Posted 13 days ago
Description
Senior Finance Business Partner
Location: Reading
Contract: 12 months
Pay Rate: Up to £77.19 per hour (Umbrella)
Working Pattern: Hybrid, up to 3 days per week in the office
Morson are recruiting for a Senior Finance Business Partner to support the UK Ministry of Defence on a 12-month contract.
This is a senior finance role focused on building strong relationships with business leaders, providing financial insight and influencing decisions to improve business performance.
You will work across a complex environment, supporting financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and investment decisions while leading and developing business partnering teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, budget holders and business leaders.
- Provide financial insight and constructive challenge to support informed business decisions.
- Oversee the delivery of budgets, forecasts, procurement plans, management reports and variance analysis.
- Ensure financial information is accurate, timely and delivered in line with business planning cycles.
- Review and challenge business cases, assessing affordability, value for money, risk and long-term financial implications.
- Support business planning and ensure financial plans are sustainable and aligned with strategic objectives.
- Work collaboratively with Finance and other functions to resolve complex financial and operational issues.
- Identify resource demand and supply issues, helping ensure appropriate resource allocation.
- Lead, manage and develop business partnering teams, including capacity planning, coaching and performance management.
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, service quality and financial awareness across the business.
- Communicate financial performance, risks and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
Essential Experience
- Significant experience in a senior finance business partnering role.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior leaders and budget holders.
- Extensive experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and variance analysis.
- Experience reviewing and challenging business cases, including affordability, risk and value for money.
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to translate financial data into clear business insight.
- Experience leading, managing or developing finance teams.
- Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a complex organisation and manage competing priorities.
Security Clearance Requirements
Candidates must:
- Be a British citizen.
- Have resided in the UK for the past five years.
- Be eligible to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
Additional Information
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to support a major organisation, influence strategic and operational decisions, and lead the delivery of high-quality financial insight within a complex environment.
*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone interview. If selected from the shortlist, a formal interview process will then begin.
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