Finance Analyst - Business Partnering

Walker Dendle Financial Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Dendle is seeking a Finance Business Partner to act as a strategic FP&A partner to regional functional leaders. Translate financial data into actionable insights to drive efficiency, budgeting, forecasting and investment decisions across the EMEA region.

Partners with VPs and Directors to align OPEX with business priorities and deliver robust management reporting. The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with minimum 3 years FP&A experience, strong Excel and SAP exposure,

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum 3 years hands-on FP&A experience.
• Experience partnering with senior non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own FP&A planning and performance management cycle.
• Develop budgets in partnership with VPs/Directors; facilitate forecasts.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Education

ACCA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Role

The Function Finance Business Partner serves as a strategic finance partner to regional functional leaders (Function VPs). This role translates financial data into actionable insights that drive operational efficiency, resource optimization, and strategic decision-making within functional areas.

Working under the direction and frameworks established by the Manager - Finance Business Partnering, EMEA, the Function FBP ensures functional spending is aligned to business priorities, delivers value for investment, and supports cross-functional integration by connecting functional strategy to commercial realities.

This role partners directly with VPs and Directors to optimize OPEX performance, establish accountability for functional outcomes, and provide the commercial context necessary to inform functional planning and investment decisions across the EMEA region.

Key Responsibilities

Functional Financial Planning & OPEX Performance Management includes:

• Own the financial planning and performance management cycle.
• Develop annual budgets in partnership with functional VPs and Directors, facilitate quarterly forecast updates.

Performance Visibility & Functional Accountability includes:

• Deliver performance reporting frameworks that provide functional leaders with clear visibility into both financial and operational performance.
• Implement established KPIs and metrics that connect spending to outcomes, activity to impact, and investment to value delivered for each function.
• Execute dashboards and management reports.
• Facilitate regular performance conversations that drive accountability.
• Translate complex financial data into clear business narratives.

Commercial Insights & Business Integration includes:

• Serves as the bridge between functional strategy and commercial performance by providing regional functional leaders with the commercial context necessary to inform decision-making
• Share analysis on EMEA revenue performance and sales trends to help decision-making

Decision Support & Strategic Partnership includes:

• Partner with regional functional VPs and Directors to evaluate strategic initiatives, assess investment opportunities, and navigate complex business decisions.

Successful Applicant

• A part or qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with a strong a minimum of 3 years hands on experience in FP&A.
• Previous ownership of budgets, forecasts, managamene4t reporting and variance analysis.
• Proven track record in partnering and influencing senior non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience of extracting, analysing and simplifying complex data, identifying trends and presenting actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working within a complex, multi-national organisation.
• Possess strong attention to detail and take pride in delivering accurate, high-quality financial information.
• Proactive, solutions-focused, and comfortable working across multiple priorities.
• Build effective working relationships and collaborate confidently across teams.
• Organised, analytical, and able to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Exposure to SAP and/or a migration to SAP or similar ERP resource advantageous.
• Advanced Excel skills, working with complex data.

Walker Dendle is committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply.

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