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Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities?
We are looking for a talented and motivated Finance professional to fulfil a key Finance Business Partner role supporting the Enabling departments and strategic investment projects at Mencap. Enabling depts include Finance, HR, IT, Property and CEO office. You will deliver high quality insight and financial management to help ensure our enabling (our support functions) spend is efficient and well controlled, and that strategic investment projects deliver against their business cases and budgets. You will be a confident communicator at senior levels. An individual who is well organised, can prioritise their workload and can maintain accuracy and attention to detail whilst working to meet deadlines.
There is flexibility around where the role is based. We have large offices in London and Peterborough and smaller offices located throughout the UK and you may need occasional travel to for meetings. However, this role will primarily be working remotely.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Support Finance Lead to provide a comprehensive Finance Business Partnering service to business areas.
2. Prepare timely, accurate, and insightful management reporting for budget holders, facilitating informed decision-making and effective financial management. Carry out month-end duties to ensure accurate financial reporting, including reviewing numbers, reconciliation of key accounts and posting month-end journals as needed.
3. Support financial planning processes and provide analysis, guidance and challenge to ensure the development of robust and credible plans.
4. Lead meetings with budget holders to review financial position.
5. A desire to drive improvements in financial understanding & accountability to deliver a first-class service.
What You Will Bring:
6. A commitment to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities.
7. Strong analytical abilities, attention to detail, and ability to communicate financial information effectively.
8. Self-motivation and a desire to make an impact.
9. Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to build relationships across Finance and non-Finance areas.
Your Experience:
Essential:
10. Worked in a Finance department providing Management accounting, business partnering or forecasting/budgeting support.
11. Strong Excel skills. Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
12. Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, providing accurate and timely information.
Highly Desirable:
13. Finance Business Partnering and/or Financial Planning experience - ideally in operational functions (e.g. IT / Property) or projects related.
14. Proven ability to identify and implement process improvements in financial management
15. Working towards ACMA / ACCA / ACA qualification, or other suitable experience.
The scope for this role is vast and we are looking for an ambitious and driven individual to join us!
If you have the relevant skills and experiences we are looking for and this opportunity sounds like the perfect role for you, please apply with your up-to-date CV. This role will close on Sunday 25th August and interview will commence shortly after the close date via Microsoft Teams.
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Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
16. 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
17. Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
18. Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
19. Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
20. Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
21. Interest free season ticket loans
22. Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
23. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
24. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
25. Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
26. Access to award winning training and development
*T&C's apply based on contract