Job Title - Senior Finance Business Partner Location - Milton Keynes Rates - £306.90 to £383.62 PAYE or £351.49 to £439.37 Ltd In scope of IR35 My client is looking to engage an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner for their Milton Keynes location for an initial period of 6 months. As the Senior Finance Business Partner you will take responsibility in recording and maintaining the database, provide information that is held and be able to demonstrate how this information has been produced and have the confidence and experience to be able to present the information to stakeholders and various parties in an interesting and positive way. What you will do: Consolidate, critically review and provide technical advice and guidance on periodic financial results and forecasts to Identify and monitor risks, opportunities and efficiencies to minimise the financial and legal impact on the business area. Provide robust professional recommendations and financial guidance on accounting guidelines and standards to enable the business to be financially and legally compliant. Provide technical and professional oversight of the periodic accounts, relevant analysis and preparation of business plans and budgets to enable the business to make effective decisions. Develop, understand and influence the cost and income drivers relevant to the business area to deliver the yearly business plan and manage to the overall settlement by effective decision making. Influence, coach and challenge senior budget holders in understanding the impact of their period results and forecasts against budgets in order to manage their business more effectively and manage within budgeting limits. Proactively challenge budget holders plans and budget submissions to understand the overall plan, providing advice and new initiatives to save costs and be more efficient as an organisation. Drive, adapt and deliver key KPI'S and deliverables for the function, highlighting any significant issues and trends with financial and other business results to aid decision makers to make efficiencies. Lead in budget holder key meetings on financial performance to provide professional financial advice and guidance to drive business decisions, minimise risk and deliver good corporate governance. Develop, drive and implement investment decisions and new business activities, working collaboratively with senior leaders to explore new opportunities and drive business performance. Your experience will include: Essential Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant accounting body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) or equivalent experience Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills all levels. This should include Customers; 3rd party representatives, other business & functional leaders and key support personnel. Successful relevant experience working in a complex financial environment including demonstrable experience in managing business risks, professional financial control and forward planning. Demonstrable record of budget management, governance and ability to understand and interpret commercial and financial landscapes (budgets, forecasts, actual status). Significant experience in managing ambiguity in a financial environment with strong evaluation and decision-making skills. Excellent technical Financial and Accounting knowledge and application of that knowledge in a complex and commercial environment. Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, for example accounting and finance, business management or equivalent demonstrable experience in financeDesirable Full membership of relevant post graduate professional body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) Experience of Oracle based systems Substantial experience within multiple finance disciplines Knowledge and technical expertise of Government accounting and relevant financial governance Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects to successful conclusion.What you'll get in return Capita and our client understand what it is like to work as a contractor and we will do everything we can to make it a simple process for you - this includes dedicated on-boarding, extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are. About our client Our client is the largest rail infrastructure business in the country and is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. They are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years they will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day. What we hope you will do next Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter. Our client welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or another irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria