Our client a leader in the Education sector has an urgent requirement for a Finance Business Partner to join their team. Excellent opportunity for the right candidate!
Main Responsibilities
This is a list of the tasks, duties and responsibilities for the role.
• Develop an annual budget and multi-annual financial plan for all units within the business
• Provide accurate, relevant, and timely financial information required for strategic and operational decision making, financial planning, resource allocation and financial risk management.
• Prepare and present financial forecasts and analysis of complex financial data, including trend and variance analysis to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and other
key FSD stakeholders including the Chief Financial Officer.
• Provide financial support in the preparation, review and monitoring of budgets, investigating trjinbusiness solutions to address deficits and negative financial variances where relevant; identifying risks and potential over- and under-spends.
• Review budgets and financial reports to ensure appropriate financial control, implementing processes and procedures to minimise financial risk.
• Provide information required to support all aspects of financial forecasting/modelling for the stakeholders.
• Review and analyse financial data for strategic and operational use by the stakeholders.
Qualifications
Candidates must hold a professional accounting qualification, with membership of an accounting body recognised in Ireland.
Knowledge and Experience
• Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years' post-qualification accountancy experience
with substantial proven experience at management level in an organisation of similar scale.
• Excellent skills in financial and quantitative analysis including proven experience in report writing, provision of reports and collation of data.
• Demonstrated experience in financial modelling, planning, and forecasting.
• Previous experience in budget management, review, and control in large organisations.
• Substantial experience of financial planning, risk management and related reporting, project planning and associated financial oversight.
• Excellent inter-personal communication skills, including the ability to relate financial concepts to non-financial personnel, and the ability to build effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders, as demonstrated from prior experience.
• Ability to identify and deliver financial best practice in a university and public service context.
• Ability to contribute effectively as a member of the Faculty and Finance Partner teams.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
#LI-RW2
