Finance Business Partner - Commercial

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment. We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

Job Reference: 000671

Salary: 55,000

Department: Finance

Location: South Kensington

Employment type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 36

Closing date: 01/03/2026

About The Role

This Finance Business Partner role is a key position in supporting the future of the Museum's commercial teams. You'll work across a diverse range of areas that are central to the Museum's ambition to build a robust and sustainable organisation, giving you real exposure to how one of the world's most visited institutions operates and grows. Working in a fast‑paced environment, you'll partner with stakeholders to support day‑to‑day financial delivery and longer‑term planning for future growth. You'll build strong relationships, provide clear financial insight and play an active role in helping ambitious commercial teams to deliver on their strategic objectives. As a senior member of the team, you'll also support the development of your direct reports, whilst contributing to a high‑performing and collaborative finance team.

About You

We're looking for someone who's excited by the opportunity to deepen their understanding of how finance supports a wide range of commercial activity at the Natural History Museum. You'll be naturally curious, enjoy working closely with a variety of stakeholders and will be motivated by the chance to influence decision‑making through clear, insightful financial analysis. You'll be comfortable balancing operational delivery with strategic thinking, especially when working alongside some of the Museum's wider transformation programmes, such as NHM150. You're ambitious for your own development and passionate about the Museum, taking pride in being a trusted finance partner. You'll enjoy partnering across a diverse range of areas, demonstrating financial leadership and supporting continuous improvement of the Museum's commercial strategy. You'll be a passionate leader who values the opportunity to coach and develop others, and help foster a positive culture within a performance‑driven team.

Thriving at the Museum: The way we work

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum's values and forms the framework for the way we work.

What we offer:

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
• Life insurance
• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
• Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures.
• Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in‑house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi.
• Hybrid working

We are working towards a vision where both people and planet thrive, and nothing gives a greater connection with this, than seeing first‑hand, the visitors, scientific research and collections that all of our work is inspired by and working side by side with the teams delivering the visitor experience and events. We also recognise the benefits and flexibility that hybrid working brings. We operate a hybrid working model that requires regular attendance for this role, with the precise pattern of days on site and worked from home to be agreed with your manager.

How to apply

Please note that as part of our commitment to anonymised shortlisting, panels do not view CVs during the recruitment process. If you choose to upload your CV, our system will automatically pull information from your CV into our application form. We advise you to double‑check your application form data before submitting as the tool may interpret CVs differently.

Closing date: 23:59 on 1st March 2026. Interviews expected: w/c 9th March 2026. We encourage early applications where possible. Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.