Finance Business Partner

Nigel Wright Group are proud to be partnering with a high-growth, market-leading retail organisation in their search for a commercially focused Finance Business Partner. This role is being recruited to support a substantial portfolio of strategic transformation and change programmes.

This is a highly visible role partnering directly with senior executives, programme directors and finance leadership, providing financial challenge, investment appraisal and strategic insight across a large-scale change agenda.

The Opportunity

• Partner with senior leaders across multiple group functions
• Take ownership of budgeting, forecasting and financial planning across the group
• Review, challenge and enhance business cases to ensure capital is allocated effectively
• Support investment governance and benefit realisation across major strategic programmes
• Deliver insightful financial analysis, reporting and decision support to executive stakeholders
• Provide robust challenge around programme costs, risks, opportunities and return on investment
• Influence key business decisions that directly impact future growth and profitability
• Lead high-quality monthly reporting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Partner closely with Controllership and wider Finance teams to ensure strong financial governance
• Support ongoing transformation initiatives within a complex and evolving business environment

Why This Role Stands Out

• Opportunity to influence significant business and transformation investment decisions
• Extensive exposure to Executive Committee and senior leadership stakeholders
• Broad, commercially focused finance partnering role rather than traditional reporting
• The candidate will be joining a business continuing to invest heavily in technology, digital transformation and growth
• Work at the centre of strategic decision-making and change delivery
• Opportunity to add real value through challenge, insight and commercial judgement
• Fast-paced environment offering strong future career progression opportunities
• Excellent blend of commercial finance, investment appraisal and strategic partnering
• Hybrid working of 2 days in the office and the rest from home

About You

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Strong Finance Business Partnering experience within a larger business
• Experience supporting change, transformation, technology, projects or investment portfolios
• Excellent financial modelling, forecasting and analytical skills
• Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and influencing decision-making
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to translate complex financial information into meaningful commercial insight
• Advanced Excel skills with strong attention to detail
• Experience working with programme budgets, business cases and benefit tracking would be advantageous