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Senior Finance Business Partner - Temporary (up to 12 months)

Salary: £40,315 - £47,429 (dependent on experience)
Contract type: Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment
Hours: Full Time
Location description: Hybrid working arrangement between home and Poole
Interview date: Week commencing 4 November 2024
Closing Date: 29-10-2024
Reference: 18233

About us

Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Our crews risk their lives every day to save those who are in danger of drowning, and our volunteers tirelessly raise the funds we need to support them.

They need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that’s where you come in – we are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our team, working as part of the RNLI business partnering community.

Our Senior Finance Business Partner community collaborates with departments across the RNLI, partnering to provide a financial management, decision support and analysis service to enable informed decision making by the Senior Leadership and their teams to help the RNLI deliver its lifesaving effect.

As one of our team of Senior Finance Business Partners, you will provide analysis and value add insight through Financial Reporting that provides assurance to key stakeholders as they navigate the financial year tracking delivery to plans, budgets and forecasts, whilst remaining aligned to the RNLI’s strategic direction.

Some of the benefits

- Salary £40,315 - £47,429 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan option

About the role

- Collaborate with departments across the RNLI through a centralised Financial Planning and Analysis team
- Drive analysis and deliver insight that links financial reports to organisation strategy
- Guide and support your customers throughout the planning, budget and forecasting processes in collaboration with our Planning and People colleagues
- Support change to ensure operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered
- The role is Hybrid and has an expectation of attending in person meetings in the Poole office as our designated base approx. once a week. We also travel to other destinations on an ad hoc basis

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

- Be a qualified member of a recognised accounting body (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) (Essential)
- A strong background in financial business partnering to provide decision support and planning in a similar fast paced environment
- The ability to build strong working relationships and influence effectively at all levels
- Comprehensive Microsoft Excel modelling capability, along with the desire to support Financial Performance Reporting change
- A full Driving Licence (for UK and Ireland)

If you consider yourself to be someone who enjoys and demonstrates a ‘hands-on’ approach to your role, has well-developed customer skills, along with the ability to identify and help implement best practice, then apply today!

In return for your passion and expertise, you will receive an excellent benefits package (see Summary of Benefits document for more details), as well as the knowledge that your skills and experience are helping the RNLI to Save Every One.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.

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