Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £32,085 per annum
Location: Manchester
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Business Partner Team based in Manchester. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.
This is a permanent opportunity with a closing date of Monday 21st October 2024. Interviews will take place week commencing 28TH October 2024.
We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.
Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.
The Finance Team at Centrepoint plays an integral part in ensuring that we spend our money effectively and efficiently and we are supporting our business growth by expanding our Business Partner team. This is an exciting time to join our team. If you have Housing or Charity experience, it will be a plus!
What you’ll be doing…
- Delivering Finance Business Partnering services to Budget Holders through regular meetings.
- Collaborating closely with colleagues on all finance-related matters, offering relevant advice, support, and training.
- Reviewing and advising budget holders on the utilisation of their budgets, including restricted funds.
- Addressing and resolving queries, and providing ad-hoc reports.
- Contributing to the development and implementation of the Finance Business Partnering strategy and the Financial Management strategy.
What we’d be looking for from you…
- Proficient in financial processes and procedures, with some knowledge of accounting standards being advantageous.
- Skilled in interpreting and presenting management accounts information.
- Experienced in communicating and collaborating with key stakeholders both within and outside the organization.
- Competent in using Excel at an intermediate level.
- Housing or Charity experience is desirable but not essential
Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuali
sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
