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Finance Business Partner

Employer
Michael Page Finance
Location
Scotland, Edinburgh
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
Jul 18, 2022

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Job Role
Finance Business Partner
Sector
Legal
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Full responsibility for financial reporting and controls while acting as trusted advisor between finance and budget holders, providing valuable analysis and insights to positively influence decision-making processes. Leading on process improvement and contributing to efficiency drive.

Client Details

The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 12,000 Scottish solicitors and was established in 1949. They have an overarching objective of leading legal excellence, and strive to excel and to be a world-class professional body, understanding and serving the needs of their members and the public. As part of their regulatory duties, they set and uphold standards to ensure the provision of excellent legal services and ensure the public can have confidence in Scotland's legal profession.

Description

  • Responsible for all financial reporting, financial controls, finance processes and business partnering responsibilities
  • Own the monthly accounting process, ensuring completion in line with agreed timetable
  • Own the on-going forecasting, annual budgeting and the business planning processes, completing to the highest standard
  • Timely detailed monthly reporting to the Budget Holders, Senior Leadership Team, Finance Subcommittee, Board and Council, with detailed variance analysis to ensure that they have sight of actuals against budget and forecast
  • Monitor and, where appropriate, propose enhancements for finance control framework to ensure accuracy and robustness of financial information
  • Working with and supporting the Head of Finance Transformation and Executive Director of Finance and Operations, and being responsible for understanding and providing challenge to the finances
  • Building strong, supportive relationships with Budget Holders, embedding the business partnering function, holding monthly financial reviews and providing them with support and challenge for budgeting, forecasting and financial planning
  • Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
  • Contributing to cash management and forecasting
  • Providing key financial support to internal and external audits, ensuring compliance is maintained at all times.
  • Helping to review, improve and drive processes and reporting forward, working closely with the Budget Holders and the Head of Finance Transformation to implement improvements, documenting as appropriate.
  • Playing a key role in driving the programme of efficiencies and best value for members across the Society
  • Improving project reporting
  • Support the year end accounting process and reporting
  • Support quarterly VAT and annual corporation tax preparation

Profile

  • 3 or more years of post-qualification experience in a role such as Management Accountant, Finance Manager or Finance Analyst or similar role
  • Experience of business partnering
  • Experience of implementing and maintaining good financial controls
  • Experience of effective management of month-end processes
  • Ability to understand and present data to convey clear and concise financial messages.
  • Desire to champion high performance, challenge the status quo, actively seek out improvement and efficiencies
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • The ability to explain complex financial data to non-finance individuals
  • Problem solving skills and the ability to think creatively
  • The confidence to justify and implement change

Job Offer

On offer to the successful candidate is a real opportunity to develop and rise through the ranks while being a trusted advisor representing the finance function internally. There is a great salary, excellent benefits and hybrid working.

Company

Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years.

We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms.

Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 155 offices in 36 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career.

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