FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner

Job Title:

FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner - UK&I

Function:
Finance

Area: UK & Ireland

Reporting To:
Finance Director

Contract:

12 Months Fixed Term

Location:

2 days a week in Friars Gate Shirley

Level: Senior Business Partner

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking partnership of highly respected Primary Care and Referral veterinary practices across the UK and Ireland, comprising some of the best clinicians in the profession.

While our practices are individual, we are united by two important things: a commitment to excellence in everything we do and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

We carefully select the practices we partner with to ensure the highest levels of patient care across our group. Together, we provide a growing community of like‑minded veterinary professionals who are passionate about what they do, working across small animal, farm and equine veterinary medicine.

As part of Mars Veterinary Health, our Five Principles — Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom — are at the centre of how we operate and make decisions.

As FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner – UK&I, you will play a pivotal role in driving and narrating UK&I business performance and supporting strategic growth.

Working closely with the UK&I leadership team, Finance colleagues and European teams, you will translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights that support effective decision-making.

You will act as a trusted financial partner to senior stakeholders, providing robust analysis, constructive challenge and forward‑looking insight. You will help leaders understand business performance, identify opportunities and risks, improve efficiency and make informed decisions that support sustainable growth.

This is a 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

• Delivering insightful, high-quality financial planning, analysis and decision support.
• Leading reporting and associated processes across actuals, budgeting and forecasting.
• Partnering with wider UK&I and European Finance teams to provide a clear and insightful performance narrative.
• Presenting financial performance, outcomes and insights to local leadership teams.
• Investigating inefficiencies and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Identifying growth opportunities and supporting forward planning through robust business insight.
• Providing ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required.
• Embedding Mars' Five Principles into financial insight, recommendations and decision‑making.

• Own and lead the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning processes for UK&I, working closely with central Finance and FP&A teams.
• Deliver periodic, quarterly and annual financial updates, providing clear narratives around performance drivers
• Provide detailed analysis of financial results, market trends and operational metrics.
• Identify trends, variances, risks and opportunities and translate these into actionable recommendations.
• Prepare and present compelling financial insights to senior leadership and governance forums.
• Ensure financial analysis and outputs meet high standards of quality, accuracy and integrity.
• Support the business in understanding the financial implications of strategic and operational decisions.
• Develop forward‑looking analysis to support sustainable growth and improved business performance.

• Act as a trusted partner to senior UK&I business leaders.
• Build strong relationships across Finance and the wider business, creating effective collaboration between Finance and operational teams.
• Lead financial conversations that support…