Job Description
Finance Business Partner - Community Operations
As Finance Business Partner at St John Ambulance, you will be responsible for providing support with the development of financial plans, business forecasts and analysis of the financial performance of all areas within Community Operations.
This role can be based from any manned St John office and will be a blend of working from home/local office and occasional travel to St John office hubs (mainly London, Birmingham, Sheffield)
As Finance Business Partner – Community Operations (COPS), you will be responsible for providing support with the development of financial plans, business forecasts and analysis of the financial performance of all areas within Community Operations. You will deliver high quality business insight to support, challenge and influence strategic decision making within St John’s management teams.
The Finance Business Partner will support the Lead Business Partner (COPS) in setting and delivering the strategic financial direction for the function. They will take a lead responsibility for specific business areas but will work across all areas within COPS to meet business priorities. Through regular meetings with key stakeholders, the Finance Business Partner will challenge reported performance against agreed plans and deliver high quality business and financial analysis to identify and present coherent rationales for change.
Full details and responsibilities can be found in the attached role description.
About You
To be successful in the role of Finance Business Partner, you should have previous experience in a similar position and significant experience in managing the day-to-day, monthly and annual production of management accounting processes. Experience in the charity sector is desirable but not essential. You should have a track record of delivering high quality business and financial analysis that provides insight into business outcome drivers, the future business state and alternative scenarios and options. You will be confident forming and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships at all levels and have strong excel systems and a good grasp of accounting software and analytical reporting tools.
About Us
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.
Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.
We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.
St John Ambulance are currently supporting the NHS to care for people and deliver vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. How? By training more than 30,000 volunteers. Using our longstanding expertise, we are empowering people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them.
If you want to make a difference come and join the team at St John.
You will receive:
- Competitive salary & pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.
Application Review Date: 24/05/2021
We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.
If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here
For all SJA volunteers wishing to apply, please apply below.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.
Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.
Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered.