Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partnering is key to the government finance vision of putting finance at the heart of decision making. Great Finance Business Partners drive the agenda, they do not just keep score. They aspire to become a truly trusted partner to the business, the go-to for a wide variety of colleagues and stakeholders for expert advice and decision-making support.Finance Business Partners (FBPs) in CDIO build strong relationships to influence stakeholders and enable effective financial management in collaboration with their Management Accountant colleagues. These relationships enable FBPs to facilitate constructive challenge of the business area they partner with and act as a bridge into other areas of finance.The role of an FBP requires strong communication skills as well as strategic planning, reporting and analysis skills. Key activities performed by FBPs include:facilitating and challenging long-term planning, budgeting, and forecastinganalysis and communication of financial data and reportssupporting and challenging investment appraisals and business casesbeing a critical friend and independent advisor to the businessadvising on commercial aspects and enabling the business to find solutions to complex business issuessupport and advice to enable delivery of business objectives.Working collaboratively togetherFinance Business Partners and Management Accountants have different but complementary, mutually beneficial roles and work together in equal partnership, with each using the outputs of the other to add value for the rest of the finance function and for the wider business.Finance Business Partneringdelivering financial decision supportproviding advice on strategic outcomesintegrating finance with decision makingembedding governance assurance and controlsacting as a critical friendManagement Accountingrecognised and respected for subject matter expertiseproviding systems management and ledger controlcreating value adding intelligent analyticsdelivering in-year financial planning and budgetingtelling the story through insightful management reporting