Finance Business Partner

CREATE Fertility; Sunderland; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

CREATE Fertility is seeking a Finance Business Partner to enhance financial performance across its UK operations. This role involves delivering strategic insights, improving cost efficiency, and supporting transformational initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Finance or Accounting, strong financial modelling skills, and experience in collaborative environments. Attractive benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension scheme, and private healthcare.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus birthday off

Perkbox membership

Company pension scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Private healthcare coverage

Life insurance

Season ticket loan

Discounted IVF treatment

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in FP&A or Finance Business Partnering; ideally in SME and international settings.
• Strong communicator and collaborative.
• Experience in healthcare or multi-site business environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial performance through strategic insights and analysis.
• Prepare board materials and financial models.
• Support transformation projects across the UK.

Skills

Financial modelling

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

ABOUT US

We are part of a leading international group of fertility specialists, including CREATE Fertility and IVI London, providing world-class reproductive healthcare across the UK.

Our clinics are at the forefront of innovation, offering Natural and Mild IVF meaning,gentler, safer approaches that use little to no fertility medication alongside a full range of advanced treatments, including IVF, IUI, ICSI and fertility preservation.

Together, we are committed to evidence-based treatments, cutting-edge technology and personalised, patient-focused care helping to give every patient the best possible chance of success.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Finance Business Partner will play a key role in driving financial performance across IVI RMA’s UK operations by delivering strategic insights, robust financial planning and data-driven recommendations. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and cross-functional teams, this role will influence decision-making through accurate forecasting, financial modelling and actionable analysis.

The position is responsible for identifying risks and opportunities, improving cost efficiency and supporting transformational initiatives that enable sustainable growth. By enhancing financial processes, reporting accuracy and system capabilities, the Finance Business Partner will contribute to long-term profitability, operational excellence and the delivery of strategic objectives across the UK and wider group.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with UK and regional leadership and cross-functional teams to drive decisions through actionable financial insights.
• Prepare board materials and reports to support decision-making.
• Develop and maintain financial models for business planning and strategic initiatives.
• Identify risks and opportunities, providing proactive recommendations to leadership.
• Drive delivery of cost efficiencies and margin improvement.
• Deliver planning and forecasting cycles accurately and on time with minimal rework, aligned with business goals.
• Contribute to transformation projects across the group, delivering scalable, sustainable improvements.
• Support regular reporting cycles and ad-hoc analysis.
• Lead or support transformation and growth projects across the UK and wider group.
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of tools, processes, and systems within the finance function. Improve accuracy and speed of reporting through system and process improvements.

KEY RESULTS / KPIs

• Forecast accuracy and timeliness.
• Quality and impact of board reporting and insights.
• Successful delivery of strategic projects and initiatives.
• Efficiency gains in financial processes and systems.
• Stakeholder feedback and business partner satisfaction.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree or professional qualification in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 3–5 years in FP&A or Finance Business Partnering; ideally in SME and international/PE-backed settings.
• Advanced Excel; strong financial modelling; systems such as Navision/Business Central; Power BI desirable.
• Strong communicator; collaborative; resilient; analytical; stakeholder engagement.

EXPERIENCE / PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

• Strong financial modelling and data analysis skills
• High level of proficiency in Excel and financial systems
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Comfortable working in hybrid, international teams
• Experience in PE-backed or rapidly scaling businesses
• Knowledge of Power BI or similar data visualisation tools
• Fluency in Spanish is an advantage
• Project management or transformation experience
• Experience in international or matrixed environments
• Experience in healthcare or multi-site business environments
• Exposure to M&A or transformation projects

BENEFITS

We value our team and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• 25 days’ annual leave plus your birthday off, with additional holiday awarded for each full year of service (up to 30 days total)
• Perkbox membership – offering discounts on retail, cinema, dining and more,
• Company pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Private healthcare coverage with Vitality
• Life insurance – equivalent to 4x your annual salary
• Season ticket loan
• Discounted IVF treatment after 2 years of continuous service