Finance Business Partner

Job Title:

Finance Business Partner

Location: Office basedContract: Maternity CoverHours: FlexibleReporting to: CEOLevel: Senior / Executive Leadership Team

Role Overview

As Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in providing financial insight, supporting strategic initiatives, and driving business performance across the company. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will act as a trusted adviser to operational leaders and senior stakeholders, ensuring financial and operational data is translated into clear, actionable insights. This is a highly collaborative and commercially focused role, giving you the opportunity to influence decision-making at a strategic level while driving improvements to financial processes and systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a business partner to operational teams, providing financial insight, challenge, and support for decision-making
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting process for designated business areas, ensuring alignment with company strategy
• Monitor performance using financial and non-financial KPIs, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities
• Deliver accurate and timely management reporting to inform strategic decisions
• Support financial accounting processes, ensuring compliance with reporting standards and internal controls
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on commercial initiatives and strategic projects
• Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of reporting
• Analyse operational and financial data to support cost control, efficiency, and profitability
• Promote the effective use of systems and technology to improve reporting and analysis

Experience Required

• CIMA qualification (or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner or in a commercially focused finance role
• Strong data analysis skills with advanced Excel; ERP or financial systems knowledge desirable
• Ability to present complex financial data clearly to non-financial stakeholders
• Proactive approach with excellent problem-solving and process improvement skills
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities, with the confidence to challenge constructively
• Analytical mindset with high attention to detail