Finance Business Partner

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

We are the UK's aviation and aerospace regulator and recognised as a world leader in its field. Our activities are diverse, enabling the aviation industry to meet the highest safety standards, and we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the constantly evolving aviation environment.

The Role

The Financial Business Partner will be responsible for the month end reporting for their respective area of responsibility including liaising with the Resourcing & Strategic finance Business Partner as part of the Consolidated Group.

The role holder is expected to provide advice to managers of the relevant area in relation to their respective P&Ls, including forecasting and budgeting processes. The job holder will largely have the freedom to determine how best to deliver against these responsibilities, within the frameworks and policies adopted by the CAA.

Job Purpose

• Month End processing and production of monthly management accounts and liaison with Senior Leadership teams & Business Development Managers
• Direct support to ‘Strategic Finance Business Partner’ highlighting resourcing and recruitment concerns including resource forecasting
• Production of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts including resource requirements and supporting Group consolidation

Core Accountabilities

Providing a Finance Business Partner function:

• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with budget holders and senior managers
• Interpreting and communicating trends in order to influence decision making
• Providing financial analysis and business insight to interpret data, provide conclusions and make recommendations
• Interpreting and communicating trends in order to influence decision making and highlighting risks and opportunities for efficiencies
• Work with wider finance team to create and provide insightful management information backed by meaningful analysis
• Improving the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance by coaching and developing the financial awareness of non-finance mangers
• Tracking, monitoring, and consolidating individual project costs, forecasts, and budgets
• Creation of month end reports for distribution to budget holders and senior leaders
• Production of Annual budgets (for their respective areas), guiding budget holders and senior leaders to achieve target budgets and align to CAA strategic objectives
• Organising and attending regular finance catch-up and review meeting with budget holders and senior leaders 
• Liaising with external stakeholders mainly the CAA’s UK auditors and the DfT (where required)
• Develop, maintain, and improve financial reporting to enhance user experience and financial controls

About You

The post holder will be a qualified accountant or part qualified with a proven track record in a dynamic commercial environment, producing insights and influencing the behaviour of non-financial managers.

The ideal person will have a broad range of experience of active finance business partnering and management accounting reporting.          

They will have a confident and approachable manner with an extensive level of financial modelling, computer literacy and business acumen with an ability to influence senior leaders and assist non-financial managers to understand performance and take appropriate business decisions and actions. 

The primary finance / accounting SAP based system must be utilised for most accounting core activities; however, other systems will be utilised (Success Factors) and a high level of competence in excel is required to analyse data in order to maintain and develop forecasting and reporting models especially in relation to resource and project forecasting. 

Ideally competence in use of Power BI tools to aid financial modelling.

What Can We Offer You?

This role fits into a dynamic finance business partnering team with varied levels of skills and knowledge.  The post holder will be dealing with colleagues and senior management within the business across a range of departments.  This role is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivating and dynamic individual to showcase their business partnering experience whilst growing their business knowledge in a support environment.    

Additional Information

For many appointments within the CAA, these roles require access to operationally sensitive infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected information. For these roles the post holders must undergo National Security Vetting and achieve the appropriate level of clearance.

To be vetted we will usually expect a reasonable period of residency in the UK so that meaningful checks can be undertaken. For this role this will need to be 5 years.

If you do not meet these requirements, we may not be able to accept your application.  

For more information on SC clearance please visit - Vetting explained - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The CAA values high ethical standards and personal integrity among employees. If invited for interview you will be asked to complete a declaration of interest.

Working With Us
 

We offer a range of excellent benefits such as flexible working arrangements, free onsite gym at Gatwick, discounted gym membership for London, 28 days annual leave, additional 5 days leave purchase scheme, a generous pension scheme and much more!
 

We are on a journey towards being increasingly adaptable, where our colleagues collaborate as part of cross-functional teams. This approach ensures we never stop learning together. It also means that you may become involved in activities that take you out of your day-to-day role, providing you with opportunities to develop and grow your career with us.
 

We have embraced hybrid working and offer flexible working patterns, being open to having a conversation about what works for you. We know where and when we work is important in achieving a work-life balance.
 

We are passionate about diversity and ensuring all are included at the CAA. We are an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We use fair and inclusive selection approaches to hire the best person for the job based on merit alone.

Our Values
 

Do The Right Thing, Never Stop Learning, Build Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everyone – For more information please Click Here
 

Closing Date: Friday 3rd May 2024
Interview Date: W/C Tuesday 7th or W/C Monday 13th May 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

No recruitment agencies please.