Job Description
SF Partners are seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to play a pivotal role in supporting financial strategy, strengthening financial performance and enabling informed decision-making across a large and complex organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive finance professional who enjoys working in partnership with senior leaders, translating financial information into meaningful business insight and identifying opportunities to improve financial sustainability and performance.
The Role:
As Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with senior stakeholders to support the delivery of financial objectives and wider organisational strategy.
You will provide strategic financial advice, business partnering and commercial insight, ensuring that financial plans are robust, risks are understood and opportunities for growth and development are fully evaluated.
You will take a lead role in supporting the financial planning and reporting cycle, including management accounts, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and year-end reporting, ensuring that information is accurate, timely and supports effective decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, providing proactive financial advice and insight to support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Partner with senior leaders to monitor financial performance, assess progress against financial targets and identify opportunities to strengthen financial sustainability.
- Provide financial guidance on business development opportunities, investment proposals and organisational transformation, ensuring financial risks and implications are fully assessed.
- Coordinate and support the preparation and review of management accounts, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and year-end financial reporting.
- Develop and present robust business cases for investment, working collaboratively with business development and transformation colleagues to assess financial viability and resource requirements.
- Ensure proposed activities and commercial opportunities are appropriately costed and pricing structures deliver sustainable financial returns.
- Provide financial modelling, scenario analysis and options appraisals to support informed strategic decisions.
- Promote compliance with financial policies, procedures and governance requirements, ensuring consistency and strong financial control.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, management information and analytical reporting, enhancing the quality of insight available to senior leaders.
- Support and coach stakeholders to improve financial awareness, understanding of performance measures and confidence in financial decision-making.