Finance Business Partner

Page Personnel; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid work (2–3 days in office)

Job summary

Page Personnel is supporting a PE-backed professional services client in Manchester seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner. You will act as a true partner, translating numbers into action, challenging senior stakeholders and helping drive commercial performance.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical finance foundations with commercial confidence, reporting to the FBP team and supporting strategic planning, pricing decisions and budgeting processes in a high-growth

Qualifications

• Experience working with senior stakeholders, managing engagements and budgets.
• Demonstrated ability to influence commercial performance through financial insight.
• Strong data handling and analysis to drive decision making.

Responsibilities

• Provide insight across profitability and P&L performance.
• Support pricing and commercial decision-making.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning processes.
• Identify margin improvement opportunities and underperforming clients.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial finance partnering

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

ACA — Big 4 / Top 10 (Manager)

ACA — Corporate Finance/TS (Manager)

ACCA/CIMA (industry)

Professional services experience

Job description

• Highly established, PE-backed professional services business

About Our Client

We're working exclusively on a fantastic opportunity with a high-profile, PE-backed professional services business that is firmly in growth and transformation mode.This is a business where Finance has a genuine seat at the table. You won't simply be reporting the numbers - you'll be using them to influence decisions, challenge senior stakeholders and drive commercial performance.

Job Description

You'll act as a true commercial partner, providing insight across:

• Profitability and P&L performance
• Pricing and commercial decision-making
• Budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning
• Margin improvement and identifying underperforming clients
• Supporting senior stakeholders with commercial insight

The wider finance team is structured to give FBPs the opportunity to focus on commercial partnering rather than getting buried in manual reporting. You'll have access to dedicated support across reporting, pricing and finance operations.

• Ultimately, you'll become the finance voice for your areas - understanding the numbers, challenging performance and helping senior stakeholders make better decisions.

The Successful Applicant

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical foundations with genuine commercial confidence.You could be coming from:

• ACA qualified coming from Big 4 / Top 10 Audit at Manager level
• ACA qualified coming from a Corporate Finance / Transaction Services background at Manager level
• ACCA/CIMA qualified in industry with a strong commercial Finance Business Partner background
• Professional services experience or a service led environment

You must be able to demonstrate experience of working with senior stakeholders, managing engagements, budgets and financial performance and working with high volumes of data

• Most importantly, you'll be polished, credible and commercially minded.

What's on Offer

• Annual salary up to £72,000
• Annual bonus
• Hybrid working (2-3 days in office)

Finance Business Partner Manchester, England