Finance Business Partner

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Finance Business Partner – high‑growth, PE-backed Business Services Group

Location: Billericay, Essex (3 days/week in the office)

Rapidly‑expanding, successful and ambitious Private Equity–backed Business Services Group is seeking a talented Finance Business Partner to support a key division. The Group has doubled in size in recent years and will continue to grow rapidly through new contract wins, tendering opportunities, diversified service lines and acquisitions.

This is a pivotal role for a commercially minded, hands‑on finance professional who enjoys working in a fast‑paced, evolving environment and wants to help drive stronger financial control, performance, and insight.

The Opportunity

This role will:

• Lead divisional budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Strengthen financial controls and governance, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Provide commercial and financial insight to divisional leadership, translating data into clear, actionable analysis.
• Support new business initiatives, tenders, and M&A opportunities with robust financial modelling.
• Partner closely with operations and commercial teams to enhance performance, mitigate risks, and maximise profitability.
• Drive improvements in month‑end and year‑end processes to achieve timely, accurate reporting.
• Champion process improvement and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy across the finance function.

About You

You’ll be a confident, engaging business partner with the ability to balance control and collaboration. The ideal candidate will bring:

• Professional Qualification: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified with at least 5 years’ PQE.
• Experience: Background in project or contract‑based environments, ideally within business services, construction, or infrastructure sectors. Experience across multiple companies, ideally including high‑growth or PE‑backed settings.
• Technical Skills: Advanced Excel capability, strong financial modelling, and familiarity with management accounting and risk management principles. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and/or Power BI is advantageous.
• Soft Skills:
• High emotional intelligence – able to “read the room” and challenge appropriately.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to build trust quickly.
• A sharp, energetic, and solutions‑focused mindset.
• Hands‑on approach – comfortable engaging with operations to understand the detail.
• Ability to simplify complex data and present it clearly and confidently to non‑finance stakeholders.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to shape the finance function in a high‑growth PE environment.
• Work closely with senior leadership on strategic and operational decisions.
• Gain exposure to new contracts, tenders, and acquisitions.
• Be part of a collaborative, forward‑thinking culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Help drive professionalisation and process enhancement during a key phase of growth.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

Construction, Facilities Services, and Business Consulting and Services