Great British Nuclear (GBN) is a new government arm's length body supporting the delivery of Britain's energy security and net zero, making sure that we can power Britain from Britain sustainably. It has been set up to turn nuclear ambition into reality. This is an exciting and critical time to bring your experience and expertise to GBN.

As GBN Senior Finance Business partner you will be a qualified accountant with proven analytical and interpersonal skills. You will need to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external colleagues at all levels.

As a key member of GBN's Finance Directorate, you will work closely with budget holders to set, monitor and manage GBN's budget. You will provide appropriate challenge to assumptions made to ensure robust in-year forecasting. As a Business Partner, you will develop meaningful management information, providing valuable insight to support decision making.

Day to day duties:

• Provide a holistic Finance Business Partnering service for GBN, becoming a key contact and critical friend to the business, ensuring and promoting robust financial awareness and governance at all levels.
• Ensure that the financial implications of new policies and projects are fully considered and communicated to budget holders and senior management;
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop annual planning and budget, providing supporting information and scenarios showing the impact of key decisions, with associated risks and opportunities;
• Ensure the month-end financial and management information and accounting process is carried out accurately and efficiently within a determined reporting schedule.
• Provide detailed and informative analysis of key financial metrics, including variance analysis of monthly budgets, supported by appropriate recommendations pertaining to calculated risk and opportunity
• Provide monthly reforecasting of budget, reporting key risks and opportunities to senior leaders.
• Develop suitable reporting tools to narrate financial position, and forecasts to both finance and non-finance colleagues across GBN. This may take the form of reporting examples such as monthly performance reporting, cost benefit analysis, project appraisal, and post-implementation reviews.
• Adopt a continuous improvement approach to policies, processes and systems throughout Finance.
• Provide ad hoc customised financial data extracts and reports for management analysis.
• Collate and provide evidence, with appropriate analysis, to support interim and year end statutory audit processes.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:

• Developed ability in analysing and interpreting complex financial information and 'translating' this into clear management information using a variety of presentation techniques.
• Proven experience in managing the end-to-end budgeting and reporting cycle
• Proven ability to communicate the results of highly complex financial techniques to non-financial senior managers and operational colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail; consistently producing outputs to a high standard and providing a quality service.
• Able to prioritise own workload, in a busy environment with often competing priorities, ensuring key deadlines are achieved.
• Experience of working in a business partnering role, facilitating and promoting collaborative working throughout the organisation at all levels.
• Strong self-motivation, with the ability to multi-task, taking pride in your work, and a continuous improvement focus

• Customer focused and responsive with good commercial acumen / judgement.
• Professional, confident and credible communicator with good presentation skills.
• Agile, receptive to change and a flexible approach to workload and working arrangements.
• Ability to apply knowledge or take a fresh perspective to solve complex problems and issues that arise
• Strong computer skills (advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerBi, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) with the ability to learn the business support and operating systems.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CIPFA).
• Bachelor's degree with minimum two years of relevant management accounting experience.

Please complete our short application form to apply for this role. If shortlisted, one of our Talent Attraction Leads will be in touch to discuss the position in more detail. Good luck with your application!

At GBN, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including underrepresented groups. If you require any support or adjustments to help you with your application, please contact us at , and we will be happy to provide assistance.