Interim Finance Business Partner

Birmingham - 3 days per week / £560 umbrella

Project-Based Environment | Financial Planning & Analysis | Stakeholder Management

The Opportunity

We are currently looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join a large, complex, project-driven organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working closely with operational and project teams, providing financial insight, challenging performance and supporting effective decision-making.

The successful candidate will ideally have experience working in a project-based environment, managing a broad range of stakeholders and partnering closely with functions such as Commercial, Controls and Project Delivery.

Experience developing financial reports, supporting multi-year financial planning and understanding direct and indirect costs would be particularly advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner, providing financial insight, challenge and support to senior stakeholders and project teams.

• Develop and maintain effective relationships across Commercial, Project Controls, Operations and wider Finance functions.

• Support annual budgeting, forecasting and multi-year financial planning activities.

• Produce and develop meaningful financial reports, management information and analysis to support business decisions.

• Monitor and challenge project expenditure, forecasts and financial performance.

• Provide analysis and commentary on budget variances, identifying risks, opportunities and potential cost efficiencies.

• Support the management and reporting of direct and indirect costs, including workforce and project-related expenditure.

• Review financial forecasts, cash flow projections and cost assumptions to ensure accuracy and reliability.

• Contribute to month-end reporting, financial controls and ongoing process improvements.

• Support business cases, investment proposals and financial assessments.

Skills & Experience Required

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Qualified Accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

• Project-based experience – a background in a complex, project-led or programme-driven organisation.

• Finance Business Partnering – experience working collaboratively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.

• Stakeholder management – confidence engaging, influencing and challenging stakeholders across multiple functions and seniority levels.

• Financial reporting – experience producing, developing and improving management reports and financial analysis.

• Planning & forecasting – a good understanding of budgeting, forecasting and ideally multi-year financial planning.

• Cost management – experience analysing direct and indirect costs would be beneficial.

• Systems & analytical skills – strong Excel capabilities, financial modelling skills and experience working with ERP or financial reporting systems.

• Commercial awareness – the ability to interpret complex financial information and translate it into practical business recommendations.

Additional Requirements

This role requires candidates to meet Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) screening requirements.