Finance Business Partner – People & Central Costs (Hybrid)

B&M Retail Limited; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Flexible working

Job summary

B&M Retail Limited in Speke, UK is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to support central costs, partnering with our People team. The role is office-based with one day per week from home and offers broad exposure across the business.

You will provide insight, governance and financial support on workforce costs, build dashboards in Power BI and Excel, and help shape budgeting, forecasting and cost control.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or nearing completion with 2–3 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to present insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with budgets, forecasts and management reporting in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Excel; experience with Power BI or similar dashboards.
• Collaborative, proactive and focused on process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the People team and budget holders to provide financial insight and support on workforce and cost-related decisions.
• Review financial costings for new roles, restructures and organisational changes, ensuring alignment with budget and governance requirements.
• Support the development and embedding of governance processes for headcount management and central cost control.
• Produce and analyse monthly central cost reporting, highlighting variances, risks and opportunities against budget and forecast.
• Build and maintain financial dashboards and KPIs using Power BI and Excel, providing stakeholders with meaningful insights.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting across central cost areas, focusing on people-related expenditure.
• Work closely with stakeholders to improve the quality, consistency and transparency of financial data and reporting.
• Provide analysis and commentary to support decision-making, explaining key cost drivers and trends.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, processes and controls across the central cost environment.
• Support ad hoc commercial analysis and business cases as required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

Budgeting & forecasting

Collaboration

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

B&M Retail Limited in Speke, UK is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to support central costs, partnering with our People team. The role is office-based with one day per week from home and offers broad exposure across the business.

You will provide insight, governance and financial support on workforce costs, build dashboards in Power BI and Excel, and help shape budgeting, forecasting and cost control.