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We’re recruiting for a methodical Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic team. The role will be supporting the lead Finance Business Partner within our Central Functions helping to gather data insights to the business unit, you’ll be partnering with the wider Finance Business Partner team to help us achieve our collective goals.
As our Assistant Finance Business Partner, you’ll be liaising with the wider business to generate a full and accurate budgetary position and providing value insight analysis. You’ll be the critical link for key stakeholders in understanding finance and cost process, ensuring compliance, and delivering the best business results.
The difference you’ll make
- Liaising between the business and Cost Reporting and Planning, Accounting, Transformation teams and line manager to ensure all budget requirements are captured and challenges are relayed, all the information is captured within the Financial Systems as required
- Creating monthly commentary for the End-of-Month financial meetings, feeding the management dashboard and regulatory reporting
- Updating the Financial Systems, as required, so that the monthly estimates, forecasts, year-end closing estimate and next year’s budget reflects the current business operations
- Ensuring that the information available to the team management enables them to offer insight
- Ensuring all finance and purchasing controls are fully documented and operated correctly
- Assisting the business with understanding the processes and controls surrounding cost management, and report compliance levels
What you’ll bring
- Graduate or equivalent qualification and completion or currently studying for a professional accountancy qualification (Full study support is available)
- Good excel skills and the ability to analyse data and identify underlying drivers of costs
It would also be nice for you to have
- Experience of dealing with projects and handling multiple requests from different stakeholders
- Being able to work on your own initiative within defined guidelines to deliver results
- Ability to work accuracy and efficiently
- Ability to show the initiative and seek out alternate solutions
What else you need to know
This is a full time permanent position offering flexible working between home and the office
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a competitive salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
- £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
- Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
- 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more
- Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
- Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships
We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our people, so we welcome applications from across society.
You can find out more about how we’re embedding an inclusive culture that encourages our people to bring their full and authentic selves to work on our Inclusion and Belonging page.
A bit more about Santander
At Santander, we each take personal responsibility for managing risk by embracing the I AM Risk framework - to Identify, Assess, Manage and Report risks, and to continuously build a deeper understanding of the risks we face. It is an important part of our culture at Santander and we will provide you with knowledge to help you manage risks in your role.
What to do next
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face.
