Finance Business Partner (Deposits)

at  Virgin Money

Business Unit: Finance, Finance Business Partners
Salary: circa £53k per annum DOE per annum DOE + red-hot benefits.
Location: Hybrid, Glasgow HUB
Contract Type: Fixed term circa 12 months.
Live to challenge the status quo. Live a life more Virgin.
Our team
As a Finance Business Partner for Business Deposits, you’ll be part of an experienced team of c30 Finance professionals who work with colleagues across Commercial, Finance, Operations and Risk, to support financial planning, track financial performance and provide data driven insight on all elements of mortgage lending to support commercial decision making. The role is dynamic, varied and focussed on providing the support to enable Commercial to deliver on strategy.

What you’ll be doing

• Assisting in the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, ensuring that the Commercial teams’ rationale and approach are challenged as part of making key strategic decisions.
• Delivering data led financial analytics to underpin financial forecasts.
• Assisting the Commercial team by providing financial analysis to inform decision making, including product pricing and profitability assessments.
• Building strong and effective working relationships with colleagues in Commercial, and other areas of Finance including Financial Control, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Treasury.
• Providing support to the wider business on status of performance vs Corporate Plan through timely financial insight and commercial awareness, as well as assisting the Financial Control team in preparing management information to support the appropriate deliverables.
• Supporting the production of performance reporting to the LT and Board.
• Being responsible for maintaining simple and straightforward processes to drive an efficient and flexible function which can react quickly to changing circumstances.
• Working with Treasury to manage interest rate and liquidity risk.

We need you to have

• Strong financial modelling and excel skills using up to date analytical and forecasting tools.
• Strong problem-solving and financial analytical skills gained in a financial environment.
• Ability to build effective relationships across the business to support and challenge key financial assumptions.
• Effective communication skills, with ability to convey detailed data driven analysis in simple, clear, and concise form.
• Commercial acumen, demonstrating business understanding and key drivers of performance.
• A natural curiosity and drive to know more. Also be hardworking, with a real eye for detail – must enjoy working in a hands-on environment with a small, tight-knit team.
• Resilience and have a mindset that embraces change.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• An accountancy qualification (or equivalent) with a progressive record of success
• Data Analytical skills, including use of software such as SAS and Power BI, would be an advantage
• Working knowledge of financial performance reporting standards and techniques.

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.
Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We’re all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we’re putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people’s lives. We’re customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we’re able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.
Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. 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
Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but 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

• Assisting in the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, ensuring that the Commercial teams’ rationale and approach are challenged as part of making key strategic decisions.
• Delivering data led financial analytics to underpin financial forecasts.
• Assisting the Commercial team by providing financial analysis to inform decision making, including product pricing and profitability assessments.
• Building strong and effective working relationships with colleagues in Commercial, and other areas of Finance including Financial Control, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Treasury.
• Providing support to the wider business on status of performance vs Corporate Plan through timely financial insight and commercial awareness, as well as assisting the Financial Control team in preparing management information to support the appropriate deliverables.
• Supporting the production of performance reporting to the LT and Board.
• Being responsible for maintaining simple and straightforward processes to drive an efficient and flexible function which can react quickly to changing circumstances.
• Working with Treasury to manage interest rate and liquidity risk