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Finance Business Partner: £500 – £534 per day (Umbrella) | Hybrid | Birmingham For Europe’s largest infrastructure project, based in Birmingham, we are recruiting an interim Finance Business Partner for the Corporate Services Directorate, and specially to partner with the CIO and the IT Directorate. Working within central finance, this role reports to the Senior Finance Business Partner, and provides financial support and critical analytical challenge to directorate business managers and executives to ensure the organisation achieves financial targets and delivers value for money within the budgets set by the comprehensive spending review. Main Duties:Responsible for looking after a portfolio of directorates (HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Facilities) and the corporate expenditure in the monthly financial accountsDrive consistent month-end reporting and review of all Corporate Directorate (c£200M)Lead business planning and forecasting processes, providing guidance on planning principles and expectationsProvide Workforce Actual costs and forecast information to inform programme estimatesChallenge budget holders to achieve workforce objectivesSupporting Corporate Directors in determining the appropriate disaggregation and delegations to ContractsReview financial endorsement of Change and Investments, provide assurance to Finance Director that reporting expenditure and contract payments are appropriate Work to NAO Audits as required; Liaise regularly with Corporate Directors, Procurement and Supply Chain, Business Managers, Finance Teams and Corporate Finance Teams Person Specification:CCAB qualifiedExperience in business planning, forecasting, business partnering and corporate financeKnowledge of Oracle accounting systems or other similar ERP systemsExperience in working with Corporate Directors, budget holders, Business Managers, Head of HR, and wider Finance teamsAbility to interpret financial information and determine IFRS treatmentAbility to use Excel to analyse large and complex data sets and provide useful management informationExperience in providing financial information to inform project decisions and cost, schedule, and quality consequences