8 - Senior Finance Business Partner

You’re in the right place at the right time. We’re CITB and we’re bringing a wide range of exciting career opportunities as we set up a new Head Office in Peterborough this autumn. This is a unique opportunity for brilliant people to join our team and get involved in helping to shape our organisation and achieve our shared ambitions. CITB’s job is to attract talent and support skills development across the construction industry. And we need ambitious, talented people like you to make it possible

About the Role:

Finance Business Partners are directly responsible for providing Executive and Leadership members with strategic advice, guidance and support to enable them to effectively manage their portfolios.

The portfolios comprise a significant sector of CITB’s overall portfolio

1. Policy & Strategy

2. Products and Services/Apprenticeships

3. Industry Relations and Marketing

4. Corporate Services & Change

Ensure senior stakeholders have accurate and timely financial information, analysis and advice to enable the business to plan and manage its business from strategy through to operational delivery.

Guide and manage the Executive and Leadership team through required financial and planning processes such as forecasting, budgeting, operational planning and delivery challenging and supporting as appropriate

Where appropriate lead, develop and manage a team of qualified financial analysts who will support across CITB’s entire portfolio

Knowledge and Experience:

• 5 years post qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) experience in a financial role
• A university degree or equivalent experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts and principles within own professional discipline, gained through broad and in-depth experience – a recognised expert and acknowledged authority within their particular field of expertise
• Advanced analytical skills in order to be able to evaluate factual and qualitative information in complicated or novel situations; demonstrable ability to filter, prioritise, analyse and validate potentially complex and dynamic material
• Demonstrate the credibility to engage and influences senior stakeholders effectively

Benefits:

• Annual pay review and performance bonus
• Car allowance
• 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers, cycle to work and insurance
• Pension scheme
• Employee discounts
• Long service awards
• CITB recognition scheme
• Employee assistance programme