Job Description
Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Salary: £37,000 per annum
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (flexible working options considered)
Location: At IOSH, we embrace hybrid working because we believe it’s the key to achieving work-life balance, strategic success and fostering our collaborative culture. You’ll be required to work from our head office in Wigston, Leicester a minimum of 2 days per week. The remainder of your working hours will be undertaken from home.
The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live, and to work in the UK.
Closing date: Tuesday 30 June 2026
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 29 June 2026
About the role At a pivotal moment in our organisational evolution, you will build trusted partnerships with senior managers and their teams to provide vital financial guidance. You will work directly with the Head of Finance (HoF) and Senior Finance Business Partner (SFBP) to run complex financial models that support agile decision-making across the IOSH group.
Your core responsibilities will include:
Strategic Advisor: Provide individual directorates with tailored advice, detailed options, and predictive scenarios to improve business performance.
Core Management Accounting: Produce monthly financials, Directorate income/expenditure accounts, and detailed variance analyses.
Forecasting & Planning: Guide budget holders through financial reviews, build robust forecasts, and support the creation of the Annual Budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan for the Board of Trustees.
System Transformation: Contribute to ad-hoc financial projects to design next-generation reporting models, automated dashboards, and self-serve financial methods.
Financial Upskilling: Support the SFBP in delivering training and induction sessions to build budgetary control awareness across directorates.
What you’ll bring
We are looking for an analytical problem solver who can dissect complex organisational bottlenecks and turn financial ambiguities into structural realities.
Membership of, or working towards membership of, a relevant professional body is desirable.
Essential criteria
Professional Qualifications: Must be at least part-qualified (ACCA/CIMA) or fully qualified with evidence of up-to-date management accounting knowledge.
Advanced Problem Solving: A proven track record of diagnosing financial issues, evaluating alternative solutions, recommending structural improvements, and driving operational change.
Modelling & Analysis: Deep experience in financial analysis, business case planning, and the creation of highly complex spreadsheets or forecasting tools.
Month-End Governance: Direct experience managing crucial components of financial month-end routines while strictly meeting reporting deadlines.
Stakeholder Advisory: Demonstrable success in advising, guiding, and constructively challenging non-finance budget holders on commercial matters.
Precision: Absolute ability to work accurately, dissect granular data, and maintain impeccable attention to detail under tight timeframes.
What’s in it for you?
We support our colleagues to bring their best selves to work, so they can deliver exceptional outcomes. We do this by offering a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Hybrid working and flexibility to ensure a positive work-life balance
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service, with the option to buy more
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan covered by IOSH
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme, minimum of 3% employee contribution whilst IOSH contribute 5%
- Individual performance related pay scheme
- Up to five paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your dependent’s wellbeing
About us
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the world’s Chartered body for safety and health professionals.
We understand that diversity of thought, culture, perspective, and background is essential to our vision. We believe in creating a personal environment where everyone is treated as they wish to be treated. At IOSH, you can be yourself, no matter who you are.
We are proud to be a disability confident employer, and are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.
Find out more about how we advocate for, and support health and safety professionals worldwide to create a safer and healthier world of work by visiting www.iosh.com.
How to apply
To apply, you’ll need an up to date CV and some additional time to complete the application questions so we can find out more about you and your experience. Just click on the apply button below.
If you want to find out more about IOSH please visit our website. If you have any queries about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to support you with the recruitment process please reach out to [email protected].
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
