This position plays a crucial role in supporting the strategic and commercial objectives by providing high-quality financial insight, challenge and guidance to the business. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including the Executive Committee and the Board, this role ensures robust budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis underpinning effective decision-making, performance management, and long-term value creation. It bridges finance and the business from a commercial perspective, ensuring that financial outcomes align with strategic priorities. The Senior Finance Business Partner is expected to manage budgeting and forecasting processes, contribute to strategic business planning, and develop a comprehensive understanding of business activities and their financial implications. The role requires tailoring financial information for diverse audiences, reviewing business cases for new investments, and supporting financial management of projects. Additionally, the Senior Finance Business Partner will oversee a high-performing team while collaborating with the Financial Planning & Analysis team to deliver key priorities.
Job Duties:
- Manage budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning processes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and delivery of challenging but achievable financial targets.
- Contribute to the Strategic Business Plan through robust financial modelling and forward-looking analysis, drawing on both business inputs and independent financial insight.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of business activities, customer segments, and products and how these translate into financial performance and the P&L.
- Provide independent, value-adding financial analysis, insight and reporting to support performance reviews, commercial decision-making and strategic discussions.
- Tailor financial information and insights to different audiences to ensure relevance, clarity and impact.
- Challenge and influence business plans, budget submissions and forecasts to ensure commercial rigour and alignment with organisational goals.
- Review and support business cases for investments, growth initiatives and new products, ensuring robust financial evaluation and risk assessment.
- Support the financial management of projects, including spend and cash forecasting, accruals and benefits realisation, ensuring financial discipline and alignment with approved budgets.
- Manage and develop a high-performing team by setting clear expectations and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Work collaboratively as part of the financial planning and analysis team to deliver priorities and initiatives in support of the Financial Planning & Analysis Lead.
Job Requirements:
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
- Significant experience in a business-facing finance role, including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, business case development, and performance reporting.
- Strong commercial insight skills, with the ability to influence and challenge confidently.
- Ability to understand business models, customer segments, value drivers and translate strategy into financial insight.
- Capable of contributing to long-term planning and strategic decision-making.
- Highly developed analytical skills to translate complex financial and non-financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Proven leadership skills, with the ability to coach and develop others.
- Sound professional judgement to provide independent, balanced advice that supports effective decision-making.
- Strong interpersonal skills enabling effective partnership across finance and the wider business.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities.
- Advanced Excel capabilities, including pivot tables, functions, lookups and data filtering; strong working knowledge of Word.
- Proven ability to deliver presentations that articulate financial and commercial narratives clearly.
- Solid understanding of management accounting, forecasting, and performance management within a commercial environment.
What You’ll Love:
This role offers the chance to play a key part in maintaining and enhancing the organisation's reputation. You will work in a collaborative environment with opportunities to develop your skills in regulatory oversight, policy creation, and risk-based supervision. The organisation values professional growth and offers ample opportunities for training and career development.
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