Wirral or Liverpool Site.
The post holder will have responsibility for management reporting at all levels, forecasting, budgeting and 3-5 year business plan, building financial models to stress test the business plan and new initiatives. They will have the ability to support the transformation programme with financial reporting and SME support for finance projects. Partner with the business when looking at future initiatives and projects ensuring the Group understands the financial implications of the decisions taken.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce bespoke management account packs for all business areas and a summarised version for ELT and Board. Ensure the packs are presented in a clear format, with backward and forward looking commentary. This will also include commentary to forecast. This will involve meeting with the budget holders on a regular basis
- Update the budget in collaboration with the business areas and present to Leadership, ELT and Board
- Update the 3-5-year business plan in collaboration with the business and build a financial model to stress test scenarios to enable better planning and cashflow forecasting
- Support the business areas with live projects, by providing up to date financial information, help with future spend and provide finance SME support throughout. This will include modelling future projects/new income streams
- Provide cover for the Financial Accountant, which includes signing off payment runs, mentoring Assistant Accountants
- Working on Finance Projects and Continuous Improvement
Benefits:
- Generous annual leave – 35 days including bank holidays
- Company pension scheme (up to 4% employer contribution)
- Life cover 2 x salary
- Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and counselling service
- Free on-site car parking
- Free eye sight test
- Cycle to Work Scheme
We are actively seeking candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds.
At Claire House we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value everyone as an individual. We are committed to organisational practices, which promote diversity and inclusion for all employees and volunteers regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage, and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief. Connecting these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued.
Closing date for applications: 25th October 2022.
First stage interviews will be held 1st November.
Please click on the APPLY button to submit your CV and complete the application form for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of Head of Finance, Business Partner, Finance Manager, CCAB, CIMA, QBE, ACCA, Chartered Accountant, Financial Analyst, Financial Controller, Finance Associate, Finance Coordinator, Management Accountant, Finance Specialist, Qualified Accountant may also be considered for this role.
