Finance Business Partner

Wood Plc; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in the UK is seeking two Finance Business Partners to provide financial guidance and support to their leadership team. This role requires advanced Excel skills and experience in financial management. The positions offer a starting salary of £45,511 – £55,625 along with generous benefits, including annual leave, pension contributions, and employee wellbeing programs. Both roles will operate on a hybrid basis, with some travel required.

Benefits

36 days annual leave

Up to 8% employer pension contributions

Support towards healthcare costs

Life assurance

Enhanced parental leave

Employee wellbeing package

25% discount in charity shops

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of advanced Microsoft Excel functions.
• Ability to manage and interpret complex data.
• Strong communication and negotiating skills.

Responsibilities

• Build trust with decision makers and budget holders.
• Provide insightful financial analysis.
• Engage early in supporting projects and leading financial aspects.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Data interpretation

Influencing skills

Strategic mindset

Emotional intelligence

Education

CIMA or CCAB qualification

Job description

Overview

We're looking for two mutually‑supporting Finance Business Partners to join our Finance team at Woodgreen, where their insight and initiative will help shape the future of our charity in these newly created positions. Our successful candidates will individually and collectively contribute to the effective financial management of Woodgreen Pets Charity and its trading subsidiary, Wood Green Enterprises Limited (WGEL). They will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and senior leaders to provide expert financial guidance, insight, challenge and assurance across a wide range of financial management, planning and analysis activities. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance but working independently within the charity and often with minimal supervision, you will be confident using your own initiative to identify opportunities, risks and solutions. You will provide actionable insights for budget holders, while maintaining rigorous attention to the provision of accurate and timely financial reporting, compliance with relevant policies and procedures, and robust audit‑ready record keeping.

Responsibilities

• Build trust with decision makers and budget holders so that Finance Business Partner analysis, advice and guidance is actively sought and adds value in generating desired business outcomes.
• Provide insightful financial analysis, promoting commercial and risk awareness to inform decision making, providing constructive challenge and ensuring that financial governance, control and alignment to Woodgreen's strategic plans is maintained.
• Be highly visible and engage early in supporting projects and leading them where required. This will include the development of the financial aspects of business cases, particularly the financial aspects that ensure business cases are of consistent high quality and are robust and accurate.
• Partner with budget holders in the Income and Engagement Directorate – responsible for regular audits of Woodgreen's retail estate and may involve some regional travel – or with budget holders in the Pet and Corporate Services directorates, plus the CEO as the lead director for WGEL.
• Both roles are full‑time, permanent, hybrid positions with the expectation that the successful applicants will work approximately one day a week from our Godmanchester site. The Finance Business Partner for Income and Engagement will also be required to travel to our retail shops approximately one to two times a month; a full driving licence will be essential for this role.

Qualifications

• A detailed understanding of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs/XLOOKUPs, IF statements and other advanced functions.
• The ability to manage and interpret large volumes of data and understand complex interdependencies.
• Strong influencing, communication and negotiating skills.
• A strategic mindset.
• Emotionally intelligent, able to see the bigger picture and consider the human impact behind the numbers.
• An awareness of the current financial and economic environment affecting the charity sector.
• Qualified member of CIMA or CCAB, or qualified by substantial experience in an equivalent Finance Business Partner role with demonstrable evidence of ongoing relevant continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Starting salary of £45,511 – £55,625 per annum, depending on experience.
• 36 days annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays), rising by one day each year to a maximum of 40 days after five years.
• Up to 8% employer pension contributions.
• Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan).
• Employee wellbeing package to include free access to Headspace.
• Life assurance (4× salary).
• Enhanced parental leave (subject to qualifying period).
• Benefits hub – exclusive discounts on popular brands.
• 25% discount in our charity shops.

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for these opportunities as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. These roles are subject to a range of pre‑employment checks to include a basic DBS check. Woodgreen is committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and, as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.