Position: Finance Business Partner
Reporting Line: Head of Finance
Working Pattern: On-site (some flex to work from home 1 day per week)
Overview
An opportunity has arisen for a commercially focused FP&A professional to join a centralised finance function. The role will support the enhancement of financial planning and analysis capabilities, with a strong emphasis on improving reporting processes, delivering meaningful insight, and increasing automation across the function.
Key Responsibilities
* Partner with the Finance Transformation lead to help deliver and optimise a financial planning and reporting system.
* Act as a finance partner throughout the budgeting and forecasting cycles, supporting key stakeholders.
* Capture business requirements and translate them into clear development specifications for reporting and planning tools.
* Support the creation of consistent, automated reporting outputs and dashboards.
* Develop and maintain data integration processes as additional data sources are incorporated into reporting systems.
* Analyse consolidated financial performance and forecasts, providing clear and actionable insights to senior management.
* Work closely with both central and operational teams to enhance reporting quality and streamline planning processes.
* Support the transition from manual spreadsheet-based reporting to system-driven, automated solutions.
* Contribute to the evolution of best practices within FP&A, promoting a more insight-led approach.
* Present financial information to senior stakeholders, converting complex datasets into clear, concise narratives.
Skills & Experience Required
* Fully qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a solid grounding in finance.
* Proven experience in a business partnering role, engaging with both operational and senior stakeholders.
* Advanced Excel capabilities, including financial modelling.
* Strong knowledge of core FP&A activities such as budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
* Ability to quickly adapt to and learn new systems and tools.
* Understanding of data structures within relational databases.
* Experience developing reports using financial systems or BI tools (e.g. planning or visualisation platforms).
* Demonstrable experience of reviewing and enhancing existing processes.
* Strong analytical skills, with the ability to distil complex data into meaningful insights.
* Detail-oriented, proactive, and commercially aware.
* Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with accountability for delivering outputs.
* A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on adding value through data and analysis.