Senior Finance Business Partner

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Preparation of the annual budget and quarterly planning forecasts, engaging with the business to design and embed proposed strategies, challenging on assumptions where required. This will include articulating the plan to Board and Exco in the form of dynamic presentations that illustrate key business issues, insights and recommendations
• Tracking actual performance vs plan, analysing deviations to identify root causes and recommend corrective or mitigating actions to the business
• Financial appraisal of business wide pricing strategies including presenting recommendations at Pricing Committee
• Preparing monthly financial reports for the Bank’s senior management team and wider stakeholders, highlighting key trends, insights, risks and opportunities  
• Tailoring communication to different stakeholders, becoming a trusted advisor to the business by providing recommendations and the ‘so what’ implications to potential future strategies
• Working across the business to understand key developments in the market place and how they may impact the Bank’s roadmap for delivery and associated budget/forecast
• Providing financial analysis and insights to support decision making on projects, investments and operational issues
• Support finance and wider business deliverables as required

Processes, risk and control

• Establish, maintain and review operating policies and job cards (systems of internal control) to ensure that they are sufficiently robust to adequately safeguard the Group’s assets and where weaknesses are identified ensure remedial action is taken in a timely manner.
• Be accountable for identifying, evaluating and managing all significant risk within areas of responsibility and where appropriate report on risk identified elsewhere in the Group.
• Develop and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Compliance & Risk regulatory and legislative information related to Group products and services (e.g. PRA/FCA rules, Data Protection, Money Laundering, etc.), as advised by line management.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Support the risk culture of the organisation by taking personal responsibility for identifying and managing risks in everything you do

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose.