Assistant Director- Finance Business Partner

About The Role

We have an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner on a 12 months fixed term contract.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be working within a team of 4 Finance Business Partners, with each providing operational and strategic financial support to a range of stakeholders across the organisation. The role is supported by the wider Finance Team, all based within our Birmingham office, but you will be the key Finance contact for your designated directorates, working with stakeholders across the UK to provide financial advice, insight, and guidance.

The role requires a high level of engagement with stakeholders within the designated directorates to ensure the key delivery and performance drivers are recognised and achieved. The Finance Business Partner should effectively facilitate and influence sound decision making to support the directorates’ ability to achieve the Funds purpose and goals.

The role will require ownership of a range of timely activities that will require strong organisation and communication skills to ensure delivery is achieved within tight timescales. Key responsibilities include:

• Monthly management account analysis and delivery of insightful commentary into financial performance reports.
• Support directorates to develop and deliver quarterly forecasts and annual budgets and business planning, providing challenge and financial expertise where necessary.
• Communicate key financial performance updates to senior stakeholders.
• Support development of business case requests for additional resource and funding.

The ideal candidate should have experience working within a finance department and can evidence ability to work independently and assume responsibility for the role. The candidate should have developed a range of soft skills required to already be an effective Business Partner. The role takes a hybrid approach to working with at least 1 day per week (Wednesday) in the Birmingham office strongly preferred.

Interview Date: 1st February 2024

Location: Birmingham Office/Hybrid working – expectation of minimum 1 day a week in the office on a Wednesday.

Contract: Minimum 12 months fixed term contract, with potential to extend.

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below.

Essential criteria

1. A minimum of three years working in a finance or other relevant role, including Business Partnering experience and ability to build strong working relationships with multiple stakeholders.
2. As a minimum at advanced stages of a suitable chartered accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).
3. Ability to work independently and assume responsibility for role.
4.  Advanced communication skills and ability to interpret and analyse data and present findings to relevant senior stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

Desirable criteria

1. Ability to work to tight deadlines and organise and prioritise workload to manage multiple and often competing priorities.
2. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel to manipulate, interpret, analyse, and report on large volumes of data.
3.  Proactive approach to improving ways of working.
4. Prior experience in a public sector environment including grant funding and accounting experience.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.  

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why the National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)