Finance Business Partner

Avencia Talent Solutions; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Avencia Talent Solutions is seeking a Finance Business Partner for a leading global speciality insurer in Leeds. The role is highly visible and commercially focused, supporting performance, control and strategic direction.

You will strengthen reporting and MI, build strong stakeholder relationships, and help develop finance support as the business grows. The team emphasises data-led decision making, dashboards, and AI-enabled finance improvements.

Qualifications

• Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management.
• Experience budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong accounting and finance knowledge.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• A proactive, self-sufficient approach.

Responsibilities

• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across underwriting, claims, operations and leadership teams.
• Delivering insightful management information and commercial analysis.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and planning activities.
• Analyzing financial performance, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Providing meaningful commentary and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Developing and enhancing management reporting and business dashboards.
• Improving the quality and accessibility of financial information.
• Helping drive more data-led decision making across the business.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Finance knowledge

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Tools

Power BI

Job description

We’re working with a leading global speciality insurer who are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner into a highly visible and commercially focused role. The Finance team plays a key role in supporting the performance, control and strategic direction of the business.

This is an opportunity to join a Finance function that is closely connected to the wider business and focused on continuous improvement. The successful candidate will help strengthen reporting and management information, build effective relationships across functional areas, and contribute to the ongoing development of Finance support within a growing organisation.

Why This Role?

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Influence business decisions through high-quality financial analysis and insight.
• Play a key role in improving management information, reporting and forecasting capabilities.
• Help drive greater use of data, dashboarding and emerging technologies, including AI.
• Join the business during an exciting period of growth and transformation.
• Shape the future structure of the Leeds finance team, with potential progression opportunities as the function expands.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across underwriting, claims, operations and leadership teams.
• Delivering insightful management information and commercial analysis.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and planning activities.
• Analysing financial performance, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Providing meaningful commentary and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Developing and enhancing management reporting and business dashboards.
• Improving the quality and accessibility of financial information.
• Helping drive more data-led decision making across the business.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for someone who can quickly build credibility, work independently and make an impact from day one.

• Previous Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong accounting and finance knowledge.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• A proactive, self-sufficient approach.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience within a similar role in insurance.
• Experience within a regulated financial services environment.
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Power BI, dashboarding or advanced MI experience.
• Strong data and reporting skills.
• Interest in AI and technology-enabled finance improvements.