Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

£55,000 - £60,000 + 10% Bonus & Bens

Watford

Are you a personable, articulate and ambitious Accountant with comfort in management accounts, strong analytical skills and the commercial acumen to work more in a business partnering capacity for a global employer? Aila is exclusively partnered with a fantastic business in Watford on the recruitment of a Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis.

• £600m revenue, a global group and a leader in its field
• Exceptional growth over the last 3 years and a great place to develop
• 1,000 employees, a great culture and excellent hybrid arrangements (2 in, 3 out)

The Finance Business Partner plays a critical role in the team, acting as a key business partner and decision-support lead for the UK business. Supporting the whole UK business, the role is responsible for delivering high-quality financial planning, analysis, reporting, and operational insight to support strategic and commercial decision-making.

This role is a blend of monthly management accounting, business partnering with non-finance and utilising Excel and Power BI to drive better insight and performance.

• Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, and periodic reforecasts
• Provide clear financial insight, analysis, and decision support to the SLT
• Act as a trusted finance business partner to operational and functional leaders
• Accurate reporting of month end performance (including posting of journals ensuring accounting policies are being followed)
• Conduct detailed financial analysis and cost deep-dives to identify risks, opportunities, and efficiency improvements
• Support the Senior FP&A Manager, collaborating closely with Group Finance teams, including global stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely completion of budgeting, forecasting, and month-end reporting cycles
• Support operational performance optimisation through forward-looking financial analysis and strategic business partnering
• Support the Senior FP&A Manager to continuously improve Opex reporting within Power BI, partnering with IT teams to maintain robust, accurate, and relevant reporting solutions
• FP&A accrual balance sheet reconciliation

• Finalist or Newly Qualified Accountant with solid month end experience
• Strong problem-solving skills and a commercially curious mindset
• Business partnering experience with non-Finance stakeholders and a confident communicator
• Strong Excel skills - confident in manipulating data, pivot tables and formulas

• £55,000 - £60,000
• 10% Bonus
• Private medical and 5% matched pension
• Stable and collaborative culture with excellent learning opportunity
• Hybrid working (1/2 days in, 3 remote)