Finance Business Partner - Cost and Investment

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner to join our Cost and Investment team. You will use your excellent business partnering skills to build strong working relationships in order to provide insightful financial analysis of costs, support business case modelling, contribute to key decision making and proactively drive improved business performance. This is a hybrid role with remote working and some onsite presence in our central Leeds offices.

About the role

As Finance Business Partner - Cost and Investment, you’ll understand your business areas in order to provide insightful analysis and advice whilst also being able to flag risks and agree actions to mitigate them.

You will –

• Use your commercial thinking to improve decision making, challenge the business on process, approach and submissions to ensure better outcomes for the Group and our Customers

• Apply your professional judgement balancing timely updates to stakeholders with longer term analysis of emerging issues

• Proactively drive improvement, forecasting and identifying opportunities to streamline and automate process

• Act as Finance SME enabling the business to track progress towards targets and support the business to understand their commitments and progress towards achieving strategic cost targets

About you

You’ll have an Accounting qualification (CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA) or equivalent PQE. In addition, you’ll be able to demonstrate –

• Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to form strong working relationships quickly

• Constant curiosity and always looking for ways we can deliver process improvement and positive change

• Ability to identify and address key risks/ implications

• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and make time sensitive commercial decisions

• Analytical thinker able to identify key issues and gather data to drive improvement

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to converse effectively with key stakeholder

• Evidence of professional learning and development to build and maintain skills and expertise

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

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  Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.

• Bonus. We work together to reach for better at YBS, so when we reach our goals we’re all rewarded, with up to a 10% annual bonus.

• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.

• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.

• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

Ready to apply?

If you’re excited about this role and want to be part of the YBS team, apply now to send us your application.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Mike Peel on recruitment@ybs.co.uk

Please note applications are reviewed frequently therefore this role may close prior to the advertised closing date