Finance Business Partner - Wholesale

TN United Kingdom; Havant; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to enhance collaboration between Finance and Asset functions during a transformative period. This pivotal role focuses on managing Total Expenditure (TOTEX) and delivering financial insights to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will drive commercial discussions, oversee month-end processes, and mentor junior staff. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization offers flexible working arrangements, ensuring a supportive environment for all employees. If you are a qualified Chartered Accountant with strong analytical skills, this opportunity could be your next career move.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and Chartered Accountant qualification are desirable.
• Experience in financial analysis and budgeting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Guide the relationship between Finance and Asset functions.
• Provide insightful financial analysis and strategic advice.
• Steer annual budgeting and reforecasting processes.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Budgeting

Excel

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Chartered Accountant

Tools

Power BI

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Finance Business Partner - Wholesale, Havant

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Portsmouth Water

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

We’re making a difference: Together, we can ensure that there is enough water for everyone, now and in the future.

Portsmouth Water are seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner - Wholesale to guide the collaboration between the Finance and Asset functions during a period of change. This role will focus on managing Total Expenditure (TOTEX) and providing financial insights to key stakeholders, including project managers and senior leaders.
The successful candidate will support the Asset Delivery Directorate by ensuring budget holders understand their financials, targets, and regulatory frameworks, while also providing financial challenge and guidance. The Finance Business Partner will play a key role in budget forecasting, ensuring capex positions are accurate, and collaborating with other teams to drive business performance and meet deliverables.

What will you be doing?
Key Responsibilities

• Guide and manage the relationship between Finance and the Asset functions, ensuring a visible, commercially focused financial view is developed and maintained.
• Drive commercial discussions using financial and non-financial data to inform business decisions.
• Oversee the month-end closing process, ensuring timely completion and engaging with the business in advance to align on key figures.
• Provide insightful financial analysis and strategic advice to business leaders, supporting decision-making at all levels.
• Act as a coach and mentor to junior staff, helping to develop skills and capabilities within the team.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of financial modelling tools in collaboration with the FP&A Manager, ensuring accuracy and integrity.
• Steer the annual budgeting and reforecasting processes, working with business units to deliver accurate and meaningful budgets aligned with non-financial cost drivers and targets.
• Support scenario investigations and modelling to assess the financial impact of potential decisions, risks, opportunities, and regulatory considerations.
• Collaborate with the regulatory financial manager in the 5-year planning cycle and support price reviews and performance assessments throughout the AMP (Asset Management Plan).
• Identify and escalate financial risks and opportunities, providing relevant research to internal stakeholders.

What do you need?

Skills, Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree is desirable
• Qualified Chartered Accountant
• Industry experience
• Inquisitive and Logical thinker
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, must be able to present succinctly to stakeholders.
• Able to think tactically, strategically, and commercially.
• Advanced in Excel, with previous modelling experience using Power BI or equivalent
• Organised and able to prioritise own workload

We recognise people want to work in a variety of different ways, this means we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you may want.

We support equality, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all sections of society. The Company has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work and live in the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to respond to unsuccessful candidates. If your application is of interest to us, we will normally contact you within 4 weeks of receiving your application.