Finance Business Partner

Walker Hamill; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Hamill represents a fast-growing SaaS business delivering cloud-based platforms across the UK financial services ecosystem. They seek a Finance Business Partner to partner with senior leadership, driving budgeting, forecasting and insightful financial analysis.

The role focuses on actionable recommendations, commercial decision support and deep-dive financial modelling to unlock revenue growth and efficiency improvements.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA and 3+ years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in commercial FP&A, business partnering and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes with business leaders.
• Produce cash flow forecasts and assess working capital implications.
• Deliver timely management information with clear commentary on performance.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to non-finance stakeholders.
• Support commercial decision-making through financial modelling and scenarios.
• Analyse pricing, costs and performance to identify efficiency and growth opportunities.
• Track KPIs and develop scenario plans for potential outcomes.
• Improve planning, reporting, systems and data quality.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Data visualisation

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Forecasting software

BI tools

Data visualisation tools

Job description

REF: LJ54133

Our client is a fast-growing, SaaS business operating across the UK financial services ecosystem. Supporting a broad range of Blue Chip institutional clients, the organisation delivers mission-critical, cloud-based platforms that underpin high-volume transactions and long‑term customer relationships. The organisation has the backing of a leading global private equity firm, providing the funding for both organic growth and targeted M&A. To manage increasing scale, complexity and revenue growth, the business is investing in its finance function to ensure it remains able to successfully support and partner with the wider organisation.

As part of this continued expansion, they are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner into the FP&A team. Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, this is a business facing role with significant exposure to senior stakeholders across the organisation.

The successful candidate will act as a key finance partner to the leadership and wider senior management teams, providing the analysis, insight and challenge required to support better commercial and strategic decision‑making. This is an opportunity for an individual to understand the underlying drivers of performance and translate financial information into actionable recommendations, not just a role focused on producing reports.

Description

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and improving the budgeting and forecasting processes, working closely with business leaders to develop robust and credible plans.
• Producing cash flow forecasts and providing insight into the working capital implications of commercial decisions.
• Delivering accurate and timely management information, providing clear commentary on performance against budget and forecast.
• Acting as a trusted finance partner to non-finance stakeholders, helping them understand the financial and commercial performance of their teams and projects.
• Supporting commercial decision‑making through financial modelling, business cases and scenario analysis.
• Analysing pricing, costs and financial performance to identify opportunities for improved efficiency and revenue growth.
• Tracking key performance indicators and developing scenario plans to help management understand potential outcomes and the levers available to influence performance.
• Driving improvements to planning, reporting and finance processes, systems and data quality.
• Providing analysis and support on ad hoc strategic projects, including board and investor‑related requirements.

Skills

We are looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with at least three years’ post‑qualified experience, ideally gained within a fast‑paced SME, with an understanding of technology, software or B2B SaaS environments. You will already have a strong track record of business partnering and financial analysis, together with the confidence and communication skills to build credibility with senior non‑finance stakeholders.

In particular, you will be:

• Commercially minded, with a genuine interest in understanding what drives business performance.
• An effective communicator who can explain complex financial information clearly and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Highly analytical and data curious, with strong financial modelling skills.
• Comfortable interpreting management information and data visualisation, with a good understanding of data quality and governance.
• Proactive and hands‑on, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast‑moving environment.
• Organised, adaptable and able to work independently while contributing positively to a broader finance team.
• A high‑integrity individual with strong attention to detail and a pragmatic, service‑oriented approach.

Exposure to revenue recognition and R&D capitalisation, as well as forecasting systems and tools, would be advantageous.