Finance Business Partner (Commercial / FP&A)

Sunswap Ltd; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days of annual leave (includes a Wellbeing Day)

Sabbatical (after 3 years)

5 free counselling sessions per year

Family leave ranging from 4 weeks to 4 months

Free Monthly Lunches & Quarterly Socials

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Sunswap merch

Job summary

Sunswap Ltd in Leatherhead is seeking a commercially driven finance professional to provide strategic insights through complex data analysis. The role focuses on enhancing forecasting accuracy and automating processes within the finance function.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years of finance experience, strong financial modelling skills, and familiarity with BI tools like Power BI. The position includes opportunities to partner with various business units and drive financial efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in FP&A or commercial finance, experience in VC-backed businesses is a plus.
• Experience using automation or AI to improve workflows.
• Ability to communicate complex financial insights to non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the use of AI, automation, and BI tools for financial modelling.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and enhance insight.
• Build and maintain robust financial models for decision-making.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Strong financial modelling capability

Experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI)

Strong analytical skills

Stakeholder management skills

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Maths or similar

ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CFA (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Dynamics

Job description

• 30 days of annual leave (includes a Wellbeing Day)
• Sabbatical (after 3 years of working with Sunswap)
• 5 free counselling sessions per year
• Family leave ranging from 4 weeks to 4 months
• Free Monthly Lunches & Quarterly Socials!
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free Sunswap merch

Job overview

We are looking for a commercially driven finance professional who turns complex data into clear, strategic insight. This is a high-impact role at the centre of decision-making, combining strong financial modelling with a forward-looking approach to automation and AI. You will partner across Commercial, Supply Chain, and Finance to shape forecasts, challenge assumptions, and drive better business outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Drive the use of AI, automation, and BI tools within your role to improve financial modelling, forecasting accuracy, and reporting efficiency
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate manual processes and enhance insight generation
• Continuously improve financial processes, tools, and methodologies to scale with the business

Cross-Functional Partnering

• Partner with Commercial, Supply Chain and Finance teams to align assumptions across revenue, pricing, pipeline, and cost inputs
• Challenge and refine non-finance assumptions to ensure robust, commercially sound decision-making
• Support pricing strategy and margin optimisation through close collaboration with commercial teams
• Build and maintain robust, driver-based financial models to support strategic decision-making
• Lead cash flow and working capital forecasting, incorporating operational drivers (e.g. customer and supplier terms, inventory, lead times, liquidity)
• Perform scenario, sensitivity, and variance analysis to inform planning and performance
• Translate financial analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders

Qualifications & experience

• 3–5+ years in FP&A, commercial finance, or similar (experience in venture capital or VC-backed businesses advantageous)
• Advanced Excel and strong financial modelling capability
• Experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI) and financial systems (e.g. Dynamics)
• Experience using automation and/or AI to improve workflows or analysis
• Strong analytical, commercial, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to communicate complex financial insights to non-finance stakeholders

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Maths or similar
• ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CFA (preferred)