Finance Business Partner- Home Solutions

Centrica; Windsor; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their dynamic Home Solutions Finance Partnering Team. This role offers the chance to gain full P&L exposure while working closely with operational teams to drive value and optimize costs. You will be responsible for building strong relationships with key stakeholders, analyzing financial performance, and supporting strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess a recognized accountancy qualification and experience in commercial analysis, combined with strong IT and analytical skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and high-quality outputs.

Qualifications

• Recognised accountancy qualification or passed finalist required.
• Experience in commercial analysis and business partnering is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with stakeholders to understand performance drivers.
• Provide analysis to drive improvements in financial performance.

Skills

Commercial analysis

Financial planning and analysis

Strong IT skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Continuous improvement

Data analysis

Education

Recognised accountancy qualification

Passed finalist

Tools

SAP

Excel

Power BI

Job description

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to support the Home Solutions (ASHP and Boilers) part of British Gas. You will focus on driving value through the operational teams and operating cost base.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Home Solutions Finance Partnering Team and get full P&L exposure to the Home Solutions business, as well as exposure to senior stakeholders across British Gas. Your responsibilities will also include:

• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in the Home Solutions business and to get a deep understanding of performance drivers
• Understand business strategy and its translation into financial impacts, and support its effective communication across Finance
• Develop understanding of key drivers of revenue and costs, cashflow, and inter-company agreements and transactions
• Support opex understanding to link spend to outcomes and ensure business case thinking is robust
• Support the wider finance team and business by providing robust, insight and analysis to drive improvements in financial performance
• Provide regular key stakeholder briefings
• Regularly review and report performance against Group Annual Plan & latest forecast, working with the business to analyse financial and operational (value driver) variances and recommend corrective action
• Maintaining a live risks and opportunities view of the business, helping the business to mitigate the risks and deliver the opportunities
• Carry out non-standard / bespoke analysis to support business decision making

Here's what we're looking for:

• Recognised accountancy qualification or passed finalist
• Experience of providing commercial analysis and evaluation in a financial planning and analysis or business partnering role
• Strong IT skills (e.g. SAP, Excel, Power BI)
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to summarise complex data and matters and communicate effectively
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to pro-actively develop positive and highly effective working relationships
• Motivated by continuous improvement and delivering high quality outputs
• Ability to identify a problem and think through an approach to develop a solution
• An interest in automation and use of new tools to analyse data and streamline processes
• Capable of managing multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment and working to tight deadlines
• Ability to identify, assess and analyse organisation wide operational risks and controls