Role: Finance Business Partner – 12 – 15 Months FTC
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Location: Bedfordshire
Working Model: Hybrid
The Accountancy & Finance Division at The ONE Group is partnering with a recognisable business based in Bedfordshire in recruiting for an Experienced Finance Business Partner for a period of 12 – 15 Months to cover maternity. This is a genuinely commercial role, partnering closely with senior operational stakeholders and providing the financial insight, modelling and challenge needed to support key business decisions and strategic investment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a key Finance Business Partner to senior operational stakeholders, providing commercial insight and constructive financial challenge.
- Build strong relationships across the business and help stakeholders understand the financial impact of operational and strategic decisions.
- Deliver financial modelling and commercial analysis to support business performance and decision-making.
- Develop budgets and forecasts in partnership with operational stakeholders.
- Work with short and medium-term forecasting cycles, identifying key risks and opportunities.
- Build robust commercial business cases to support significant business investment and transformation programmes.
- Analyse the financial implications of different strategic options, including cost, depreciation, return on investment and overall financial viability.
- Track and report the financial benefits of investments and business initiatives against agreed business cases.
- Support investment decisions across the organisation, assessing both new opportunities and reinvestment into existing operations.
- Assess investment costs, expected commercial returns, profitability and resource requirements.
- Provide detailed financial analysis and reporting to support senior management decision-making.
- Challenge assumptions and ensure commercial proposals are supported by robust financial analysis.
- Work closely with the wider Finance team to provide accurate, timely and commercially relevant information.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting and decision-making.
Skills & Experience Required
- Proven experience in a Finance Business Partner or similarly commercial finance role.
- Strong business partnering skills with the confidence to work directly with senior operational stakeholders.
- Experience building financial models and commercial business cases.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis experience.
- Experience assessing investment opportunities and their potential financial returns.
- Ability to turn complex financial information into clear, actionable commercial insight.
- Commercial mindset with the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decision-making.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work to demanding deadlines.
- Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookups and complex formulas.
- ACCA, CIMA or ACA part-qualified as a minimum, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Proactive approach with the ability to take ownership of projects and workload.
- Experience partnering with senior operational teams.
- Previous involvement in strategic investment or transformation programmes.
- Experience producing investment appraisals and commercial business cases.
- Exposure to asset-related financial modelling and depreciation.
- Experience working within a large, complex or fast-paced organisation.
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Finance Business Partner in Kempston employer: The ONE Group Ltd
Join a leading global retail business in Northamptonshire, where you can thrive in a dynamic work culture that values innovation and collaboration. With hybrid working options, competitive salary, and a strong focus on employee development, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact on digital performance while enjoying a balanced work-life environment. You'll be part of a supportive team that encourages growth and fosters strong relationships with major brands, making it an excellent place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
