Finance Business Partner

Solutions Driven; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Solutions Driven is seeking a Finance Business Partner to act as a trusted commercial finance partner to OpCo Managing Directors and senior leadership teams. You will drive improved financial performance through insight, robust forecasting and decision support.

Working with operational and finance stakeholders, you will translate data into clear recommendations to improve revenue, margin, costs, cash generation and long-term value creation.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Typically 2–3 years’ post-qualified experience in commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering.
• Experience partnering senior operational or commercial stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen with understanding of revenue, margin, cost, cash and working capital drivers.
• Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills; ability to turn data into insight.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted business partner to OpCo MDs and senior leadership, providing clear financial insight and challenge.
• Analyse monthly financial performance and identify key revenue, margin, cost, cash and driver metrics.
• Translate data into concise, actionable recommendations for improved performance.
• Lead OpCo budgets and forecasts ensuring alignment with objectives.
• Develop and embed driver-based KPIs for proactive performance management.
• Support business cases for capital investment with robust financial modelling and scenarios.
• Collaborate with the Finance Shared Service team to deliver accurate month-end reporting and insightful commentary.
• Build cross-functional relationships to promote a commercial, insight-led culture.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Driver-based KPIs

Power BI

Excel

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Oracle NetSuite

Job description

The Finance Business Partner will act as a trusted commercial finance partner to OpCo Managing Directors and their senior leadership teams. The role is responsible for driving improved financial performance through meaningful insight, robust challenge, driver-based forecasting and high-quality decision support.

Working closely with operational and finance stakeholders, you will translate financial and non-financial data into clear, actionable recommendations, supporting tactical and strategic decisions that improve revenue, margin, cost control, cash generation and long-term value creation.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Act as a valued and trusted business partner to OpCo Managing Directors and senior leadership teams, providing clear financial insight, commercial support and constructive challenge.
• Analyse monthly financial performance, identifying the key revenue, margin, cost, cash and operational drivers behind results, risks and opportunities.
• Translate financial and operational data into concise, actionable recommendations that support improved business performance and decision-making.
• Lead the development of OpCo budgets and forecasts, ensuring plans are appropriately challenging, achievable and aligned with Infrastructure Divisional objectives.
• Develop and embed driver-based KPIs that enable proactive management of business performance and provide early visibility of risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support the development of business cases for capital investment, new business opportunities and value-creating initiatives through robust financial modelling, scenario analysis and challenge of assumptions.
• Work in partnership with the Finance Shared Service team to ensure month-end and year-end reporting is delivered accurately and on time, with clear insight and commentary for operational stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across finance and non-finance teams, championing a more commercial, insight-led approach to performance management.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Typically 2–3 years’ post-qualified experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering or a closely related finance role.
• Proven experience of partnering senior operational or commercial stakeholders, with the confidence to influence, challenge and support decision-making.
• Strong commercial acumen, with a good understanding of revenue, margin, cost, cash and working capital drivers.
• Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills, with the ability to turn complex data into clear insight and practical recommendations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, decentralised or acquisitive group environment.
• Proficient in the use of finance systems and data analysis software, including ERP systems, Power BI and Excel; Oracle NetSuite experience is highly desirable.

Key Success Measures

• Improved quality, accuracy and commercial relevance of budgets, forecasts and performance reporting.
• Clear, actionable insight provided to OpCo leadership teams, leading to better-informed decisions.
• Driver-based KPIs embedded and used to manage business performance proactively.
• Investment and value creation initiatives supported by robust financial analysis and measurable outcomes.
• Strong and credible working relationships established across OpCo leadership teams, divisional finance and the Finance Shared Service team.