Interim Finance Business Partner

Responsibilities within the role:

• Act as the primary finance partner to various internal departments, supporting delivery of their divisional P&Ls through commercial insight and financial analysis.
• Lead monthly financial performance reviews with key stakeholders, identifying risks and opportunities against budget and forecast.
• Provide financial support and challenge around margin performance, cost control and revenue delivery.
• Collaborate with immediate line manager on scenario planning.
• Take responsibility for project cost accounting, analysing, and interrogating actual/forecast versus budget variances, working alongside finance and operational colleagues across the business.
• Attend project team meetings as required, contributing financial insight and highlighting cost variances to inform forecast adjustments required. Manage queries regarding supplier orders/ invoicing.
• Provide monthly updates on project financial performance, reconciling any movements and aligning forecasts with figures recognised in the management accounts.
• Monitor ongoing spend on large scale enabling and rectification works, forecasting future expenditure and ensuring appropriate provisions are recorded in collaboration with finance colleagues.
• Monitor ongoing capital expenditure, including a review of appropriateness of posting as part of the month end process.
• Support the preparation of divisional forecasts and budgets, ensuring consistency with central finance assumptions and alignment with operational plans.
• Provide commentary and insight to variance analysis, bridging operational drivers with financial outcomes.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve reporting tools and financial processes, including use of Excel, AI and Power tools.