Interim Senior Finance Business Partner

Talent Finance | B Corp™; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid – Flexible

Job summary

Talent Finance are partnering with a high-growth, international software business to recruit an experienced Interim Senior Finance Business Partner for an initial six-month assignment.

This hands-on, operational Finance role owns the Product & Technology cost base (£100m+), leads monthly reporting and forecasting, and provides clear commercial insight to senior stakeholders in a fast-paced PE-backed environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA or CIMA and strong FP&A experience.
• Experience partnering with Product, Technology, or software teams.
• Experience in PE-backed, high-growth environments.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and turn data into insights.
• Experience leading or coordinating finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of finance across a £100m+ Product & Technology cost base
• Leading monthly reporting and forecasting
• Acting as a senior Finance Business Partner to Product & Technology leadership
• Providing clear financial insight, challenge and recommendations
• Managing headcount, recruitment and contractor costs
• Coordinating the finance team supporting Product & Technology
• Setting priorities and ensuring key finance activities are delivered to deadline
• Improving the quality and usefulness of financial reporting
• Maintaining strong financial controls and documented processes
• Supporting continuous improvement across the finance operation

Skills

FP&A

Finance Business Partnering

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Education

Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Interim Senior Finance Business Partner – Product & Technology | £500 – £650 per day | Inside IR35 | Glasgow | Hybrid – Flexible | Initial 6-Month Contract | Potential Permanent Opportunity

Talent Finance are partnering with a high-growth, international software business to recruit an experienced Interim Senior Finance Business Partner for an initial six-month assignment.

This is a senior, hands-on opportunity taking ownership of finance across a £100m+ Product & Technology cost base within a fast-paced, evolving organisation.

We're looking for someone who can come in, quickly get under the skin of the numbers and take ownership of the day-to-day finance operation – bringing clarity, control and strong commercial insight to senior stakeholders across the business.

This is very much a hands-on, operational finance leadership role. You'll be responsible for ensuring the BAU finance operation runs effectively rather than joining to deliver a standalone project.

For someone who thrives within software, technology and fast-paced PE-backed environments, this is a great opportunity to take on a substantial remit with significant senior stakeholder exposure.

There is also the potential for the opportunity to become permanent following the initial six-month assignment.

The Role

Reporting into a senior FP&A leader, you'll take responsibility for finance across the Product & Technology function and become a key finance partner to its senior leadership team.

You'll have responsibility for a significant cost base and will need to combine strong FP&A capability with the confidence to challenge, influence and provide meaningful insight.

Your remit will include:

• Taking ownership of finance across a £100m+ Product & Technology cost base
• Leading monthly reporting and forecasting across the function
• Acting as a senior Finance Business Partner to Product & Technology leadership
• Providing clear financial insight, challenge and recommendations
• Understanding key cost drivers and explaining performance against forecast
• Leading budgeting and forecasting activity for your area
• Managing month-end activity and ensuring accurate and timely reporting
• Maintaining oversight of headcount, recruitment and contractor costs
• Working closely with stakeholders to understand future investment and resource requirements
• Coordinating the finance team supporting Product & Technology, including Finance Business Partner and Analyst-level support
• Setting priorities and ensuring key finance activities are delivered to deadline
• Improving the quality, consistency and usefulness of financial reporting
• Maintaining strong financial controls and ensuring key processes are clearly documented
• Working across Finance and the wider organisation to resolve issues quickly
• Supporting continuous improvement across the finance operation
• Ensuring a structured and effective handover at the end of the assignment

About You

We're looking for a qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA or CIMA – with strong FP&A and Finance Business Partnering experience who can step into a large, complex environment and make an impact quickly.

Software or technology sector experience is particularly important.

You'll understand the pace and complexity of a technology-led organisation and ideally have experience working with Product, Technology, R&D or software development functions.

An understanding of R&D and software development lifecycle cost structures would be particularly valuable.

Experience within a PE-backed, high-growth or similarly fast-paced organisation will also be important. You'll need to be comfortable working somewhere where expectations are high, priorities move quickly and Finance is expected to provide accurate information and meaningful insight at pace.

You'll ideally bring:

• Strong Finance Business Partnering and FP&A experience
• Previous experience within software, SaaS or technology
• Experience supporting Product, Technology, R&D or software development teams
• Experience operating within a PE-backed, high-growth or fast-paced organisation
• Excellent budgeting, forecasting and management reporting capability
• Experience managing a significant and complex cost base
• Strong understanding of cost management and financial control
• Confidence partnering and challenging senior stakeholders
• Experience leading or coordinating finance teams
• Strong analytical capability and attention to detail
• The ability to turn complex financial information into clear, commercially relevant messages
• Confidence operating within a changing and demanding environment
• A proactive and pragmatic approach with the ability to take ownership from day one

Above all, we're looking for someone who can hit the ground running.

You’ll need to quickly establish credibility with senior stakeholders, understand a complex finance environment and be equally comfortable getting into the detail as you are presenting the bigger picture.

Why Consider It?

This is an opportunity to join a successful international software organisation and take ownership of finance across a significant part of the business.

You’ll have:

• Responsibility for a £100m+ cost base
• Exposure to senior Product & Technology leadership
• A broad, hands‑on FP&A and Finance Business Partnering remit
• The opportunity to lead and coordinate a supporting finance team
• A fast‑paced and commercially challenging environment
• An initial six‑month assignment with the potential to become permanent/ be extended.

For an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner who enjoys software, technology, pace, complexity and being genuinely embedded within the business, this is a particularly interesting opportunity.

Location & Hybrid Working

The role is based in Glasgow and operates on a hybrid basis.

Ideally, the business would like someone in the office around two days per week, particularly to build relationships and work closely with key stakeholders.

However, there is flexibility around office attendance for the right person, so we'd still encourage strong candidates to get in touch if a more flexible arrangement is required.

Contract: Initial 6 months

Location: Glasgow – Hybrid & Flexible

Potential: Opportunity to become permanent

Talent Finance is committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. All applications are reviewed on merit, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds.