Finance Business Partner

Commercial Finance & Strategic Analysis

The Company

A well-regarded consumer business in a strong phase of growth, this organisation has built a solid commercial presence across multiple markets and continues to invest in its finance capability to support ongoing expansion. The business carries meaningful commercial complexity and a strong project pipeline.

The culture is people-first, with genuine investment in employee wellbeing and a flexible working environment. The finance team is commercially focused and works closely with operational and senior leadership to drive performance across the business.

Key highlights include:

• A growing business with genuine commercial complexity and a significant project pipeline ahead
• A people-focused culture with above-market employee benefits and hybrid working, 2 days from home per week.
• A commercially sharp finance team working directly with senior operational and business leaders

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Finance, this is a newly created Finance Business Partner role offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract with genuine potential to become a permanent position for the right person. The role operates within a high-SKU, commercially driven environment and requires someone who can get close to the detail, build trusted relationships with operational stakeholders and turn data into decisions.

• Act as the trusted finance partner to assigned business units and operational functions
• Own monthly P&L reporting, including forecasting, variance analysis and performance commentary
• Deliver annual budgeting and reforecasting cycles for assigned areas of the business
• Analyse revenue, cost, margin and performance drivers across a high-volume, high-SKU environment
• Build financial models and business cases to support pricing, investment and commercial initiatives
• Translate financial results into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders
• Identify risks and opportunities and provide proactive recommendations to drive commercial outcomes
• Support continuous improvement in reporting, analytics and commercial visibility
• Partner with FP&A, Commercial Finance and Financial Control teams to ensure alignment
• Prepare and present performance packs and KPI reporting to senior leadership

Your Background

You will be a commercially focused finance professional with hands-on business partnering experience gained in a fast-moving, product-driven or retail environment. You are self-sufficient, comfortable with a high level of detail and confident in building relationships with operational stakeholders. Experience across a high-SKU or multi-site environment will be looked on favourably.

• Minimum 2 to 3 years in a finance business partnering role, or an analyst role with clear evidence of partnering responsibilities
• Background in retail, FMCG or a high-SKU product environment (highly regarded)
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis capability
• Confident financial modeller with advanced Excel skills
• Proven ability to partner with and influence non-finance stakeholders
• Immediately available or on a short notice period preferred
• Experience with large ERP systems (highly regarded)
• Comfortable in a lean team environment with a high degree of autonomy

If you are keen to find out more about this Finance Business Partner position, please contact John Salter at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 2011, quoting reference 10052 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.