Senior Finance Business Partner
* Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 pa, DOE
* Location: East Midlands
* Working Pattern: Hybrid
* Benefits: Comprehensive & competitive benefits package
The Opportunity:
Reporting into the Finance Director, the Finance Business Partner role is a newly created and crucial position within our client’s existing Commercial Finance team. You will challenge and influence decision making across the Sales & Commercial leadership teams, highlighting areas of risk & opportunity through financial insights, ensuring performance metrics and financial targets are met, and drive continued profitable growth across the business.
This position provides a rare opportunity to play a prominent role within a Private Equity backed and award-winning organisation, within a department that is at the beginning of an exciting transformation period.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
The successful candidate will hold a professional accounting qualification and strong financial analysis & modelling skills, with experience within industry (ideally product & services), and comfortable with being highly visible & influential within a team of varied senior stakeholders.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Business Partnering:
* Act as the primary finance partner to Sales and Commercial leadership. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior management, department heads & external partners.
* Communicate financial performance & insights effectively to drive informed decision-making.
* Hold sales teams to account on performance against targets, challenging constructively where required.
* Support sales leaders in understanding key drivers of revenue, margin, & profitability.
* Provide financial input into commercial strategy, deals, and pricing decisions
Performance Management & Insight:
* Lead on performance reporting, providing clear analysis of actuals vs budget/forecast/target.
* Deliver actionable insights on sales performance, margin trends, pipeline conversion, & customer profitability.
* Prepare and present performance packs for senior management & Board reviews.
* Provide data-led insight across sales & commercial teams to improve decision-making
Forecasting, Budgeting & Planning:
* Own the sales forecasting process, ensuring accuracy, transparency, & accountability.
* Support the Finance Director/CFO with the annual budgeting cycle & long-term strategic planning.
* Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, & required actions.
* Collaborate with Sales Operations to ensure pipeline data integrity & accurate forecasting.
Sales Commission Process:
* Own the end-to-end sales commission process, ensuring accuracy, transparency, & compliance with policy.
* Partner with HR & Sales Operations to manage commission schemes.
* Ensure timely & accurate calculation, reporting, & communication of commission outcomes.
* Provide analysis of incentive effectiveness & alignment with business objectives.
Finance Governance & Control:
* Establish & maintain a robust framework of financial governance & control. Ensure compliance with financial regulations, standards & company policies, namely revenue recognition.
* Implement best practices in financial management & reporting, owning pricing/margin guardrails, contract standards & risk management
What We’re Looking For
* Professional Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) 5+ years post-qualified.
* Previous experience in a Finance Business Partnering role, preferably within the IT sector with hardware/services & support contract revenue reporting.
* Strong financial analysis & modelling skills, and experience of PowerBI or equivalent MI/BI platforms.
* Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with a proactive and results-oriented mindset.
* The confidence to challenge & influence senior stakeholders and ways of working, within finance & wider business.
* UK resident with unrestricted right to work in the UK; please note that we cannot offer visa sponsorship for overseas candidates.
If you feel you are suitable, please apply today by submitting your CV. Alternatively, to discuss the opportunity further, please contact Janet McGlaughlin directly.
Thank you for taking an interest in the role advertised. We'd like to confirm that each CV received is read thoroughly by a trained consultant; if your application is shortlisted then you will be contacted via telephone in the first instance. If we have not contacted you within 5 working days of your application, please understand that the CV received, and the information provided does not meet the requirements of the role. However, we endeavour to consider all applicants for future opportunities; should you wish to speak to the named consultant about your application, please contact us directly.