Finance Business Partner

About the role

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end activities, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analysis.
• Identify risks and opportunities and support decision-making across the business.
• Contribute to improving processes and controls.
• Review business cases and investment proposals.
• Provide clear financial insight to financial and non-financial stakeholders.

Required experience and skills

• Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and monthly reporting.
• Proven business partnering and stakeholder management experience, with confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders.
• Demonstrable financial modelling, analysis, and forecasting skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret financial and non-financial data for commercial insight and decision-making.
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex financial information to varied audiences.
• Advanced Excel skills, excellent organizational ability, and a track record of continuous improvement.

Helpful experience

• A recognized accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent, or working toward one, would be helpful.
• Financial services experience; experience supporting investment budgets, project portfolios, or change initiatives would be helpful.
• Business-case preparation and review, including ROI and benefits analysis, would be helpful.
• Reporting improvements, automation, process enhancements, or experience with Workday Financials, Adaptive, or similar planning tools would be helpful.

Work arrangement

• The role follows a team-led hybrid approach, with at least two days per week in the Coventry and/or Manchester office.

Hours

• Full-time role, 35 hours.

Benefits

• Benefits include 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays, a holiday buy/sell scheme, an annual discretionary bonus scheme, matched pension contributions, and life assurance of six times annual salary.