Finance Business Partner

Mackie Myers; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Bonus potential

Job summary

Mackie Myers has partnered with a large, private equity-backed consumer-facing multi-site business to appoint a Finance Business Partner into its UK Finance team. The role sits within a high-performing finance function that supports operational performance and strategic transformation initiatives across a sizeable multi-site network.

You will drive commercial insight across revenue and productivity metrics, support major transformation programmes, and help shape how finance leverages technology

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven Finance Business Partnering experience within a multi-site environment.
• Strong commercial finance experience, including exposure to pricing, volume, mix and profitability analysis.
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Experience developing business cases and measuring financial benefits.
• Exposure to digital transformation or large-scale change programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Interest in AI, technology and process improvement within finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of KPI drivers across revenue, pricing, mix, volume and productivity.
• Partner with two operational networks to provide commercial insight to senior stakeholders.
• Act as Finance Business Partner for major digital transformation programmes, supporting business cases and benefits realisation.
• Evaluate investment opportunities with teams to ensure measurable commercial outcomes.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning with the FP&A team.
• Lead adoption of AI and automation tools within Finance to enhance insight and efficiency.
• Build relationships across teams to be a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial finance

Financial analysis

Budgeting and forecasting

Business partnering

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

AI & automation tools

Job description

Mackie Myers have partnered with a large, private equity-backed, consumer-facing multi-site business to appoint a Finance Business Partner into its UK Finance team.

The Role

The Finance Business Partner will join a high-performing Finance team and play a key role in supporting both operational performance and strategic transformation initiatives across a large multi-site business.

Partnering with operational and functional leaders, you'll drive commercial insight across key revenue and productivity metrics, support the delivery of major transformation programmes and help shape how the Finance function leverages technology and AI to improve decision-making.

This is a highly visible role with significant exposure to senior stakeholders, offering the opportunity to influence business performance, support strategic initiatives and contribute to the ongoing development of planning and forecasting capabilities across the organisation.

Main Duties

• Lead analysis of key performance drivers, including revenue, pricing, mix, volume and operational productivity measures, identifying opportunities to improve business performance and value creation.
• Partner with two operational networks, providing commercial insight, challenge and decision support to senior operational stakeholders.
• Act as the Finance Business Partner for a significant digital transformation programme, supporting business case development, benefits realisation and the successful delivery of strategic change initiatives.
• Work closely with operational and functional teams to evaluate investment opportunities and ensure initiatives deliver measurable commercial outcomes.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning activities in partnership with the wider FP&A team.
• Lead the adoption of AI and automation tools within the Finance function, helping to enhance insight, improve efficiency and strengthen decision-making capabilities.
• Build strong relationships across operational, commercial and functional teams, becoming a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders.

The Successful Candidate

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven Finance Business Partnering experience within a multi-site environment.
• Strong commercial finance experience, including exposure to pricing, volume, mix and profitability analysis.
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Experience developing business cases and measuring financial benefits.
• Exposure to digital transformation or large-scale change programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Interest in AI, technology and process improvement within finance.

What's on Offer?

• £80,000-90,000 base salary plus bonus
• Hybrid working model, with 3 days per week in Watford.
• Significant exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Opportunity to work on high-profile digital transformation and value creation initiatives.
• Chance to lead the adoption of AI-enabled finance processes within a forward-thinking organisation.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe that diverse teams drive innovation and success. That's why we're committed to promoting equality of opportunity and creating inclusive workplaces where everyone feels valued and supported. We actively seek out talent from all backgrounds and strive to reflect the rich diversity of the workforce in every role we recruit for.