Finance Business Partner

Overview

ABOUT THE JOB

Working within FP&A

Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you will take ownership of the financials for a Division within Haymarket, manage various ongoing projects to improve efficiencies in systems and processes, as well as managing and developing a small team.

Haymarket is seeking a dynamic and experienced finance professional to join our team as a Finance Business Partner. In this role, you'll be a key financial partner for one of our divisions, taking ownership of its financials while leading a small team. You'll drive efficiency and results oriented advice by providing proactive crucial financial analysis to key stakeholders, contributing directly to the division's success

• Sit on the Executive Team of a Division, contributing to the effective running of that Division delivering a growth plan.
• Confidently present financial and business information to Divisional Board and other executive stakeholders across the group.
• Provide fact led analysis to aid decision making, strategy and results.
• Collaborate with business managers to complete annual budgets and 3-year business plans.
• Create and maintain successful working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Attend and credibly contribute to business meetings.
• Autonomously take ownership for production of all monthly and annual reporting for a division.
• Manage and help train a small team to assist in your goals.
• Continuously seek ways to improve internal financial reporting and control processes.
• Positively challenge business assumptions.
• Support the business in catering for uncertainty by performing scenario analysis where necessary.
• Ensure accuracy in underlying transactions with a detailed mindset and precision forecasting.

You will be working with various stakeholders across the business, supporting them with analysis of all financial matters of the division and working to achieve project goals. Your key business partnering relationship will be the Managing Director of the division. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing and mentoring a small team, ensuring their development aligns with the division's goals.

• Demonstrated success in a Finance Business Partner role with management responsibilities.
• Attained or working towards a relevant professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA etc), ideally at least 3 years PQE.
• Experience of G Suite, including Slides, Sheets etc. Experienced operating at an advanced level within Excel. Adept at presenting data at best in class standards.
• Experience of AI tools like Claude to drive efficiency in Finance
• Extensive experience of seeking and implementing ways to improve on current practice.
• Must have a conscientious, accurate, detailed and methodical approach to work.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, e.g. articulate when communicating to partners and key staff, and able to present financial results to the function and wider business.
• Can demonstrate strong relationship building skills with ability to work with colleagues at all levels.
• A team player with a flexible and pro-active approach to work with the ability to work autonomously.

• Strategic & Commercially Minded:
  You don't just report numbers; you understand the business context behind them. You are proactive in providing fact-led analysis that helps guide strategy, evaluate opportunities, and drive divisional growth.
• Credible & Confident Communicator:
  You possess top-tier written and verbal communication skills. You can articulate complex financial concepts clearly and present with confidence when sitting on the Divisional Executive Team and interacting with executive stakeholders.
• Constructive & Proactive Challenger:
  You are comfortable positively challenging business assumptions, running scenario analyses to handle uncertainty, and pushing for operational excellence.
• Tech-Forward & Efficiency-Driven:
  You actively look for ways to modernise processes and improve control environments. You possess advanced skills in Google Workspace/Excel and embrace cutting-edge AI tools (like Claude) to streamline finance workflows.
• Collaborative & Empathetic Leader:
  You excel at building strong, trusted relationships across all levels of the business—especially with your key partner, the Divisional Managing Director. As a manager, you are invested in mentoring, developing, and guiding a small team.
• Meticulous & Autonomous:
  You take full ownership of your work, bringing a conscientious, highly detailed, and methodical approach to ensure absolute accuracy in reporting and forecasting.

How will success in this role typically be measured?

• Becoming a trusted, indispensable advisor to the Divisional Managing Director and the Executive Team.
• Successfully delivering insightful, fact-led financial analysis that directly improves decision-making, mitigates risk, and…