Finance Business Partner

Zen Internet; Milnrow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Private Medical Care

Hybrid working

25 days leave, rising with tenure

Onsite parking

Job summary

Zen Internet in Milnrow, United Kingdom is seeking a commercially sharp Finance Business Partner for a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover, starting in January. You will partner the Managing Directors and leadership of the Partner and Consumer divisions, providing insights, challenge and financial perspective to drive performance and profitability.

You will own budgeting, forecasting and monthly rolling P&L for your areas, develop meaningful KPIs, review revenue and margins, and use automation

Qualifications

• A qualified accountant with strong finance business partnering experience.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and rolling P&L for multiple divisions.
• Proven ability to challenge performance with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner MDs and senior leaders to drive profitability and performance.
• Develop KPIs and metrics that inform business decisions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and monthly close for assigned areas.
• Review revenue, cost of sales and margins across product portfolio.

Skills

Finance partnering

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Sage 200

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA

Tools

Sage 200

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Here at Zen your gender, race, ethnicity, neurodiversity, disability, sexuality, sub culture, size, introversion, extraversion, family background and everything else that shapes you does matter to us. Because they matter to you and are part of who you are. We're interested in you as an individual and here you'll find opportunities to develop, be recognised and hopefully enjoy yourself along the way. So don't hold back, there is a warm welcome for everyone at Zen and we look forward to meeting you. We are always happy for you to enquire about part-time, flexible working or reasonable adjustments, and we will support wherever possible. So please feel free to discuss your preferences as part of the recruitment process. If you wish to find out more or discuss any details you're not sure about, feel free to get in touch by calling 01706 902 275 or if you prefer to send an email, you can to and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We're looking for a commercially sharp Finance Business Partner to join our finance team on a 12-month fixed-term basis, covering a period of maternity leave. The role is expected to start in early January. This is a high-impact, MD-facing role: you'll provide dedicated finance support to our Partner and Consumer divisions, trusted to challenge performance, sharpen decision-making and help the business understand what's really driving the numbers. As a fixed-term cover, we need someone who can hit the ground running - confident partnering senior stakeholders from day one, quick to grasp the commercial model, and comfortable holding their own with Executive Committee (Exco) and Senior Management Team (SMT) stakeholders. The role

• Partner the Managing Directors and leadership of our Partner and Consumer divisions, providing the insight, challenge and financial perspective they need to drive performance and profitability.
• Get under the skin of each division's commercial drivers - and use that understanding to challenge performance, identify where we can do better, and hold the business to account against its plans.
• Own and develop meaningful KPIs and performance measures that drive the right behaviours and inform decisions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and monthly rolling P&L forecasting for your areas.
• Review revenue, cost of sales and margin across the full product portfolio, with the support of colleagues.
• Use automation and AI tooling to streamline recurring reporting and analysis - freeing up your time for the forward-looking, strategic work that adds the most value.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end close, revenue & marketing accounting, balance sheet reconciliations and audit.
• Deliver ad-hoc analysis and support profit optimisation projects across the business.
  A qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong finance business partnering experience.
• Proven confidence partnering and challenging senior stakeholders - someone who questions assumptions, pushes for better, and is heard in the room at Exco / SMT level.
• A commercial mindset, with a track record of understanding business drivers and turning them into meaningful KPIs and insight.
• Comfortable using automation and AI tools to work smarter - or genuinely keen to.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel; experience with Sage 200 (or similar) and Power BI is an advantage.
• Telecoms or ISP experience is strongly preferred, given the pace at which you'll need to get up to speed.
  2 x Life Assurance Cover, with option to flex upwards
• 25 days Annual leave, rising to 30 days with length of service, with the option to purchase up to 5 more.
• Access to private Medical Healthcare and a Healthcare Cash Plan
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Car salary sacrifice scheme
• Continuous learning and development
• Discounted Mobile plans
• Flexible and Hybrid working
• Free onsite parking
• Internal coaching and mentoring opportunities
• Onsite Contemplation and Prayer room
• Onsite Electric Car Charging points
• Optional flexible critical illness cover
• People-friendly policies
• Recognition awards where we celebrate the most awesome people
• Retail discounts
• Salary sacrifice Pension- minimum of 3% Employee contributions for a 5% Employer contribution
• Six monthly salary reviews
• Subsidised Nursery fees
• Subsidised Onsite Restaurant
• Superfast Free Reliable Broadband
• Travel Loan and Ride2Work Schemes
• Two days' paid leave per year for voluntary work