Job Description
The role of Finance Business Partner in this internationally growing business requires strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills and a keen eye for detail. Based near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, the successful candidate will support financial planning and decision-making processes within the accounting and finance department.
Client Details
This opportunity is with a well-established and highly respected company who are successfully growing globally. Apply now to join them on this journey! They offer a hybrid working pattern, an excellent benefits package and a professional environment with a focus on delivering high-quality services to their clients.
Description
This Finance Business Partner role will require:
* Business Partnering & Insight:* Partner with Senior leaders (e.g. IT, HR, Fleet, Property, Finance) to understand cost drivers, productivity and performance.* Provide clear, actionable insight to support prioritisation and decision-making.* Build trusted relationships that enable constructive challenge and influence.
* Performance Management:* Analyse overhead spend and productivity trends, identifying risks and opportunities.* Develop, enhance and maintain KPI frameworks and dashboards for support functions.* Increase transparency over support function costs, productivity and the outcomes delivered to the business.
* Planning, Forecasting & Modelling:* Own forecasting and budgeting processes for Head Office and support functions.* Build capacity and cost models to support growth and scalability.* Develop robust business cases for investment in people, technology and infrastructure, including ROI and payback analysis.
* Continuous Improvement, Data & AI:* Identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, reporting and ways of working.* Drive automation to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy, consistency and speed.* Champion the use of AI and advanced analytics to enhance forecasting, scenario modelling, anomaly detection and insight generation.
* Reporting & Governance:* Deliver high-quality management reporting* Ensure strong data integrity, controls and consistency of information.* Support ad-hoc analysis and strategic initiatives across the business.
* Collaboration:* Integrate closely with the wider Finance team, sharing best practice and supporting collective objectives.* Contribute to building a high-performing, forward-looking Finance capability.
Profile
A successful Finance Business Partner needs to be commercially minded, curious and proactive finance professional who enjoys partnering with the business and improving how Finance adds value.
Essential skills and experiences we are looking for:* Full qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post-qualification experience in FP&A, commercial finance or performance analysis.* Experience partnering with non-finance stakeholders.* Strong analytical capability and the ability to translate data into clear insight and action.* Experience with budgeting, forecasting & KPI development.* Confidence to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders at different levels.* A strong interest in data, automation and AI, and how these can transform finance.* Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills (experience with Power BI, SQL, or similar tools is desirable).* Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.* A continuous improvement mentality.
Job Offer
* There are prospects for career and personal development in this role. As the business continues to grow organically, and commitment to international expansion, alongside our continual striving to add more value from every function of the business creates significant opportunities for those with the right capabilities and attitudes.
* You'll receive regular appraisals and annual pay reviews.
* We offer a highly competitive salary (£60,000 - £65,000) and our generous benefits package includes Life Assurance, Income Protection, pension contributions and 28 days holiday (not including bank holidays). We also operate profit share and equity schemes so that our people share in the success of the business.
* Joining us also brings many social benefits with a full social calendar.