Finance Business Partner

About the role

As a Finance Business Partner, you will sit in the Finance team, working closely with other areas of the business to support strategic and operational decision-making. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will combine Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) with commercial partnering, maintaining and evolving the tools, models and reporting that underpin revenue forecasting, pricing, project performance and commercial insight. Working closely with Commercial, Engagement and Delivery Hubs, you will provide the financial analysis, challenge and recommendations which are aligned with financial reporting standards. They will help shape pricing, scoping and resourcing decisions, while contributing to leadership reporting and supporting the continued development of the organisation’s finance capability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of forecasting, planning and reporting tools, ensuring accurate visibility of revenue, cost and margin performance across projects and service lines.

• Support the Head of Finance with strategic initiatives, scenario planning, board and investor requests, and one-off commercial or corporate projects.

• Review statements of work and their associated reporting requirements to ensure revenue recognition treatment is correctly applied, testing contractual terms against Group accounting policy and FRS 102 (Section 23) before and during delivery, and escalating judgemental or non-standard arrangements to the Head of Finance.

• Provide informal coaching and share commercial and modelling expertise to upskill the wider Finance team.

• Support month-end close, owning the revenue recognition, accrued income and project margin elements, and providing insight-led commentary on results.

• Develop and own rolling revenue forecasts and variance analysis, translating operational data, project performance and pipeline activity into reliable financial insight that supports decision-making and action.

• Build and maintain the financial modelling underpinning hiring, resource planning, margin improvement and workforce decisions, including utilisation, capacity and cost-to-serve.

• Develop KPI, performance and commercial reporting framework that helps leaders understand trends in forecasting, utilisation, profitability, pipeline performance and revenue delivery.

• Partner with the Commercial Finance Partner by providing the modelling, margin analysis and independent challenge behind pricing decisions on strategic or complex engagements, with deal ownership remaining with the Commercial Finance Partner.

• Support the maintenance and review of pricing frameworks, rate cards and pricing guidance, ensuring alignment with business objectives, market positioning, cost structures and target margins.

• Monitor the commercial performance of active engagements, identifying risks to budget, margin or delivery outcomes and working with stakeholders to address issues early.

• Shape finance and commercial system improvements by contributing requirements, supporting implementation activity and identifying opportunities to automate processes and improve data quality, forecasting and reporting.

• Support around year end audit and accounts preparation, ensuring compliance with appropriate financial reporting standards.

Who you are and how you’ll make an impact

• Experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or finance business partnering, ideally within a consulting, professional services, or other services-based environment where project economics, resource planning, and commercial decision-making are central to business performance.

• A recognised professional accounting qualification is essential. Candidates must hold ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.

• A strong track record of partnering with non-finance leaders, influencing decision-making through insight, analysis, and constructive challenge.

• Experience building trusted relationships across the business, ensuring finance is involved early in key commercial decisions and strategic discussions.

Your experience enables you to understand and interpret the drivers of project performance, including utilisation, realisation, gross margin, work in progress and revenue recognition. You are comfortable managing revenue forecasting and pricing analysis at scale, using financial models and reporting tools to turn complex data into clear recommendations and practical actions.

You communicate confidently with senior stakeholders, translating financial information into commercially meaningful narratives and balancing challenge with collaboration. Your approach combines analytical rigour with sound judgement, allowing you to identify opportunities, manage risk and support better business outcomes. Experience with professional services pricing, profitability improvement, CRM platforms, PSA tools and cloud-based finance systems will help you contribute effectively in this environment.

A day in the life

A typical day might begin with reviewing revenue forecasts, project performance and resource planning data, using timesheet, pipeline and financial information to identify emerging trends and areas requiring attention. You may meet with Delivery and Commercial leaders to discuss engagement performance, challenge assumptions within forecasts and provide recommendations on pricing, margin or resourcing decisions.

Equal Opportunities

At Tecknuovo, we’re committed to creating an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want all candidates to have the best possible opportunity to succeed throughout their application. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we actively encourage conversations about reasonable adjustments and will invite shortlisted candidates to share any adjustments they may need during the recruitment process.