RNLI
Strategic Finance Business Partner

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About Us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.
We are looking for a Strategic Finance Business Partner to join our team, to work as part of the RNLI Business Partnering community to provide financial management, insight, decision support and analysis to support the RNLI. Providing constructive, commercial and cost effective financial support and expertise to help the RNLI deliver our Lifesaving Effect, ensure that we spend donors money wisely and deliver value for money.
Some Of The Benefits
- Salary Up to £65,410 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata)
- Outstanding pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan option
Your role
As a Strategic Finance Business Partner, you will provide first-class financial decision support, planning and analysis to departments and major projects within the RNLI, providing the right information, to the right people, at the right time, for the right decisions.
As Strategic Finance Business Partner You Will
- Build relationships with and provide a full financial guidance and support service to your customers
- Lead the departments on financial planning and forecasting
- Attend relevant departmental and project meetings, ensuring there is a finance presence where appropriate
- Deliver regular financial reports and ad-hoc financial analysis for your customers, finance department and external auditors
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About You
Our ideal candidate will have:
- A strong background in financial decision support and planning in a similar fast paced environment
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence at senior levels, and experience in providing constructive challenge as required
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
This role will also line manage and work with a Finance Business Partner, who will help you with all aspects of decision support and planning, so staff management experience is also essential.
If you consider yourself to be someone who enjoys and demonstrates a ‘hands-on’ approach to your role, has well-developed people management and customer care skills, with the ability to liaise at a senior level, then apply today!
In return for your passion and expertise, you will receive an excellent benefits package (see Summary of Benefits document for more details), as well as the knowledge that your skills and experience are helping the RNLI to Save Every One.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).


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Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
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