Finance Business Partner (12 Month)

NatWest Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide financial support and guidance to senior management. This hybrid position requires expertise in financial services and business partnering. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant qualification, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly. The role offers an opportunity to significantly influence business decisions within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services and business partnering.
• Comfortable in a matrix structure organization.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information succinctly.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support to executive and senior management.
• Influence business decisions with commercial expertise.
• Ensure compliance with bank's governance.
• Assist with revenue, cost, and capital management.

Skills

Financial services experience

Commercial decision making

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Education

CA, ACA, CIMA, MBA or equivalent

Job description

Join us as a Finance Business Partner

• We'll look to you to provide financial support, guidance, challenge and insight for the executive and senior management of the business
• You'll be influencing business decisions by providing commercial and financial expertise, ensuring compliance with the bank's governance
• This challenging and rewarding role offers significant exposure and the opportunity to raise your profile across the bank
• We're offering this role for a period of 12 months

What you'll do

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll be supporting the relationship between Finance and your business area. You'll be working with business intelligence and financial control teams to prioritise workloads and assist with deep dive, modelling and spotlight work to both support and challenge the business in equal measure.

• Assisting with the promotion of revenue, cost and capital management leadership across the allocated business
• Liaising with finance subject matter experts on treasury, capital planning, tax and risk matters
• Reviewing, challenging and influencing all investment decisions
• Making sure that appropriate tracking and support is in place to measure project deliverables
• Supporting changes to the operating model to make sure the business is at the forefront of the operating model, and that future finance demands are proactively addressed

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with a CA, ACA, CIMA, MBA qualification or equivalent, and financial services and business partnering experience. Along with good commercial decision making and negotiation skills, you'll be comfortable operating within a matrix structure organisation, and you'll have the ability to deal with ambiguity, uncertainty and risk.

With excellent communication and influencing skills, you'll need the ability to communicate complex financial information in a concise, non-technical manner.

• Good storytelling and narrative behind the financials
• Effective analytical and time management skills
• A flexible approach
• The ability to work in an agile manner to deliver business outcomes
• Strong stakeholder and people management skills

Hours: 35

Job Posting Closing Date: 14/10/2025

Ways of Working: Hybrid