Your new company
Hays Accountancy & Finance are working with a large public services body, and are seeking to provide a Finance Professional for the role of Finance Business Partner. This role will be responsible for delivering financial management and financial accounting services to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
This will be for a period of at least 6 months.
This role will require someone with prior financial management experience and strong excel skills.

Your new role

• The postholder will support the Senior Client Accountant in providing a range of financial and management accounting services and in year reporting to external customers.
• Preparation of year end financial accounts on behalf of external customers.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts for BSO external customers. This will include the production of regular, meaningful financial analysis reports to facilitate effective budgetary control.
• The postholder will review and report on the monthly financial services database and prepare in year customer assurance reports.
• Preparation of customer monitoring returns for DoH.
• Updating and monitoring customer action plans.
• Assisting with the annual budget setting process for customers, making recommendations for changes to the budget setting policy.
• Assisting in the production of meaningful income and expenditure information to customers.
• The post-holder will assist customers in undertaking the financial aspects of budget setting, service re-profiling, service developments/retractions and other ad-hoc financial costings as required.
• Through the variance analysis process assist the customer in producing meaningful forecasts of year end outturn, developing strategies for achieving breakeven and managing associated risks.
• Ensure appropriate accounting procedures are adhered to.
• Assisting in the preparation and update of finance service level agreements.
• Contribute to the promotion of a culture of continuous service improvement amongst staff, encouraging participation and that of customers in reviewing and modernising current services and in-service development.
• Liaise with internal and external audit on matters relating to financial management and accounting services for customers as appropriate.

What you'll need to succeed

• Part qualified Accountant having completed the foundation level of professional Accountancy examinations with one of the six professional accounting institutes (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, CIMA or ICAI).
• Have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an accounting / finance role.
• Have worked with a diverse range of stakeholders, both internal and external to the organisation.
• Have advanced IT skills in relation to MS Office (in particular Excel) applications

What you'll get in return

• Flexible / work-life balance working
• Professional Development

What you need to do now
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