Finance Business Partner

Location: This role is offered on a permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby, London or Milan Office. We are looking for a commercially astute Finance Business Partner to support our fast-paced Digital and Commercial functions. This is a high-visibility role at the heart of a growing area of the business, providing strategic financial leadership and enabling data-driven decision making across revenue-generating and customer-focused teams. You will work closely with Digital, Commercial, and Finance teams to drive financial performance, support key initiatives, and deliver insightful, business-oriented analysis. You will be a key voice in planning, budgeting and forecasting across both revenue and cost lines – bringing clarity, challenge, and a commercial mindset to everything you do.

What you will be doing:

• Translate functional strategies into clear financial plans, business targets, and KPIs.
• Lead the full planning cycle for Digital and Commercial – from budgeting through to forecasting and performance tracking.
• Deliver insightful reporting and analysis to influence strategic and operational decisions.
• Build strong partnerships across Digital, Commercial, and wider business teams, acting as a trusted financial advisor.
• Provide scenario modelling and investment appraisal to support innovation and growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with regional teams and group finance to ensure alignment and consistency.
• Help simplify and standardise financial processes while fostering cross-functional collaboration.

About you:

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong finance background with demonstrable experience in business partnering and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven track record in digital, e-commerce, or commercial finance environments.
• Strong financial planning, analysis, and modelling skills, with advanced Excel proficiency.
• Experience with SAP and business intelligence tools such as Power BI is desirable.
• Commercially aware, with excellent communication and stakeholder influencing skills.

The extras you'll get:

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you would expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and private healthcare. In the UK&I, we have introduced new Individual and Family Friendly Policies including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation.
• Support for neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette's syndrome.
• Support for women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.

We are proud to offer inclusive benefits and programs that reflect the diverse identities and experiences of our employees. Our healthcare coverage includes enhanced support for all individuals, including the diverse needs of trans and non-binary colleagues—such as voice coaching, gender affirmation surgery (including facial surgery), and other medically necessary services. We also provide access to resources and programs tailored to the unique needs of all employees, regardless of gender identity or expression. Additions to fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all.

We are RS Group:

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions – the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management. Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital. We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customers, suppliers, our people, and communities. RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent. In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?