Total 18 business management project planning job vacancies in Finance / Banking / Insurance category in Manchester, M13 9WL

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington, and Altrincham (WTWA) finance team.

The post holder will be based at Wythenshawe Hospital supporting the Emergency Care Village and Medical Specialties & Outpatient Divisions at this challenging but exciting time. If successful, you will be a key member of our Senior Finance Leadership Team with responsibility for using your financial and business acumen to support the divisional as well as supporting the overall financial strategy.

You will report into the Head of Financial Management.

To provide financial leadership to the Divisions, sharing alongside the Clinical Directors and Divisional Directors responsibility for the overall financial management and performance of the Divisions, ensuring the production of relevant, accurate and timely financial advice and supporting information, in order that the Divisions will achieve their agreed financial plan.

To lead on all strategic and operational finance whilst delivering high-level financial expertise to influence the Divisions. To be the finance lead in the Divisional performance management structure. To work closely with the Clinical Directors and Directorate Managers to ensure delivery of Directorate objectives.

To work as part of the Divisional teams to ensure that Trust objectives are met, including their Financial Statutory obligations. The post holder will be responsible for increasing the level of business expertise within the Divisions and will be required to support the Clinical Directors in all financial matters.

To be a key member of the WTWA Finance Department and contribute to the delivery of its overall objectives. To lead and develop the Divisional Finance Team of 4 staff. As well as financial objectives, the post holder will work as part of a team whose objectives will be to meet operational targets whilst enhancing the quality of care to patients.

To deputise for the Head of Financial Management or Deputy Director of Finance where appropriate.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. If you would like an informal conversation about the role and its requirements, please contact Jack Everington, Head of Financial Management, who's details are in the contact information section.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024

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Finance Business Partner - Funeralcare
£60,000 to £66,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester city centre (hybrid working)

We're looking for a Finance Business Partner to join us in Manchester to work with our Funeralcare Operations colleagues, including our Head of Support Operations, Regional Operation Managers, and Head of Transport. In this role you'll work in a hybrid way - splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

As a Finance Business Partner at Co-op, you'll work closely alongside our Finance and Operations teams and provide useful insights around the financial performance of our funeral homes and look for new opportunities where we can deliver value. We'll look to you to attend periodic business reviews; providing updates on our financial objectives and recommendations as to how we can improve the financial performance of our Funeralcare operations.

What you'll do

• Build and manage effective relationships with colleagues of all levels of seniority within our Funeralcare business area
• Work alongside our Funeralcare Operations teams, helping them to understand our financial numbers, and suggesting ways to improve performance at a funeral home, care centre, and regional level
• Provide actionable insights and reports to colleagues, including those at Director-level, to minimise risks and maximise opportunities
• Lead problem-solving support in a programme/project capacity, ensuring control and achievement of desired outcomes
• Lead the delivery of our financial budget, 4YP, and forecasts for Funeralcare and Central Operations
• Be responsible for our Operations payroll budget
• Carry-out financial modelling to assess proposed initiatives
• Support longer-term scenario planning and resolution of business problems with forward looking insight and business relevant knowledge

This role would suit people who have

• Experience in a Business Partner role
• Experience working in a large-scale and complex commercial environment and managing relationships with multiple partners
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (e.g. PowerPoint and Excel)
• Good communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-finance audiences
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

If you've got the skills and experience we're looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You'll also get:

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.

Your new companyYou will join this innovative, renowned public sector organisation for this permanent opportunity. They are part of a global group with exceptional facilities and recognised for excellence. They boast a fantastic culture with hybrid working and excellent career development opportunities.

Your new roleAs their new Senior Finance Business Partner, you will work alongside the Heads of Departments and to provide operational and strategic support on all financial matters, prepare and review the monthly management accounts alongside, provide insightful management information and financial analysis and deliver to tight deadlines. Work with the teams to develop a clear understanding of the drivers of business performance in order to enhance financial forecasting and decision-making. Line manages members of the finance team, providing developmental support or training as necessary and be actively involved in line management and training of the wider team. This is a senior leadership opportunity that can see you further develop your career with a fantastic business.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be suitably qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) with full UK working rights in place, with a background in large and complex organisations and a proven ability to lead, manage, develop, and motivate a professional team. You will also be adept at building relationships, influencing conversations and proficient in stakeholder management.

What you'll get in return
This permanent role offers a competitive salary between £55,000 to £60,000 per annum dependent on your experience level, along with a fantastic benefits package, and a flexible hybrid working environment. You will join a well-established team in a globally recognised organisation in a high-profile role working alongside an experienced senior leadership team. Market leading pension scheme, and annual leave entitlement plus public holidays and Christmas closure.
What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or get in touch on the details below:If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.ContactJessica Cannon on +443330105524 or

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About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Officer (Management Accounts) to join our team in Oldham on a full time, fixed term basis for 6 months. Hybrid working opportunities are available.

Reporting to the Finance Partner - Asset Management, you will ensure monthly financial processes and procedures are completed to provide accurate and timely management accounts information.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the Assistant Accountant and Finance Partner
• Support in the production of the monthly management accounts.
• Review, calculate and post accruals and adjustment journals.
• Assist in running reports and providing information for budget holders and provide analysis of variances to budget/forecast.
• Exercise internal controls, highlight errors and take action to rectify them where necessary.
• Provide support with annual budget setting and quarterly/monthly forecasting.

What we're looking for
We're a customer-focused organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You'll not only be an experienced Finance Officer, but you'll also have great attention to detail and excellent customer service skills.

You'll also be able to demonstrate:

• Good working knowledge of accounting fundamentals.
• Experience of calculating and posting accruals and adjustment journals.
• Experience of producing financial reports and related information for budget holders.
• Experience of month end financial processes.
• Good understanding of internal financial controls.
• Proven customer service experience.
• Good attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Essential qualifications

• AAT or part qualified CCAB

If you're interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the role profile.

Interviews will take place via MS Teams on the week commencing Monday 9th September 2024.

About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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Your new company

You will join this innovative, renowned public sector organisation for this permanent opportunity. They are part of a global group with exceptional facilities and recognised for excellence. They boast a fantastic culture with hybrid working and excellent career development opportunities.

Your new role

As their new Senior Finance Business Partner, you will work alongside the Heads of Departments and to provide operational and strategic support on all financial matters, prepare and review the monthly management accounts alongside, provide insightful management information and financial analysis and deliver to tight deadlines. Work with the teams to develop a clear understanding of the drivers of business performance in order to enhance financial forecasting and decision-making. Line manages members of the finance team, providing developmental support or training as necessary and be actively involved in line management and training of the wider team. This is a senior leadership opportunity that can see you further develop your career with a fantastic business.

What you'll need to succeed

You will be suitably qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) with full UK working rights in place, with a background in large organisations and a proven ability to lead, manage, develop, and motivate a professional team. You will also be adept at building relationships, influencing conversations and proficient in stakeholder management.

What you'll get in return

This permanent role offers a competitive salary between £55,000 to £60,000 per annum dependent on your experience level, along with a fantastic benefits package, and a flexible hybrid working environment. You will join a well-established team in a globally recognised organisation in a high-profile role working alongside an experienced senior leadership team. Market leading pension scheme, and annual leave entitlement plus public holidays and Christmas closure.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or get in touch on the details below:If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.Contact Daniel Emm on 03330105488 or email:

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Your new company
Your new company is a family-owned manufacturing SME based in Stockport. Having been established for over 150 years, they've grown into a very complex, high-performing £100 million pound turnover operation.
Your new role
In your new role within this highly complex SME you will be responsible for developing business models to support key business decisions. You will provide both internal and external stakeholders with detailed analysis related to market analysis, pricing models and return on investments. You will support the Financial Planning team with the budget and forecasting process.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified with experience working as finance analyst or management accountant within a large complex business. You will have strong business acumen and commercial experience with a passion for process improvement. You'll be able to business partner with both internal and external stakeholders and be able to influence key decisions by providing accurate and clear analysis.
What you'll get in return
You will join a nationally recognised family owned business who take great pride in their reputation and staff satisfaction. You will become part of high performing commercial finance team who's ambitions match those of the business. You will receive a salary of circa £55,000 plus excellent benefits including a hybrid working model.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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We are now searching for an exceptional Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team within CHP. As Finance Business Partner you will be a member of the Management Accounts team reporting to the Finance Manager, where one of your primary responsibilities will be to support the Developments/Capital Programme ensuring funding drawdowns and WIP is accounted for correctly and be responsible for the associated balance sheet reconciliations and Capital budgets. This commercial role requires extensive use of excel and Sage to enable interrogation of data and performing adjustments as required.

Your new company
Your new company are a well established manufacturing and distribution business based in Cheadle. A business who've been established for over 175 years and operates worldwide. Employing over 1500 people.
Your new role
In your new role as Finance Business Partner you will support planning the integral financial data in the company's rolling forecast cycles. You will support financial decision making in regards to strategy, development projects and cost improvements.
What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this commercial finance role, you'll be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified with experience in finance and relevant business processes inc sales, operation, purchasing and supply chain management. You will be able to drive results with strong teamwork and hands on attitude. You will be able to communicate complex concepts efficiently at all levels.
What you'll get in return
You will received a salary up to £65,000 plus benefits and bonus. You will join a rapidly growing global finance team with experience finance leaders who are passionate about up skilling those around them. Progression opportunities will be visible from the outset as your new employer will always look to promote within.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
Work with a fantastic Charity that are having a real impact across communities in Manchester and the UK wide. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, offering a salary between £45,000 to £47,000 per annum plus great benefits.

Your new role
As their new Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for the preparation of the annual budgets and forecasts for your portfolio. Ensuring income and expenditure are tracked during the year, and that timely and accurate management information is provided to senior management, budget holders and other stakeholders. Provide clear month end reporting with meaningful analysis and commentary for relevant budget holders and ensure they have a clear understanding of their position and support them in identifying and analysing remedial actions where necessary.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role, you will be an ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified Accountant or part-qualified / QBE with strong business partnering experience ideally gained from working within the not-for-profit / charity sector and working with key stakeholders to assist them with their budgets.

What you'll get in return
This role is a 12-month FTC, a hybrid role with 2 days in the Manchester office, and the rest of the week remote where works for you. A salary between £45,000 to £47,000 per annum plus great benefits which include above market average pension and annual leave entitlement.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or get in touch on the details below:
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Contact Daniel Emm on 03330105488 or email:

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Your new company A Public Sector Service Business with its head office based in central Manchester. This fantastic company has a renowned culture of being supportive and providing a progressive career path for its staff.

Your new role You will be responsible for commercial finance data gathering and analysis, generating useful management information and providing interpretation for the business, particularly across various subsections. You will be working on regional benchmarking reports while looking for efficiencies, improvements, and recommendations. Producing and presenting at SLT level. Supporting the co-ordination of commercial financial reporting for the business, together with related analysis including operational plans, budgeting, and forecasts. Analysis and implementing KPIs.

What you'll need to succeed You will have excellent stakeholder management ability and be comfortable presenting at executive level. You will be someone who can work in an agile and adaptive way and have experience with large and complex businesses. You will be comfortable with ERP systems. You will have strong leadership abilities and communication skills whilst being highly organised, along with the ability to implement and drive kpi's.

What you'll get in return You will receive a salary between £55,000 to £65,000 dependent on experience level, plus great benefits. Alongside an excellent working environment, you will have a flexible hybrid work model with 1 day in the office and 4 optional work from home days. Join a high performing commercial business partnering function within the SLT with a great business that can offer fantastic career progression pathways. Alongside this, you will gain access to a great pension, subsidised travel, and 28 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays.

What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or get in touch on the details below:If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Contact Daniel Emm on 03330105488 or email:

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Your new company
Your new company is a market leader in the media industry, with a rich and successful history, and due to exciting growth, they are now looking for a Finance Business Partner to support them in their plans to drive the business forward.
Your new role
You will manage the month-end process, budgeting and forecasting and be responsible for identifying what costs are driving the business forward. You will ensure the P&L is correct, and you will be efficient in your approach to identifying trends and analysis. You will partner with stakeholders across the business and your proactive attitude will ensure the smooth delivery of monthly forecasting.
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified or Qualified by experience, and you must have experience working as a Finance Business Partner. You will be commercially driven, with the ability to engage with people at all levels and partner with key decision makers. You will have experience with revenue and costing, as well as strong excel skills and be well versed in SAP. You will be a self-starter with confidence in communication skills and will work well in a fast-paced team environment.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will get the opportunity to work for a market leader in a commercially focused role with plenty of career progression opportunities. You will get a competitive salary of up to £55,000 plus a host of benefits including 25 days' holiday + bank, opportunity to buy and sell holidays, company pension and much more.
What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Group Income - Management Accounts Assistant to join the Contracts , Costing and Income team. The role is pivotal in supporting the Trust in the collection and reporting of the Trust's income position and therefore an understanding of the NHS funding regime is desirable but not essential.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of financial management and accounting principles to assist in the preparation of monthly and annual accounts.

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills are essential with the ability to communicate complex financial issues effectively with both non-finance and finance staff together with good evaluation and analytical skills.

You must also be able to manage your own workload and have a proven ability in the use of spreadsheet packages including the ability to design spreadsheet models. This is an excellent position from which you will gain extensive experience to take your career to the next level.

Please see job description for more details
• To support the Deputy Group Income Accountant in ensuring all NHS clinical income that is due to the trust has been invoiced, ensuring income is accurately reflected and monitored in the Trust ledger.
• To assist Accounts Receivable and the Finance Business Unit (FBU) staff in ensuring that cash is allocated against Debtor Accounts in a timely fashion and that outstanding debt is reported in an accurate and timely manner that enables pro-active action to be taken to pursue the debt.
• To support the Deputy Group Income Accountant in the monitoring of and reconciliation of the Health Education Contract and liaising with hospital teams.
• To assist in the preparation and completion of the monthly and annual accounts including statutory reporting and the Agreement of Balances exercise.


• Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:
• Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching
• Attracts, develops and retains great people
• Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provider.

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MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Recent applicants need not apply

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024

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Lead Finance Planning & Reporting Analyst

£40,000 to £47,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)

Manchester city centre (hybrid working)

We're looking for a Lead Finance Planning & Reporting Analyst to join our central food financial planning and analysis team in Manchester. We'll look to you to pull together the data of the overall food performance story, looking back and into the future. You'll gather insights and spot trends to support future thinking and to build strong relationships with our finance partners to help with overall delivery. In this role you'll work in a hybrid way - spending at least one day per week working from the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

What you'll do

• Work closely with our FPAR leads to deliver detailed and accurate reports and financial plans
• Provide variance analysis and insight across a variety of business areas and projects
• Make sure any risks and opportunities are identified and considered in future forecasts and present any financial impacts they might have
• Be on the look-out for new analysis techniques and methodologies to improve the value of the insights we provide
• Understand our current performance for our food operations board
• Build data models to create a forecast and provide analysis

This role would suit people who have

• Experience working in an analysis, insight, or financial reporting team with a solid understanding of analytical methods, practices, and techniques
• Strong IT skills (including Microsoft Excel and database applications)
• Good communication and prioritisation skills, with the ability to present financial information to a non-finance audience
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

If you've got the skills and experience we're looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You'll also get:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife - an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk. Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Your new company
Our client is a Not-for-Profit organisation specialising in the housing sector. They are one of the UK's leaders for this space and are going through a time of ambitious growth with large projects in the pipeline. Meaning they have the opportunity to continue to expand their team.


Your new role
Reporting to the Development Finance Manager, you will ensure that the financial controls around development provide robust business assurance, support the development team to ensure schemes meet corporate governance, partner with management in providing key financial information and advice on partnership schemes with external parties, account for and reconcile schemes as developments progress through to completion. Monitor the production of management and statutory accounts, and assist in the production of annual budgets & quarterly forecasts.


What you'll need to succeed
As their new Finance Business Partner to succeed in this role, you will be an ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified accountant or part-qualified / QBE with strong business partnering experience and technical ability. You will be confident and credible to oversee the production of management accounts and have exceptional communication skills. You will ideally be coming from either a property or construction industry background.


What you'll get in return
This is a 12-month fixed term contract with the possibility of becoming permanent within their finance department (if that's what you would want). This role will be a hybrid with 3 days from home and 2 days from their Manchester office, along with a salary of $46,000 to £52,000.


What you need to do now
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