Finance Business Partner

Solutions Driven; Leicester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; 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 their senior leadership teams. The role focuses on driving improved financial performance through insight, robust challenge, driver-based forecasting and high-quality decision support.

You'll translate financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations, support tactical and strategic decisions, and work with stakeholders to improve revenue,

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with post-qualification experience in a commercial finance role.
• Experience partnering with senior operations or commercial stakeholders and influencing decision-making.
• Proven ability to translate financial data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Strong modelling, budgeting and forecasting skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted finance partner to OpCo MDs and senior leaders, providing clear financial insight and challenge.
• Analyse monthly performance, identify drivers of revenue, margin, costs and cash.
• Translate data into concise recommendations to support strategic and tactical decisions.
• Lead OpCo budgets and driver-based forecasts aligned with divisional objectives.
• Develop KPIs and robust business cases for investment opportunities.
• Collaborate with Finance Shared Service to ensure timely reporting.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Oracle NetSuite

ERP systems

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.