At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting while partnering with senior leadership.
- Company: Join a well-known, complex organisation in Greater London / Thames Valley.
- Benefits: Hybrid role with competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Opportunity to influence key investment decisions and develop a small finance team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on financial performance and operational efficiency in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with strong finance business partnering experience and team management skills.
The predicted salary is between 60750 - 74250 £ per year.
Location: Greater London / Thames Valley (Hybrid role)
I am working closely to help my well-known client recruit for a Senior Finance Business Partner. You will be joining a large, well-known, complex organisation, partnering with senior leadership across significant parts of the business. This is a highly commercial and operational role, providing insight, challenge and decision support to improve financial performance, productivity and operational efficiency.
You’ll take ownership of planning, forecasting and performance reporting for your area, while working closely with senior stakeholders to understand performance drivers, identify opportunities and support key investment and transformation decisions. The role will give you the opportunity to influence a substantial cost base, support investment and transformation activity, drive improvements in performance and develop a team of FBPs.
The role:
- Act as the lead Finance Business Partner to senior and executive stakeholders
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning
- Provide clear insight into financial and operational performance, highlighting key risks and opportunities
- Identify opportunities to improve cost and productivity
- Support strategic projects, investment proposals and business cases
- Track the financial benefits and ROI of key initiatives and investments
- Partner with Procurement and other functions on supplier and commercial decisions
- Maintain strong financial control across a significant operational cost base
- Develop MI and KPIs to improve visibility and decision-making
- Drive improvements in reporting, processes and automation
- Lead and develop a small finance team
- Build strong relationships across Finance and the wider business, becoming a trusted advisor to senior leadership
- Leading a team of 3 Finance Business Partners
This would suit a commercially minded qualified accountant who enjoys being close to the operational side of a business rather than purely reporting the numbers. Ideally, you’ll bring:
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification or equivalent
- Strong Finance Business Partnering experience in an operationally complex environment
- Strong budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis experience
- Experience working with senior non-finance stakeholders
- The ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-making
- Experience building business cases and evaluating investment decisions
- A strong understanding of cost management and operational performance
- Previous team management or coaching experience
- A track record of improving reporting, processes and financial insight
- Previous experience of having significant exposure to senior leadership and operational decision-making executives
- Experience in large corporates is desired.
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