OptumUK
Finance Business Partner
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Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working closely with stakeholders to drive better decision making? Do you want a role where you can make an immediate impact, take ownership, and help shape financial reporting and insight? If so, we’d love you to read on.
About the Team
Our Finance team plays a critical role in supporting the business through a period of change and growth. We are focused on delivering high-quality financial insight, strengthening stakeholder relationships, and continuously improving how we operate. This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract, created to support maternity leave cover, and will play a key role in maintaining continuity and performance across the function.
This role is hybrid working; you will work predominantly from home and attend our Fulford Grange office (LS19 6BA) approximately once per week, with flexibility depending on stakeholder needs.
About the Role
As a Finance Business Partner for operating expenses, you will play a key role in supporting and challenging stakeholders, providing financial insight, reporting, and decision support across multiple business units.
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This role is focused on cost base / operating expenses rather than revenue, partnering closely with budget holders to drive effective cost management and decision making. This is a hybrid role combining business partnering with management accounting and reporting responsibilities, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement and influence.
You will take ownership of financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, while identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance reporting capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and clear, insightful commentary
- Identify risks and opportunities within the operating cost base, driving proactive recommendations
- Partner with budget holders as the primary finance contact, providing challenge, support, and decision-making insight
- Lead budgeting and forecasting cycles, including annual budgets and rolling forecasts
- Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, with scope to enhance and improve reporting tools
- Identify risks and opportunities within the cost base, driving proactive recommendations
- Maintain strong financial controls, including balance sheet reconciliations and governance support
- Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g. procurement, operations) to support business performance
- Contribute to continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting
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Who You Are
You are an experienced Finance professional with strong business partnering capability and a proven ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment. You are confident building relationships quickly, influencing stakeholders, and translating financial data into meaningful insight to support decision making. You are proactive, motivated, and able to take ownership from day one, delivering high-quality outputs with minimal supervision.
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