Finance Business Partner - Public Services

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 If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Up to £42k per annum