Senior Finance Business Partner

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Our client, a leader in their field are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to support their IT function for a 12 month period. The role will develop a strong working relationship between the IT SLT and the finance team establishing strong analytical and reporting support.

The role will include:

• Collaborate with IT leadership in the ownership and creation of rolling 12-month and 24 month forecast and 5-year Plan to support IT project Planning and resource allocation including scenario analysis where required.
• Monitor IT expenditure against budget, identifying variances and providing recommendations for cost optimisation.
• Working with Senior Management within FP&A to support the planning / budgeting process for BAU and project costs.
• Actively engage in development of underlying reports, processes, and systems
• Work with the Projects business partners to appraise business cases for projects and provide analysis / recommendations to the Finance management.
• Track KPI's related to IT expenses and communicate performance trends.
• Lead and conduct regular Service Reviews ensuring alignment and updates in status of key programs, roadmaps and operations.
• Develop a strong working relationship with IT leadership to understand their strategic goals and objectives.
• Collaborate on long-term financial strategies to align IT investments with overall company goals

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant (CIMA,ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with strong experience of business partnering IT teams particularly at the CIO level.