Finance Business Partner

SSP UK & Ireland

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

SSP UK & Ireland is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support two Operations Directors, delivering sustainable profitable growth. You will provide financial insight, challenge, and support to drive EBIT targets and identify opportunities to improve sales, profitability, and operational efficiency.

The role combines commercial partnering with FP&A activities, including forecasting, budgeting, reporting, performance analysis, and leading a Finance Analyst to ensure high-quality financial

Qualifications

3+ years proven experience in a Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, or FP&A role.
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and challenge operational stakeholders.
Experience of forecasting, budgeting, and financial performance analysis.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate financial information into clear business insights.
Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills (VBA / advanced formula / pivot table).

Responsibilities

Act as the primary finance business partner to two Operations Directors, supporting the delivery of financial and operational objectives.
Create cost centre level annual budget, quarterly forecasting for Sales, Profit and labour.
Deliver accurate and timely financial analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Produce and present weekly and monthly performance reporting to senior management.
Directly manage, coach, and develop one Finance Analyst.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Communication & presentation skills

Financial modelling (Excel VBA)

Analytical/problem solving

Team coaching/mentoring

Education

Part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)

Job description

About The Role

The Finance Business Partner plays a critical role in supporting the operational leadership team to deliver sustainable profitable growth across SSP's UK & Ireland business. Acting as the key finance lead for two Operations Directors, the role provides financial insight, challenge, and support to drive performance, deliver EBIT targets, and identify opportunities to improve sales, profitability, and operational efficiency.

About The Role

The role combines strong commercial business partnering with FP&A activities, including forecasting, reporting, budgeting, and performance analysis, while also leading and developing a Finance Analyst to ensure high-quality financial support to the business.

What You'll Be Doing

Business Partnering

Act as the primary finance business partner to two Operations Directors, supporting the delivery of financial and operational objectives.
Provide robust financial insight and commercial challenge to drive improved business performance and decision-making.
Build strong relationships with operational leadership teams, influencing actions to improve sales, gross profit, labour productivity, and EBIT performance.
Support the identification and delivery of profit improvement initiatives across the estate.
Translate financial results into clear operational actions and recommendations.
Participate in regular business reviews with operational stakeholders to assess performance, risks, and opportunities.

Financial Planning & Analysis

Create the cost centre level annual budget, quarterly forecasting for Sales, Profit and labour
Support the long-range planning processes.
Deliver accurate and timely financial analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Develop and maintain forecasting models and planning tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Reporting & Performance Management

Produce and present weekly and monthly performance reporting to senior management.
Deliver meaningful commentary explaining key drivers of performance against budget, forecast, and prior year
Monitor key operational and financial KPIs and proactively highlight emerging risks and opportunities that are supported by action plans.

Team Leadership & Development

Directly manage, coach, and develop one Finance Analyst.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and high performance.
Drive improvements in financial reporting, forecasting, and planning processes.
Support transformation initiatives focused on enhancing financial systems, automation, and ways of working.
Identify opportunities to simplify reporting and improve insight generation through better use of data and technology.

Essential

To be successful in this role you will need:

+3 years Proven experience in a Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, or FP&A role.
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and challenge operational stakeholders.
Experience of forecasting, budgeting, and financial performance analysis.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate financial information into clear business insights.
Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills. (VBA / advanced formula / pivot table)
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
Experience managing, coaching, or supporting the development of team members.
Proactive, self-motivated approach with strong attention to detail and focus on delivering results.

Desirable

Part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent), with a clear commitment to completing professional qualification.
Experience within complex multi-site retail, hospitality, or travel business
Experience working with large operational datasets and KPI reporting.
Knowledge of labour productivity, labour forecasting, and operational performance metrics.
Experience driving process improvements, reporting automation, and finance transformation initiatives.

Why join SSP?

At SSP, we’re passionate about creating places people want to be - whether that’s for our customers, our partners or our colleagues.When you join us, you’ll be part of a business where commercial thinking, collaboration and ownership really matter, and where your work can make a visible difference.

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