Full job description*Finance Business Partner
*Hybrid role
*Accountant
Our Client
Mackie Myers are delighted to be partnering with a well-known heritage and cultural organisation to recruit a Finance Business Partner into their finance team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys working closely with operational stakeholders, driving financial performance, and delivering high-quality business partnering support within a purpose-led organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will play a key role in supporting budget holders across the organisation, providing insightful financial analysis, leading planning processes, and ensuring robust financial management practices are embedded throughout the business.

The Role
The Finance Business Partner will act as a trusted advisor to budget holders, helping them effectively manage their budgets and make informed financial decisions.

Working closely with operational managers and senior leadership, you will produce timely and accessible financial information, support budgeting and forecasting cycles, and deliver meaningful analysis that helps drive organisational performance.

You will also play an important role within the finance team, contributing to management accounting processes, maintaining reporting structures, and supporting key organisational projects.

Main Duties
*Partner with budget holders to support effective financial management and accountability.
*Produce relevant, timely and accessible financial reports and management information.
*Lead, alongside other Finance Business Partners, on the production of the monthly management accounts pack, providing accurate reporting, analysis and commentary.
*Support budget holders in developing realistic and robust budgets and forecasts.
*Contribute to the delivery of the organisation’s budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring strong engagement and accuracy.
*Undertake ad hoc financial analysis to support decision making, income generation and resource optimisation.
*Provide finance support to fundraising bids and funding applications.
*Support key organisational and museum projects as required.
*Lead reporting requirements to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including budgeting, forecasting, management accounts information and monthly Grant-in-Aid funding submissions.
*Take ownership of the Income & Expenditure chart of accounts, ensuring it remains fit for purpose and user-friendly.
*Deliver financial training and support to non-finance managers with budget responsibility.
*Support year-end financial processes and reporting requirements.
*Review and authorise payments where required.
*Promote sustainability, health and safety, and equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the organisation.
*Undertake additional responsibilities and projects as directed by the Head of Finance.
The Successful Candidate
*Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
*Proven experience in a Finance Business Partnering role within a charity, heritage, cultural or similarly purpose-driven organisation.
*Strong experience supporting non-financial managers with budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
*Excellent analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills.
*Demonstrable ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
*Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to provide constructive challenge where appropriate.
*Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency across Microsoft 365 applications.
*Ability to maximise the use of finance systems and reporting tools to support planning and decision making.
*Highly organised, self-motivated and able to deliver high-quality work with minimal supervision.
*Exceptional attention to detail.
*Adaptable and responsive to changing organisational priorities.
*Customer and service-focused approach.
*Willingness to occasionally work evenings or weekends where business requirements demand.
Desirable Experience
*Experience supporting large-scale capital projects.
*Experience within fundraising-led environments and organisations with significant grant or donor income streams.
What’s on Offer?
*Opportunity to join a respected cultural and heritage organisation with a strong public purpose.
*Highly visible business partnering role with exposure to senior stakeholders.
*Varied and commercially focused position combining financial reporting, planning and stakeholder engagement.
*Opportunity to contribute to major organisational projects and strategic initiatives.
*Collaborative and supportive finance team environment with strong opportunities for professional development.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We believe that diverse teams deliver better outcomes and create stronger organisations. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is respected, valued and able to thrive.
Applications are welcomed from candidates of all backgrounds, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process.