Senior Finance Business Partner - #1677421

Following an exciting period of growth a rare opportunity has arisen for a highly commercially minded Finance Business Partner.

My client embraces a diverse and flexible culture and offers the role either on a full time basis or part time (4 days a week) or compressed hours. On-site requirements are 2/3 days a week.

You will be providing commercial finance expertise to C-Suite, delivering financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting & planning, as well as creating insightful analysis.

Responsibilities will include;

• Nurturing relationships with key stakeholders to develop an in depth understanding of the business


• Helping key stakeholders and leadership understand the revenue and cost opportunities and how this impacts financial performance


• Building understanding to co-create the three-year plan and budgets, whilst ensuring risks and opportunities are considered, identified and registered, with remediation plans put into place and delivered.


• Leading on cost leadership, and the pursuit of efficiency. Drive profitable growth, and positive operating leverage


• Collaborating with colleagues in the Data team to prepare Financial Management Information, combining financial and non-financial data


• Taking ownership of forecasting, ensuring projections have strong commercial rationale, and are activity driven wherever possible


• Developing understanding of new business sales pipeline, conversion, revenue, and direct costs


• Working closely with the business and broader Finance team, to create accurate profitability analysis


• Supporting and where appropriate, leading on competitor analysis to inform propositional investment opportunities, activity, and cost benchmarking


• Contributing a balanced voice of the client, colleague, and shareholder


• Working across Financial Control and Commercial Finance to ensure best practice ways of working

About you

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA) with extensive post qualified commercial experience


• Experience of working in a commercial organisation and liaising with all levels of stakeholder.


• Ability to understand the strategic business goals of an organisation, including revenue streams and pricing, with the ability to ‘look beyond the numbers’ and understand the wider business context


• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels


• Analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and interpret the impact of both financial and non-financial commercial decisions


• Ability to work flexibly with conflicting demands to ensure work is scheduled to meet changing priorities and deadlines


• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities, with advanced Excel skills