Finance Business Partner

Markerstudy Group; Wells; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in video telematics is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial insight and strategic guidance to enhance profitability and efficiency. The ideal candidate should be a qualified accountant with experience in FP&A and strong Excel skills. This role offers the opportunity to influence decisions and collaborate closely with various business teams in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Flexibility

Autonomy

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A, business partnering, or commercial finance.
• Proven experience supporting commercial teams.
• Exposure to subscription-based or SaaS business models is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial clarity and influence decisions to enhance profitability.
• Partner with business teams to optimise costs and improve margins.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for business units, ensuring alignment with overall strategy.

Skills

Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA)

Advanced Excel skills

Ability to translate financial analysis into actionable business strategies

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Location: Hybrid - Tunbridge Wells

VisionTrack, part of the Markerstudy Group, is a leader in video telematics technology, empowering businesses to improve safety, efficiency, and customer experience. As we continue to scale, we are seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial insight and strategic guidance across commercial, operations, customer service, and sales teams. This role is ideal for someone happy to remain hands-on with management accounting duties while also providing strategic insight and partnering closely with the business.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a finance professional who thrives in a hands-on environment and enjoys acting as a strategic advisor. The Finance Business Partner will go beyond traditional finance responsibilities, delivering financial clarity, challenging assumptions, and influencing decisions that enhance profitability, efficiency, and customer outcomes.

While overseeing core management accounting duties, you will partner closely with business teams to optimise costs, improve margins, and support sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Core Financial Management & Control

• Maintain monthly control schedules and post adjustments for accrued/deferred revenue.
• Analyse Cost of Sales and revenue recognition for accurate reporting.
• Prepare profitability and margin analysis by customer, product, and channel.
• Reconcile stock positions and manage provisions for obsolete inventory.
• Deliver accurate month-end reporting, flash results, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support year-end audit preparation and maintain robust financial controls.

Strategic Business Partnering

Commercial & Sales Teams:

• Provide insights on pricing strategy, discount structures, and customer profitability.
• Evaluate commercial deals and bids for financial viability and ROI.
• Support sales forecasting, pipeline analysis, and revenue growth strategies.
• Monitor MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) and churn trends, identifying opportunities for improvement.

Operational Efficiency:

• Analyse operational cost drivers, identify inefficiencies, and propose cost-optimisation strategies.
• Partner with operations to assess service delivery costs and improve productivity.

Customer Service Insights:

• Evaluate customer service performance KPIs and their impact on cost-to-serve and retention.
• Provide actionable insights to enhance customer experience while controlling costs.

Strategic FP&A & Performance Reporting:

• Lead budgeting and forecasting for business units, ensuring alignment with overall strategy.
• Prepare scenario models for new initiatives, product launches, and investment decisions.
• Develop dashboards and reports that clearly communicate the story behind the numbers.

Influence & Challenge:

• Act as a trusted advisor, challenging assumptions, mitigating risks, and identifying opportunities to improve profitability.
• Coach non-finance stakeholders to improve financial understanding and decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA) with experience in FP&A, business partnering, or commercial finance.
• Proven experience supporting commercial teams
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to translate financial analysis into actionable business strategies.
• Exposure to subscription-based or SaaS business models is desirable but not essential.

Why Join Us?

At VisionTrack, finance is a strategic enabler, not just a back-office function. In this role, you will:

• Influence decisions that shape our growth trajectory.
• Collaborate with leadership across multiple business areas.
• Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and opportunities for professional growth in a fast-scaling tech business.