Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

As a key member of our Finance Business Partnering team, the Finance Business Partner Specialist plays a vital role in delivering high‑quality financial insight and expertise. You’ll provide trusted, expert advice to the Business Partner Manager and the wider Service Delivery Unit, helping to shape informed decision‑making and drive strong financial performance across AWE.

Key Accountabilities:

• Complying with appropriate procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of data.
• Supporting the preparation, monitoring and control of forecasts and budgets for specified areas, including change control
• Support system interrogation and financial performance measurement of actual expenditure
• Provide input to cost reports, including trend analysis and early warnings as necessary
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out variance analysis and cost monitoring against a range of financial measures and expense categories and provide input to narrative for impact and recovery statements.
• Building effective stakeholder engagement maintaining relationships with customer budget holders and wider stakeholders.
• Providing information and reports at appropriate level budget holder meetings.
• Providing information to financial data to provide clear information and evidence to support business activities and requirements.
• Provide cost information for of the financial case on business cases
• Continuously improve quality of service proactively identifying opportunities through engaging with the local teams, prioritising changes that will add the most value.
• Being open to challenge and new ideas, sharing of knowledge and experience, encouraging others through building a supportive team environment.
• Support the development of a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and other change requirements
• Assist and support the preparation of cost studies utilising historical data. Providing data for benchmarking information to meet specific needs.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

·       Good standard of general education, including business / finance qualification or equivalent or proven level of experience.

·       Stakeholder management skills with ability to collaborate at all levels.

·       Analytical.

·       Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, with strong working knowledge of the wider Microsoft Office suite.

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. 
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.