Finance Business Partner

Kubrick Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary & bonus

25 days of annual leave

Highstreet discounts

Wellness Hub support

Job summary

A dynamic data and AI solutions provider in the UK is seeking a fully qualified FP&A Business Partner. This role involves driving financial strategy, leading budgeting and forecasting, and providing insights to business leaders. Key qualifications include a minimum of two years as a qualified Accountant and advanced Excel skills. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and a commitment to diversity.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years experience as a qualified Accountant.
• Responsible for budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Ability to create and maintain complex financial models.

Responsibilities

• Support budget communications to investors and stakeholders.
• Deliver the OPEX budget with budget holders.
• Monitor and track staff costs vs budget monthly.

Skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

Financial analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Fully qualified Accountant

Tools

Salesforce

Certinia

Thoughtspot

Job description

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We deliver powerful data and AI solutions that minimize operational cost, strengthen resilience against risk, and uncover revenue opportunity. Our clients can retain our people to drive lasting adoption while futureproofing their workforce with exceptional talent. Since 2016, we’ve created over 3,000 data & AI specialists by removing the systemic barriers to the tech industry. We find incredible minds from all backgrounds to train with us, creating a diverse team of experts. We’re the preferred partner of today’s leading technology providers, including Databricks, Snowflake, and Collibra, to accelerate delivery and co-create revolutionary solutions. We transform the lives of our consultants, clients, and their customers through data and AI.

On offer is an opportunity to work as part of a dynamic team in a young and exciting business with a competitive package at one of the fastest growing companies in the country.

Role & Purpose

The FP&A Business Partner professional plays a critical role in driving Kubrick’s financial strategy, planning, and decision-making. This position is responsible for leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis activities to provide clear insights into business performance and support senior leadership in shaping both short- and long-term strategy.

Responsible for partnering closely with business leaders across geographies and functions, delivering high-quality financial models, scenario planning, and commercial analysis to inform key decisions whilst ensuring accurate, timely reporting and up-to-date accurate information.

Requires strong technical expertise, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights providing financial transparency to the business. The FP&A Business Partner is expected to act as a trusted advisor to leadership, helping to drive operational efficiency, optimise resource allocation, and support sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Support with budget communications to investor and other stakeholders
• Business partnering
• Deliver the OPEX budget through management and leadership together with budget holders
• Lead the monthly department review process, provide timely and actionable information, variance analysis and ad‑hoc support as required
• Monitor and track staff costs vs budget on a monthly basis
• Partner with business leaders to provide financial guidance and evaluate investment opportunities, cost initiatives and resource allocation
• Collaborate with finance and other teams to improve processes for accurate and timely data capture and reporting
• Headcount and Workforce Planning
• Lead the weekly headcount reconciliation process, ensuring accuracy of consultant transitions between states and geographies, and utilisation
• Reporting & Analysis
• Support preparation of the monthly board pack and key KPI reporting
• Lead analysis of gross margin variances
• Support in ad‑hoc financial analysis to support decision making and strategic initiatives

Qualifications

As a fully qualified Accountant of at least two years, you will be responsible for partnering with business stakeholders to assist them with Budgeting & Forecasting, and managing this process. This will include the building and maintenance of complex financial models with actuals (financials and headcount) on a monthly basis. You will partner with department heads to review and challenge OPEX and CAPEX budgets, performing sensitivity and scenario analysis to assess the impact of key assumptions whilst leading the long term balance sheet and cash flow forecasting.

You will be analytical, with excellent presentation and communication skills with the ability to create and present complex data using your Advanced Excel skills to create and maintain complex financial modelling. You will be able to work in isolation and as part of a team, and you will be hands‑on, inquisitive and thrive within an environment that strives for operational excellence. As well as you Excel Skills, it would be advantageous to be proficient or at least familiar with Salesforce, Certinia & Thoughtspot as well as be familiar with with working in a private equity model.

What Kubrick Offers

• Competitive Salary & bonus
• Hybrid: 2-3 days a week in the office
• Friendly and collaborative working environment
• Access to upskilling opportunities and clear progression path
• 25 days of annual leave
• Highstreet discounts and Wellness Hub with confidential well‑being and mental health support
• Cycle to work scheme & eye‑care vouchers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

At Kubrick, we not only strive to bridge the skills‑gap in data and technology, but we are also committed to playing a key role in improving diversity in the industry. To that effect, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in the industry, including women, people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disability and those who are neurodivergent.

We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equally positive experience, and equal chances for success regardless of any personal characteristics. Please speak to us if we can support you with any adjustments to our recruitment process.

We’ve proudly partnered with Women in Data for over six years, providing a community platform for our female and non-binary consultants to upskill, access mentoring opportunities, and build their professional networks. Through this partnership, we’ve also supported mission-critical pro‑bono projects to improve lives through data and AI, including research into women’s health and safety.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Finance and Accounting / Auditing

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