Reporting to: Head of Finance _________________________________________________________________________
Job purpose:
Use technical expertise to support relevant budget holders in managing their assigned budgets
Produce information for senior management to ensure budget holders are held to account for performance
Work constructively with budget holders to find solutions to issues, providing the appropriate level of challenge if necessary
Key responsibilities:
Produce relevant, timely and accessible reports and ensure good dialogue to enable budget holders to monitor the financial position of their assigned budget(s)
Working as a team with the other Finance Business Partners, lead on the production of the monthly management accounts pack, ensuring timely and accurate reporting and incisive analysis and commentary
Support budget holders to produce reasonable and considered budgets and forecasts within agreed timescale
Working as a team with the other Finance Business Partners, lead on budgeting and forecasting to ensure a timely process and a high level of accuracy and engagement
Undertake ad hoc analyses as requested by budget holders or senior finance managers to enable maximisation of income or most efficient use of resources
Provide financial support as required to fundraising bids
Provide support as required to key museum projects
Lead on reporting to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on all matters relevant to budgeting, forecasting and management accounts, including monthly submission of the Grant-in-Aid funding request
Take responsibility for the chart of accounts for Income & Expenditure, ensuring that it is fit for purpose and user friendly
Provide training to non-financial managers with budgetary responsibility as required
Support year end processes as required
Review and authorise payments as required
Other responsibilities:
Sustainability – ensure their ways of working meet the museums values around sustainability.
Health and Safety – observe all Health and Safety rules and procedures as laid down and attend all relevant training as required.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) – build a departmental culture which values and promotes a positive attitude to EDI.
Carry out any other duties when required.
Other reasonable duties and responsibilities as directed by the Head of Finance
Demonstrable track record of working in a business partnering role with non-finance managers to achieve high quality reporting and budgeting / forecasting within a charity or heritage / cultural organisation
Excellent analytical skills and strong proven problem-solving ability
Strength in getting the best from IT systems to support planning and reporting needs
Ability to communicate financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders
Customer and service focused
A self-starter, with the ability to work under pressure and to accomplish tasks to a high level of quality without supervision
Superb attention to detail
Adaptable and willing to meet the current and future needs of the organisation and key stakeholders
Excellent knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft 365 packages
Be prepared to be flexible in meeting the demands of the role, as the role may involve some evening and occasional weekend work
Desirable criteria:
Experience of supporting large capital projects, ideally in an environment with a high fundraising element
