Role Description

The FP&A Business Partner will play a critical role in supporting multiple business units across the group, acting as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership and department heads. The roles focus will be on budgeting, forecasting, financial control, and performance reporting, with a strong emphasis on cost control, optimisation, and accountability.

This position will be instrumental in supporting the management to sustain a forward-looking, data-driven, and controlled spending culture, supporting the Finance Director and in guiding the C-suite with clear financial insights and commercial recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Assist with designing, build, and maintain robust budget and forecast models across multiple business units.
• Lead annual budgeting cycles, rolling forecasts, and scenario planning.
• Partner with department heads to challenge assumptions, improve cost discipline, and align spend with strategic objectives.

Financial Control & Performance Management

• Monitor and analyse ongoing financial performance against budget and forecast, highlighting risks, opportunities, and variances.
• Assist in developing cost-control frameworks and KPIs to enhance accountability across departments that allows the business to react with agility.
• Support the accounting function in the implementation of financial governance and spend-control processes.

Reporting & Insights

• Produce and maintain clear, concise, and insightful management reports for senior leadership and the C-suite.
• Assist in designing and maintain dashboards and reporting tools using tools like Excel, Power BI or similar.
• Support in translating complex financial data into actionable commercial insights to support decision-making.
• Own company-wide reporting processes, including month-end close support, variance analysis and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely insights for senior leadership.

Business Partnering & Strategic Support

• Act as a trusted finance partner to business unit leaders, providing proactive guidance and challenging processes.
• Support the Finance Director and CFO in strategic initiatives, and optimisation projects.
• Contribute to improving financial awareness and ownership across non-finance stakeholders.
• Partner with Accounting teams to prepare, review, and refine monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting.

Systems, Models & Automation

• Build scalable financial models and reporting frameworks that support business growth in line with financial strategy.
• Leverage advanced Excel techniques and Power BI for analysis and visualisation.

Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Excel (complex models, Power Query, automation).
• Strong experience with Power BI (data modelling, dashboards, reporting).
• Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.

Professional Experience

• 4+ years experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or a similar business-partnering role.
• Experience supporting multiple business units or complex organisations is highly desirable.
• Exposure to fast-paced, growth-oriented environments preferred.

Personal Attributes

• Strong commercial mindset with the confidence to challenge the status quo.
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate clearly with different level of stakeholders including non-finance leaders.
• Highly analytical, structured, and detail-oriented, with the ability to see the bigger picture.
• Proactive, hands-on, and comfortable operating in an environment where processes are evolving.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification (ACCA, or equivalent) – completed or in late stages.

What This Role Offers

• High visibility and direct exposure to the Finance Director, CFO, and C-suite.
• The opportunity to help shape FP&A frameworks and influence how the business manages costs and performance.
• A key role in driving cultural change around financial discipline and accountability.
• Competitive compensation package for the right candidate.