Senior Finance Business Partner

In a nutshell

Are you a commercially astute finance leader who thrives on influencing decision‑making and driving performance? We’re looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to provide high‑quality financial and commercial insight to Finance Partners and senior stakeholders across the business. Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, this role plays a critical part in enabling the firm to achieve its financial objectives through robust analysis, trusted advice and forward‑looking commercial support.

This is an opportunity to operate as a true business partner - shaping strategy, driving efficiency and supporting sustainable growth in a dynamic professional services environment.

• Acting as a trusted commercial partner to Finance Partners and budget holders, providing clear, timely and insightful financial information to support effective decision‑making.
• Delivering high‑quality financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting and performance reporting, including variance analysis and ad‑hoc business insights.
• Acting as a sounding board on new initiatives, identifying commercial risks and opportunities at an early stage.
• Establishing and embedding effective processes for regular performance reviews, offering the right balance of challenge and support.
• Collaborating with local and central teams to ensure an efficient, effective and joined‑up finance service.
• Researching market and competitor activity to inform commercial thinking and best practice.
• Designing and delivering training to the wider business to improve financial understanding and commercial performance.
• Building strong relationships with Partners, Directors and senior stakeholders, confidently leading stakeholder meetings and influencing change.
• Supporting and developing team members through coaching, feedback and performance management.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of the department’s operational strategy.
• Actively promoting the firm’s ESG, wellbeing, inclusion and diversity initiatives, and encouraging sustainable ways of working.

• Professionally qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with strong, relevant post‑qualification experience.
• Proven experience in financial planning, analysis, forecasting, budgeting and commercial decision support, ideally within a complex or professional services environment.
• Strong people management experience, with a track record of developing and coaching others.
• Advanced Microsoft skills, particularly Excel, with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights.
• Commercially minded, with a clear understanding of how finance adds value to a business.
• Confident communicator with the presence and credibility to influence at Partner and Director level.
• Highly organised, resilient and able to manage multiple work streams in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proactive, solutions‑focused and comfortable driving change and improvement across the business.

Financial benefits:

• Pension
• Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
• Group income protection
• Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

Health & Wellbeing benefits:

• Option to buy 5 extra days holiday*
• Counselling and support for you and your immediate family
• Virtual GP for you and your immediate family
• Cycle to work*

Other benefits:

• Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts
• Gifts for career and family milestones
• One volunteering day per year to support local organisations
• Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation

* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.