Assistant Finance Business Partner - SC

Job Title: Assistant Finance Business Partner - SC
Location: London (40% on site)
Contract Duration: 9 Months
Daily Rate: £400-500/day (Umbrella)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC

Job description:

This is an Assistant Finance Business Partner role, working within Financial Stability and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Finance Business Partner team, key responsibilities include:

• Assist FBPs in preparing regular cost and performance management information (MI) for senior executives.
• Perform month-end activities, prepare and present accurate and timely monthly performance reports.
• Collaborate with the business area and assisting FBPs to prepare budgets and forecasts, reviewing the projected costs ensuring they are on a sound basis.
• Build relationships with the Business stakeholders, FBP team and the wider Finance & Performance directorate, demonstrating the ability to work and communicate at various levels in the organisation and to work well within the team
• Collaborate and support the broader Finance & Performance directorate on ad hoc analysis as and when required, including process optimisation as required demonstrating the willingness and ability to learn new tasks
• Support the FBPs to review and challenge of investment projects, ensuring effective financial management and sound financial planning assumptions

Essential Criteria:

This role is ideal for individuals who are currently studying towards, or have a strong interest in pursuing, a professional qualification with a recognised UK accounting body (eg ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).

The successful candidate will be a commercially minded accountant. The role holder will have a sound understanding of Finance Business Partnering:

• Ability to engage with and build effective relationships with stakeholders from across the organisation and at all levels
• Ability to work with Microsoft Suite, including the preparation of PowerPoint slides
• Good excel skill
• Excellent analytical skill and attention to detail
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work to meet tight deadlines
• Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple deliverables and ongoing change
• Ability to communicate financial information and analysis to stakeholders verbally and in writing
• Ability to work in a team
• When required, support wider Team deliverables eg providing cover to the PRA Finance Business Partner as well as contributing to Finance wide processes and deliverables

Desirable

• Experience with Oracle or other ERP systems.
• Understanding of public sector finance or similar environments.

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources