Finance Business Partner

Rescourcery Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commercial business is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to collaborate with executive leadership in driving strategic decision-making and enhancing commercial performance. The ideal candidate will be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, with robust commercial finance experience, and exceptional communication skills. This pivotal role offers the chance to shape financial strategy and influence various business functions in a high-growth environment.

Benefits

Bonus

Pension

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen and experience as a hands-on commercial finance business-partner.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills with C-suite stakeholders.
• Excellent modelling and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a business partner to Commercial, Digital, and Marketing teams.
• Supports and challenges investment business cases ensuring ROI is tracked.
• Leads initiatives to improve commercial performance.

Skills

Financial insight generation

Strategic decision-making

Commercial acumen

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualification

Job description

Salary: £80k - 90k per year + bonus, pension

Resourcery Group are working with a leading commercial business in Merseyside to recruit a newly-created and business critical role. We are seeking, on behalf of our client, a commercially-astute Senior Finance Business Partner to work in partnership with business leaders driving enhanced strategic decision-making in a high-growth business.

The importance of the role cannot be understated. It is a high-profile position sitting at the heart of strategic, commercial decision-making, offering the successful applicant a really unique opportunity to shape strategy and influence performance across key Marketing, Digital and Commercial functions. This is a pivotal role within an organisation that really values collaboration, innovation, and commercial excellence. As the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will be working very closely with the CEO, CFO and Head of Marketing/Digital sitting at the forefront of financial strategy and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acts as a business partner to Commercial, Digital, and Marketing teams, offering financial insight and challenge to support growth and efficiency.
• Supports and challenges investment business cases in digital and marketing, ensuring ROI is understood and tracked.
• Leads initiatives to improve commercial performance through margin enhancement and cost optimization.
• Translates complex financial and non-financial data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Collaborates with the Head of Commercial Finance to enhance forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis.
• Provides recommendations to optimize channel mix and influencer partnerships.
• Develops financial models to assess ROAS (Return on Advertising Spend), CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost), and LTV (Lifetime Value).
• Works with Merchandising, Buying, and Product Development teams to optimize product assortment based on margin goals, customer demand, and market trends.
• Builds trusted relationships with senior leadership, including regular engagement with C-suite stakeholders.

Requirements:

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified accountant.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience as a hands-on commercial finance business-partner.
• Comfortable operating in a hybrid environment, with occasional travel to London.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge and support C-suite stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with digital marketing or other retail functions.
• Excellent modelling and analytical skills.