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Head Of Finance Business Partnering

Employer
SRUC Scotland's Rural College
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 26, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Director/Head of Finance
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
HEAD OF FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNERING Edinburgh £52,620 - £61,906 per annum Ref: CFPS/FIN/011/19 SRUC is unique in Scotland and one of the largest organisations of its kind in Europe. Our ambitious and exciting vision is to work at local, national and international levels, leading innovation and sustainable development in agriculture and rural sectors. In this role, the post holder will play a key role in ensuring that SRUC retains a strong financial position - driving and maintaining the financial stability required to support the organisation's strategic aims. This role will lead and be accountable for the delivery of a customer-focused business partnering service, which will include: Responsibility for the leadership, management and motivation of the business partnering team, ensuring a high level of service delivery across SRUC campuses and estates including senior stakeholders to: Support, analyse and challenge them on their performance. Align operational activities to the strategic intent of the organisation. Optimise their business performance, providing insightful management information including reporting on historic financial performance and being responsible for all financial planning and forecasting including budgeting. Influencing internal stakeholders to optimise their business performance, providing insightful management information including reporting on historic financial performance. Rigorous evaluation of ad-hoc project proposals and business cases to enable effective options appraisal and decision making. Further details on the responsibilities and requirements for this role can be found in the attached job particulars document downloadable below. Qualifications required A senior level professional accountancy qualification is essential. Experience and understanding Significant successful post-qualification experience. Demonstrate proven experience of a business partnering approach Experience of leading a team to change and deliver effective reporting across an organisation. Experience of producing monthly financial reporting and effective budgeting and forecasting processes. Experience of working with Microsoft Office software and an understanding of project accounting. Knowledge and skills Effective communicator and influencer with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills. Ability to facilitate reviews based on sound financial analysis and resolve conflicts. Strong analytical skills with proactive critical thinking and problem resolution focussed on solutions, understanding strategy and operationalising it. Proactive and innovative in approach. The ability to deal with ambiguity, uncertainty and risk, and work in a flexible environment Strong commercial decision making, influencing, analytical and negotiation skills The ability to challenge senior stakeholders across the organisation The ability to communicate complex financial information in a concise, non-technical way A strategic approach to formulation and implementation, with the ability to review long-term impacts of plans This role will based in the Peter Wilson Building at King's Buildings, Edinburgh however a small amount of travel may be required to support the requirements of the role. For further information and to apply, please click the APPLY button below. SRUC Leading the way in Agricultural and Rural Research, Education & Consultancy. SRUC is committed to valuing Diversity, advancing Equality and respecting Human Rights throughout the organisation and encouraging applications from disabled people using the "Disability Confident Employer" symbol. SRUC is a member of the Athena SWAN charter. SRUC. A Charitable company limited by guarantee, SC003712. Registered in Scotland No SC103046

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