Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

Salary: GBP75,000 – GBP85,000 per annum

Location: London, Hybrid

Role type: 12 month fixed term contract

A leading and highly regulated organisation is looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join its Finance function for a 12–month maternity cover.

This is a visible and influential role, partnering with senior management and budget holders to provide financial insight, constructive challenge and forward–looking analysis that supports business performance and strategic decision–making.

You will play a key role in strengthening financial accountability, improving management information and ensuring financial decisions are aligned with organisational priorities, governance requirements and value–for–money principles.

The Role

As Finance Business Partner, you will:

• Partner with senior stakeholders and budget holders, providing clear and commercially focused financial insight and challenge.
• Lead monthly performance reviews, including variance and trend analysis, identifying key risks, opportunities and performance drivers.
• Support annual budgeting, in–year forecasting and longer–term financial planning.
• Develop financial models and undertake scenario analysis to assess the impact of key decisions, pressures and investment opportunities.
• Provide financial input into business cases, investment decisions and wider organisational initiatives.
• Develop meaningful KPIs, dashboards and management information to improve visibility and decision–making.
• Promote strong financial control and governance, ensuring activity remains within approved budgets and policies.
• Contribute to improvements in finance processes, reporting and systems, including the use of automation and business intelligence tools.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and support wider Finance and FP&A priorities as required.

Essential experience

You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) with a minimum of 2 years' post–qualified experience and a strong track record within finance business partnering, FP&A, management reporting or a related commercial finance environment.

• Strong experience of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and performance reporting.
• The ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable insight.
• Experience supporting strategic planning, business cases, investment appraisal and scenario modelling.
• Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders and non–finance colleagues, with the ability to challenge constructively and influence decisions.
• Strong Excel and financial systems/data skills, ideally including experience with reporting or business intelligence tools.
• A good understanding of financial controls, governance and working within a regulated or accountability–focused environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to operate effectively at senior level.

If you are a qualified accountant looking for a senior Finance Business Partner position where you can combine commercial insight, financial analysis and strategic stakeholder partnering, we would be keen to hear from you.