Finance Business Partner

Contract Type   Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Contract length   12 months Working Pattern   Full time Working Hours   35 hours per week Salary   £44,000 plus benefits package Location Options   Hybrid - home based and Birmingham Function Type   Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit)  

We have an excellent opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance and Procurement team for 12 months (maternity cover). 

The role

In the role of Finance Business Partner, you will be the face of the finance function to your business areas providing trusted advice and support to business leaders and budget holders. You will equip your business areas with skills and tools to take strategic financial decisions and have greater financial accountability, enabling the SRA to use finance resources efficiently and effectively in line with strategic goals.

Confident in communicating, you will make sure that effective financial controls operate across the business areas and that financial risk is understood and minimised.

Working collaboratively with the Head of Finance and the wider Finance team, you will help develop and deliver training for all finance requirements to the business.

To be successful in this role you must be capable of influencing stakeholders, have an acute awareness of governance and the capability to provide trusted advice and pragmatic solutions.

What's in it for me?

• An opportunity to showcase your business partnering skills to enable business leaders to make good financial decisions
• Engagement with and exposure to key stakeholders
• The chance to work in a diverse and professional organisation with a welcoming culture in a high-quality office environment and excellent location
• Work in a supportive and collaborative team.
• We offer a generous pension scheme with up to 19% total pension contribution; an extra 3% of your annual salary on successful completion of probation and more – find out here.

We are looking for

• Fully or part qualified Accountant; we will also consider non-qualified applicants with relevant and applicable experience.
• Understanding and practical experience of balancing strategic business and Finance requirements, and accounting standards and best practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, to effectively influence and build meaningful and trusted relationships.
• Strong ethos of continuous improvement and delivering an excellent service to customers.
• Relevant technical and operational skills, including accounting and operational systems and Microsoft Office.

Useful and additional information

• This is a hybrid role working from home and our Birmingham office. Hybrid for us means working 1-2 days in the office a week, and rest of the week from home.
• You can find the full role profile at the bottom of the advert.
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview between 25 - 29 October 2024*
• If you have any questions that are not answered in the advert or on our website, you can contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk.

To apply

Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements of the role, which is indicated in the ‘what we are looking for’ section above.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

Closing date for applications is 20 October 23.55.

*Please note the timelines for interview may be subject to change.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile   Finance Business Partner role profile - October 2024.pdf – 78KB Opens in a new window Vacancy closing date: 20/10/2024, 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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