Finance Business Partner

Ricoh is seeking a high‑impact Finance Business Partner to support our Commercial Finance teams in London. This role is central to strengthening our commercial finance capability providing clear, actionable insight that drives profitability, cost discipline, and strategic decision‑making across the organisation. As a key business partner, you will convert complex financial data into meaningful analysis, deliver end‑to‑end forecasting rigour, and ensure full visibility of financial performance, risk and opportunity. This is a role for someone who thrives in a dynamic, changing environment and who can confidently challenge, influence, and add value.

What you will be doing

• Business Partnering
  • Act as a trusted finance advisor to Commercial Finance teams, providing high‑quality financial insight, scenario analysis, and performance recommendations.
  • Own the monthly reporting cycle, delivering accurate variance analysis, margin bridges, and insightful performance commentary.
  • Lead the forecasting process, ensuring alignment between pipeline activity, revenue expectations, margin drivers, and rebate exposure.
  • Proactively challenge assumptions, identify drivers of performance, and highlight risks and opportunities to enhance profitability.
• Cost Management & Governance
  • Manage and maintain expense governance, including monthly tracking, variance analysis, and forward‑looking forecast updates with clear narrative.
  • Ensure spend remains aligned with budget parameters, escalating inefficiencies or overspend with actionable recommendations.
  • Support investment cases for marketing and other initiatives, including ROI modelling and risk assessment.
  • Spot cost leakage, duplication, or underperforming activity and provide clear, data‑driven insight to influence decision‑making.

You will ideally bring

• Degree‑level education, ideally in Finance, Business, Economics or related disciplines.
• Professional qualification ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent) with strong experience in management accounting, commercial analysis, or finance business partnering.
• Demonstrated experience in developing or enhancing reporting and management information systems.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to translate analysis into practical, value‑adding recommendations.
• Proven credibility engaging senior stakeholders across complex, matrixed or large‑scale organisations.
• Highly organised, resilient, and comfortable working under pressure to demanding timelines.
• Excellent communication skills, with strong command of written and spoken English; additional languages advantageous.
• Confident user of M365, ERP systems (eg Oracle) and ideally Power BI.

In return for your commitment, you can expect

• A competitive salary package
• Industry leading benefits

We are an equal opportunities employer. At Ricoh, we embrace and respect the collective and unique talents, experience, and perspectives of all people. Together we inspire remarkable innovation. That’s how we live the Ricoh Way.

Ricoh has removed the disclosure of convictions box from their application process (ban the box) offering equal opportunities to all. For all roles, we will judge each individual on their skills and ability before considering their history. However some roles are subject to sensitive and restrictive information and, if successful, you may be required to undertake pre‑employment vetting checks including residency, credit reference, financial sanctions checks and a DBS Check. Further information on Employment Vetting can be accessed by contacting the Ricoh Recruitment Team.