Senior Finance Business Partner
Core
Provide strategic financial leadership, governance, and insight for the STEP fusion energy programme across multiple Integrated Project Teams.
Role type
Senior Finance Business Partner
Builds
Financial governance frameworks, budgets, forecasts, and dashboards for a national science and engineering programme.
Domain
Energy (Fusion) + Government Finance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Financial planning & forecasting, financial governance & control, stakeholder engagement, audit & assurance, process improvement, leadership & mentoring, IFRS & FReM rules, project controls, revenue recognition, lease accounting, Microsoft Excel
Preferred skills
Government-funded/Arm's-Length Body experience, ERP & Power BI, HM Treasury Green Book, NEC contract management, capital programme accounting
Technologies
ERP systems, Power BI, Microsoft Excel
Responsibilities
Lead budget and forecast preparation/consolidation; Ensure compliance with financial policies and sponsor requirements; Act as a senior finance partner to Programme Directors and IPT Leads; Lead audit preparation and responses; Drive improvements to finance processes and reporting; Provide oversight and mentoring to finance colleagues.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC