RSR are looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to work in Birmingham.
RSR is a public safety & enterprise security recruitment specialist. We assist public safety employers find the right talent. We assist all employers when they want to source public safety and enterprise security skills and experience.
We are currently recruiting for experienced Assistant Finance Business Partner to work on a 12 month, full-time contract with a Police Force.
The role is based across two sites in Birmingham, and will incorporate a hybrid working policy.
The role is paying between £42,897 (£22.23p per hour) and £48,894 (£25.34p per hour).
The role will be situated within a Police Force, so applicants must be able to obtain national security vetting.
Role overview:
The Assistant Finance Business Partner will provide support to the Finance Business Partner, by providing insightful financial analysis and the checking and challenging financial performance. The role holder will provide financial advice to ensure that WMP achieves value for money and maximises value from the services it delivers.
To develop strong and professional working relationships and credibility with operational heads across the West Midlands Police Force.
The Assistant Finance Business Partner will have regular interaction with operational heads, and their teams in the relevant business areas. Regular liaison with business partners across the enabling services portfolio will also be expected.
Main Responsibilities:
• Supporting the Finance Business Partner in providing support and advice on all financial matters
• Supporting the Finance Business Partners to ensure that financial results are clearly communicated, by providing detailed timely analysis regarding actual results and forecasts, proposing options to ensure that the force achieves its operational goals.
• Work in partnership with financial accountants, shared services and workforce planning to ensure that financial and workforce information is recorded and controlled in an efficient manner.
• Completing all relevant journals and reconciliations, as well as checking and challenging submissions from the business, ensuring the production and dissemination of accurate and timely financial data.
• Building strong relationships with the budget holders and force groups in order to influence and deliver value for WMP.
• Support the annual budget setting process and longer-term financial planning, via the analysis of service area budget proposals, to ensure that budgets and savings plans are robust.
• To support project business cases by providing the detailed costings as and when required.
• To support the Finance Business Partner to track and monitor project spend to ensure that projects are delivered to time and budget.
• Support the development of analytics that track operational demand and the investment of financial resources.
• To oversee the completion of all statutory returns
• To deputise for the finance business partner as and when required
• To share knowledge and good practice across the finance business partnering team.
Experience
• Experience of compiling and analysing financial data, checking and challenging performance against targets and providing professional advice and guidance regarding financial matters.
• Experience/knowledge in all relevant statutory, regulatory and professional accounting standards.
Qualities and Skills
• Analytical and judgement skills – to analyse diverse sets of information and draw out appropriate correlations between data in order to offer solutions. To support and carry out options appraisals
• Planning and organisational skills – able to solve problems and manage conflicting demands.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to explain things clearly in an appropriate style and tone. Take responsibility to meet business requirements and ownership of work and maintains a strong work ethic.
• Ability to challenge operationally and strategically with a professional approach.
• Driven to deliver with enthusiasm – highly motivated and proactive approach to working including a strong desire to meet deadlines and deliver quality work.
• Ability to work collaboratively to achieve shared goals – business focused and flexible when meeting operational needs and expectations.
• Strong focus on customer relationship skills.
Qualification:
Part Qualified accountant – Undertaking a CCAB qualification (ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or equivalent.
Knowledge and experience of using industry standard accounting systems, and
working knowledge of Microsoft Office components, especially creating and using complex spreadsheets.
If you would like to be considered for this position and have the relevant experience, then please send your CV to martin.cookson@rsg.ltd
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.
If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please feel free to refer them to us! We have a “Refer A Friend” bonus scheme and we will reward you retail vouchers for any referrals who are not already known to us and are successfully placed!
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