Finance Business Partner

DFS Furniture Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading furniture retailer is seeking a Finance Business Partner in Greater London to drive business performance. This hybrid role involves working closely with senior stakeholders to manage financial reporting, budgeting, and strategic decision-making. Applicants should have strong analytical skills, experience in business partnering, and relevant qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary, career growth opportunities, and a range of employee benefits including discounts and a bonus scheme.

Benefits

Potential Annual Bonus Scheme

Growth and Training

Enhanced holiday allowance

30% off DFS and Sofology products

Access to healthcare services

Group Pension and Sharesave schemes

Life Assurance and Sick Pay

Qualifications

• Business partnering in a commercial role, ideally with retail or marketing experience.
• Ability to work closely with the wider business.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze and communicate financial performance.
• Support the development of realistic budgets and forecasts.
• Build and maintain financial models for business cases.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement.
• Act as a deputy to the finance team when required.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Commercial understanding

Financial modelling

Analytical capabilities

Team player

Education

Degree (or equivalent higher qualification)

Professional qualification – ACA, ACCA or CIMA (PQE 2+ years)

Job description

This is a hybrid role based at our Doncaster Group Support Centre, with 2-3 days a week onsite.

We’re looking for a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our team and play a pivotal role in driving business performance. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, building trusted relationships that enable you to both challenge and support decision‑making. This is a highly visible role where you’ll combine strong analytical capability with outstanding communication skills to influence strategy, optimise performance, and shape the future of the business.

About DFS

We’re home to DFS, Sofology, and The Sofa Delivery Company – three distinctive brands with a shared mission to bring great design and comfort into every home, affordably, responsibly, and sustainably.

At DFS Group, everyone plays a part. Whether you’re supporting our brands or serving our customers, you’re helping shape the future of furniture retail. Each brand has its own identity and creative direction, but we’re united by a culture that puts people and purpose at the heart of everything we do.

Everyone Welcome

Across our Group, we’re committed to a culture where everyone feels welcome, valued, and can thrive at work. We celebrate diverse voices, champion inclusion, and support each other through our growing colleague networks. We invest in partnerships that drive change, from supporting Doncaster Pride and introducing the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower, to partnering with Carers UK and developing leaders with Diversity in Retail.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to building a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If your experience doesn’t quite match the specification, we’d still really love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing

As a Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with stakeholders to drive performance, combining strong relationship management with sharp analytical skills to support high‑quality, data‑driven decision making. You will play a key role in maximising short‑term results while supporting longer‑term strategic initiatives that help move the wider DFS business forward.

You will work with senior Finance and non‑Finance stakeholders, supporting critical decisions and producing high‑quality management information, financial plans and robust business cases.

Key responsibilities

• Internal reporting – Review, analyse and communicate financial performance, highlighting trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Budgeting and forecasting – Support the development of realistic, robust and agile budgets and rolling forecasts, working closely with stakeholders to identify risks and opportunities.
• Financial modelling – Build and maintain financial models to support business cases and performance improvement, including post‑implementation reviews against agreed cases.
• Continuous improvement – Proactively identify and implement opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Team support – Act as a deputy when required and provide broader support to the finance team as needed.

Capabilities Required

• Dynamic individual with strong communication skills (including to non‑financial managers) who can work closely with the wider business.
• Commercial understanding and approach.
• Financial modelling skills.
• Research and analytical capabilities – abilities to identify insights from a mass of data.
• Broad understanding of finance disciplines.
• Strong team player, working with and through others.
• Flexible to manage changing demands.
• Able to work to tight deadlines.

Experience / Qualifications

• Business partnering in a commercial role, ideally with retail or marketing experience.
• Degree (or equivalent higher qualification).
• Professional qualification – ACA, ACCA or CIMA (PQE 2+ years).

DFS Benefits

• Potential Annual Bonus Scheme – Contribute to our success and get rewarded for it.
• Growth and Training – Learn new skills and develop your career with us.
• Leave – Enjoy a great holiday allowance, with the option to buy 5 extra days. Take advantage of our enhanced leave for Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental, and Adoption, plus a paid volunteering day each year.
• Discounts – 30% off DFS and Sofology products for yourself, plus discounts for friends and family – and savings at big brands like Sainsbury’s, ASOS, and IKEA.
• Wellbeing Perks – Access healthcare services, an Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted gym memberships.
• Pension and Savings – Join our Group Pension and Sharesave schemes.
• Life Assurance & Sick Pay – Peace of mind with Life Assurance and Company Sick Pay.