Role Overview
We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Central Support Services Team on a permanent basis. The role involves ensuring the provision of accurate and timely financial information, providing high-quality analysis and insight to add value and influence decision-making. It requires robustly challenging all budget holders within the Directorates served to ensure budgets are managed effectively. Additionally, the Finance Business Partner will advise and support the business for any projects or initiatives undertaken, both as a finance subject matter expert and in process support, ensuring all activities operate within the financial.
Given the changing circumstances, the Finance Business Partners will need to remain flexible, and the allocation of responsibilities for particular businesses and functions may change. Initially, this role is expected to support key functions such as Commercial, Procurement, Risk, Compliance, and Legal.
Education, qualifications and professional membership requirements:
- Degree or equivalent
- Full accountancy qualification is required (e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, etc.)
- 2 years Post Qualification Experience
Experience and Technical Skills:
- Financial reporting and the management of financial data through integrated financial systems such as XLedger
- Financial analysis to provide insightful and actionable outcomes using Excel and other data analytics tools
- Finance business partnering in a structured, professional environment or roles that have required developing relationships with and supporting non-finance stakeholders
- Experience of communicating credibly and confidently with senior management and business stakeholders
Personal attributes required:
- Commercially and strategically minded with intellectual curiosity about Nest's businesses
- Analytical ability to interpret high volumes of complex data and distil into concise insightful actions
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Self-starter working on their own initiative to identify opportunities
- Flexibility to work in a dynamic and changing environment
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) particularly to non-finance stakeholders
- Focus on financial controls and process efficiency
- Delivery focused approach with ability to prioritise high volumes of challenges with positive attitude
- Stakeholder management including influencing and conflict management
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