As a Senior Finance Business Partner - Costs, you'll drive cost transparency, financial performance, and strategic decision-making across the organisation. You'll provide high-quality financial insight, challenge, and guidance to senior stakeholders, ensuring cost efficiency and optimisation are embedded in business planning, forecasting, and operational activity.
Requirements
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience in a finance business partnering role or equivalent senior finance position.
- Solid understanding of cost management principles, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Knowledge of financial governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks.
- Understanding of organisational operations and cost drivers within a complex business environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to translate data into actionable insight.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to engage senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; comfortable managing complex datasets.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively, and manage multiple deadlines.
- High attention to detail combined with strategic thinking.
- Proven track record of supporting and influencing senior stakeholders.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working – with a minimum of 50% office presence to support teamwork and connection
- Collaborative office spaces designed for creative thinking and innovation
- Generous holiday package – 25 days annual leave, 3 wellbeing days, and your birthday off (plus the option to buy up to 10 more days!)
- Private healthcare for all employees
- Competitive pension scheme and performance-related bonus opportunities
- Free broadband for all employees
- Life event gifts – celebrating milestones like marriages and births
- Inclusive employee networks – open to all, supporting peer connection and thought-provoking conversations
- Salary sacrifice scheme – save on dental, gym, and more
- Big retail and leisure discounts
- 3 paid volunteering days a year – because making a difference matters to us too