Finance Business Partner - Costs Commercial

Business Unit:  Group Finance
Salary range: £56,800 - £71,000 per annum DOE + benefits
Location:  UK Hybrid - Glasgow, Gosforth, Leeds, London
Contract type: Permanent

Our Team

You’ll be part of a team who provide innovative and insightful value and challenge to the business to drive future strategy and deliver against objectives and commitments.  The role is dynamic, varied and focussed on providing the support to enable the business to deliver on strategy. Ideally, we are seeking candidates with fantastic analytical skills and Finance experience that are looking to progress their career to the next level.

What you’ll be doing

• Applying your financial experience and acumen to analyse monthly results, understand drivers, challenge business performance and assist with the planning and forecasting process to help inform the strategic business plans.  
• Delivering best-in-class partnering service for the business – to understand and drive business performance, to support the realisation of objectives and commitments.
• Maintaining and enhancing processes, providing recommendations on what technical development and innovation can be made, to drive an efficient and flexible function which can react quickly to changing circumstances while ensuring appropriate controls are in place
• Building strong and effective working relationships with colleagues across the business to achieve an aligned and cohesive approach to how the financial costs performance is communicated effectively to a wide range of stakeholders. 
• KPI tracking
• Working with senior leaders within the organisation to support organisational goals,  facilitate integration, help streamline workflow and relieve leadership stress.
• Ensuring costings are accurate and within agreed timescales
• Leading robust departmental budgeting process with a constructive, challenging mindset.

We need you to have

• Substantial and recent experience within a similar Finance role, & industry knowledge.
• Superb stakeholder management with the ability to influence and to resolve any conflicts effectively.
• Demonstrable strong analysis & reporting skills to pull together complex data (KPIs) and act on that data accordingly.
• Proven strong business acumen with the ability to manage risks to function efficiently.
• ACCA / CIMA or equivalent financial qualification 
• Track record of combining strategic business approach whist managing multiple tasks/projects.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Previous experience of using Power BI or similar reporting tools

Red Hot Rewards 

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more. 
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​.  
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.  
• Market-leading pension.  
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.  
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.  

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. 

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.  

Say hello to Virgin Money

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.  

Be yourself at Virgin Money

At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.    

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Now the legal bit
Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK, we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. 

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.