Finance Business Partner - Global Overheads

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

Shape the work behind some of the world’s most loved sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands.

At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.

The Finance Business Partner – Global Overheads owns financial governance, insight and challenge across global functional costs, partnering functional leaders and regional finance teams to improve visibility, forecasting accuracy and commercial decision making.

The role builds a consistent and forward-looking approach to overhead cost management across areas such as occupancy, legal, finance, innovation and other non-people operating ]

What you’ll be doing:

• Partner functional leaders and regional finance teams on budgets, forecasts and cost performance across global overheads.

• Provide monthly cost centre reporting, variance analysis and actionable insights for senior stakeholders.

• Support month-end processes with the accounting team to ensure accurate cost recognition and reporting.

• Work closely with FP&A to produce robust budgets, forecasts and scenario modelling across functional cost areas.

• Develop visibility of spend drivers, trends, commitments and risks across regions and functions.

• Support business cases, investment analysis and ad hoc commercial decision support across overhead spend categories.

• Challenge cost assumptions and proactively identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce waste or reallocate investment.

• Act as a data detective, investigating anomalies, trends and underlying operational drivers rather than simply reporting variances.

• Build strong relationships across regional finance teams to improve consistency of reporting, governance and forecasting approaches.

What you’ll bring:

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).

• Strong financial modelling, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Comfortable operating with senior stakeholders across a matrix organisation.

• Commercially minded, able to balance cost control with supporting business growth and investment.

• Naturally curious and inquisitive, with the ability to investigate underlying business drivers.

• Strong attention to detail with a structured approach to financial control.

• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting processes.

• Advanced Excel skills and experience with planning/reporting tools such as SAP, Anaplan, TM1 or Power BI.

Why Pentland Brands?

Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.

We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better. Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.

Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.

You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page .

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

1. Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.

2. Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.

3. Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.