Finance business partner

About the finance team

The finance team is a central and integral function which provides financial management and support across the whole organisation. We strive to enable excellent decision making and to facilitate people to work in the best possible way by ensuring our finance, are appropriate, clear, fit for purpose, and embedded in the organisation.

Our finance function is strong with a highly competent team, which is accompanied by active oversight from the board of trustees and in particular the finance and investment committee. As a spend out endowment it is crucial that we have a clear and deliverable plan for managing the resources available, and that enables the organisation to achieve the strategy.

About the role

The Finance Business Partner will provide dynamic financial support to Local Trust, working in a busy but friendly team of five with responsibility for financial management and reporting on Local Trust and its subsidiary Big Local Trust. Core to the role is working across the organisation with budget holders and the programmes team to support with various aspects of financial management including, business partnering, financial reporting, analysis, reconciliation, and monitoring.

The successful candidate will be a qualified or part-qualified accountant with significant demonstrable experience of working within a busy finance team, who is accustomed to working with senior executives and budget holders, providing accurate and timely management information. The role requires an individual who has experience working with spreadsheets and analysing large volumes of financial data.

How to apply

To apply, you should submit the following to Lisa Wardle from IDA Recruitment lisa@ida-recruitment.com:

• An up-to-date CV which shows your full career We recommend that this is no longer than two pages.
• A supporting statement, with your name at the top of each page, explaining why you are interested in this role, detailing how you are a good candidate for this post and how you fulfil the person specification. Each section of the person spec should be addressed under clear headings. We recommend that this is no longer than two

Please note that applications can only be considered if both a CV and supporting statement are submitted. Interviews will be carried out on a rolling basis.

Due to the number of applications, we are only able to offer feedback to applicants who attend interview stage.

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